Give the "Bass is played with fingers only! " "purists" an example where they are wrong.

[Dudeman1967]

I might have been so stupid a long time ago. I grew.

If this is how he wanted his baseline to sound like then bless his pick using heart. Sounds fucking amazing to me.

 

[Motorik]

 

[pmc100]

Obvious answer is extremely obvious

 

[Tig]

Finger v pick. Each is useful, depending on what's needed for the tone and attack.

 

[Knox in Box]

Two eclectic examples:

 

[baimun]

Yeah... that Carol Kaye... what does she know about playing bass....

 

[jp_nyc]

At least half of The Cure’s catalog. Simon Gallup is a master of using upstrokes as accents. And he gets a great sound out of the pick’s attack and an overdriven amp that fingers just can’t do

 

[Pine Apple Slim]

The whole fingers vs pick argument is silly. Play it with your dk I dont care as long as it sounds good.

 

[Andrew Sak]

Whatever works in my book.
Here's Burke making it work:

 

[Bob411]

Can you use a pick on Bass? Yes but, a balance must be maintained in the universe. It's only OK if the guitar player doesn't use a pick.

 

[Jbird]

Yeah... that Carol Kaye... what does she know about playing bass....

Didn't Gene Simmons teach her a thing or two about playing bass?

 

[Honkridge]

Short scale, pick, groove...

 

[Poparad]

Tony Levin can do no wrong.

 

[BlackCat]

Carol Kay

 

[Chicken Man]

Ecosystems are collapsing across the planet. Play your little baseline however you want. The void remains unsated regardless.

 

[Dudeman1967]

Ecosystems are collapsing across the planet. Play your little baseline however you want. The void remains unsated regardless.

I think staring into the abyss deserves a sound track with a whole array of fine bass technique. Don't lower your standards just because we are doomed.

 

[Poparad]

Some vintage Steve Swallow:

 

[BlackCat]

 

[shoeless]

Can you use a pick on Bass? Yes but, a balance must be maintained in the universe. It's only OK if the guitar player doesn't use a pick.

Chris Squire was the first thing that came to mind for me as well.