Bass Quote by Jorma Kaukonen

A lot of other bass players have told me I'm the only bass player who plays with a pick but sounds like he's playing…

— Glenn Hughes

The golden rule for playing the bass is that's it all about feel, not just plonking away. You need to feel the sound, not…

— Suzi Quatro

The thumb does not have very a important role when shifting from one position to another. There is too much said, as it seems…

— Leopold Auer

I fingerpick a lot because I can get more of a range of feeling from the guitar than I can when I bash away…

— Suzanne Vega

Finger-picking, in general, is a hypnotic thing. I feel like I'm more A.D.D. all the time, so the music has to be hypnotic.

— Kurt Vile

I very rarely play with my fingers anymore. Again, with the flatwounds, the pick gives me a really nice solid punch.

— Cliff Williams

With this bass, I thee shake fingers to bow, manipulate. Stroke the string, I seduce blocking ears has no use.

— Angelspit

Bass players usually play overhand, with their fingers. That's a carry-over from upright bass playing. My style is different because I came to the…

— Larry Graham

A good way to work on alternate picking is to choose three or four notes, and work on those. Too often, players who are…

— Al Di Meola

I carry my finger pick around all the time now, because it reminds me that I want to keep playing guitar.

— Monica Barbaro

People ask how I learned to play bass with one hand. Well, with a face like mine, you learn to do a lot of…

— Peter Steele

To get a feel for the right-hand picking technique, you have to let the pick 'fall' from string to string as if you were…

— Yngwie Malmsteen