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Originally Posted by srick
Martie - I just saw something this week that might interest you. I was watching a video of the Reverend Gary Davis and noted that he put his thumb pick past the knuckle and closer to the hand. Try this and see what you think. I'm not sure at this point if I will convert to that style, but man, it sure makes the bass line pop.
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I've been working with a thumb pick in this position for several days and notice a couple of good things:
- My bass is more regular and I insert fewer extra notes. This was a problem I had when the pick was above the knuckle (most folks pick placement). I suspect that my distal (furthest out) thumb flexed at a different rate than the main thumb and tend to double up on the note. IOW, I wasn't keeping the whole thumb stiff. My thumbpicking always seemed to lack consistency and a good rhythm. Let's hope that this is a watershed moment.
-There is better palm muting and I am getting a really good bass thump.
Hey, if this technique was good enough for "The Rev" . . .