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05/01/2005 8:58 pm
Originally Posted by: chucklivesoninmyheartNo,I won't because the bass cannot transfer subtle articulations as well as guitar can.Where is Lordathastrings to talk about frequencies and such?

Well, you can't fret an open E Major and bang away at the strings and expect anything but unintelligable moosh to come out. Then again, the same thing happens with a guitar if you strum it too hard.

That said, a little more refined touch on the picking/strumming hand and you have a nicely articulate chord (one of the many reasons I refuse to use a pick with bass -- I find it much easier to go easy on some strings while I'm putting a little exta sauce on others with my fingers rather than a pick). Of course, the further up the neck one goes, the less of an issue this becomes.

In fact, I find bass chords to have a richness and "density" to them that guitar simply cannot approach -- especially when mixing fretted notes with harmonics.

All it takes is a little dynamic control.
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