Did Jack Bruce use a pick?

James Jamerson, Duck Dunn, Jack Bruce, Geddy Lee, Flea and many others are all beloved for their amazingly dexterous finger-style
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It originated with John Fahey, whose recordings from the late 1950s to the mid 1960s inspired many guitarists such as Leo Kottke, who made his debut recording of 6- and 12-String Guitar on Fahey's Takoma label in 1969.
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. Paul McCartney, Chris Squire, Roger Glover, Mike Dirnt, Matt Freeman and many others are admired for their powerful pick playing.
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Did paul mccartney use a pick?

Paul played with a pick from his earliest days on the instrument, and continued this habit all throughout his career. It's rare to find a Beatles where he plays with his fingers instead. Using a pick has a number of tonal advantages, particularly with the violin-style basses that Paul liked to use.
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How good of a bass player was Jack Bruce?

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Most musicians would have a very hard time distinguishing themselves if they wound up in a band with Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker, but Jack Bruce was so gifted on the bass that he did it with ease.
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Did John Entwistle use a pick?

John Entwistle's Sound

Unusual for a bass player, Entwistle switched between playing with a pick and his fingers, creating a rich and varied lexicon of tones.
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Did Jack Bruce play guitar?

Though trained on the upright bass, Jack Bruce took a liking early on to small, short-scale electric basses. One of his first was the Fender Bass VI, a 6-string bass tuned EADGBE like a guitar, but one octave lower.
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What bass strings did Chris Squire use?

Squire's string choice was a standard-gauge set of Rotosound Swing Bass roundwounds. He nearly always played with a Herco heavy-gauge pick, attacking his strings either in front of or behind the bridge pickup, depending on the brightness he wanted.
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What gauge strings did John Entwistle?

John Entwistle used Rotosound 66 scale strings and he even did recommend them, as it say in the package of these strings.
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How do you get rid of bass noise in fingers?

Try playing a one octave scale, any scale, on a bass string (fourth, fifth, or sixth string) and focus on making zero finger noise on the shifts. Be very clear about the lift THEN shift.
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Who invented slap bass?

Larry Graham is generally credited as inventing slap bass guitar. Graham has said that he was simply trying to create a drum-like sound to flesh out the rhythm in the then drummerless Family Stone.
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Did Jimi Hendrix play bass?

On top of writing songs, playing guitar, and singing on his records, Jimi Hendrix was obsessive about the technical aspects of recording sessions. Any Hendrix biography that digs into his studio work makes that clear.
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Is bass easier than guitar?

Playing bass is not easier than playing guitar. Because bass has fewer strings than a guitar, there's a common misconception than it's automatically easier. It's not. But let's explore deeper.
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What was George Harrison's favorite guitar?

One guitar that doesn't get talked about much is the 1961 Fender Stratocaster Harrison played starting in 1965. The guitar became one of his favorites.
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What was John Lennon's favorite guitar?

Lennon found his hanging in a Hamburg guitar shop in the form of a natural-finish 1958 Rickenbacker 325, which was part of the company's Capri series (named for the Hall family cat). The 325, like the other models in the series, was designed by German luthier Roger Rossmeisl.
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Does anyone play bass with a pick?

You can use a pick on your bass guitar if you want to. Both finger plucking and using picks are perfectly normal ways to play the bass guitar. You can find plenty of examples of famous bassists who use either technique, and there is no harm to using a pick. It won't damage your strings or create an inferior sound.
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What bass did The Who PLAY?

John ‍Alec ‍Entwistle (9 October 1944 – 27 June 2002) was an English musician and songwriter who was the bassist ‍for the rock band The Who.
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What kind of bass did John Entwistle play?

John's first Alembic bass guitars, made in Santa Rosa, California, which he used as his primary instruments from October 1975 to October 1976, when they were replaced with the “Explorer”-style Alembics.
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Who were the original members of the band Cream?

Cream were a British rock band formed in London in 1966. The group consisted of bassist Jack Bruce, guitarist Eric Clapton, and drummer Ginger Baker. Bruce was the primary songwriter and vocalist, although Clapton and Baker also sang and contributed songs.
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What bass guitar did Jack Bruce use?

Gibson EB-3 Bass

After using the Bass VI, Bruce adquired his most known bass, the Gibson EB - 3, that made Cream's sound on the studio and live.
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