Bass Pick Or No Pick?

If I'm playing Jazz or Funk I typically play without a pick, makes it easier to slap/pop

If I'm playing "Jam" music without a rhythm guitar player or without a drummer, I like to add a pick for a more percussive sound.

My preference is without a pick

 

I finger and slap the bass. I mostly pick the guitar. It's just what I like to hear.

 

Song demanding. There's no right or wrong: just get the job done. And I hate to limit myself. Been playing 35+ yrs.

 

I've played guitar since a teenager so playing my bass with a pick is all I know. Most players I've been around never used a pick though when they played bass.

 

I have never used a pick when playing bass. I just like the sound better and it just feels natural to me.

 

I conceptualize it a certain way for guitar - and really, a bass is another kind of guitar.

I have some instructors who might say that it depends on what kind of music you're playing, for example jazz. When I took jazz lessons, one of my instructors had a negative view of a sort Dave Matthews-y take on jazz that included playing chords with a pick!

But my personal preference is to play with a pick.

 

Been playing bass off and on for about 40 years. Played most genres from orchestral to rock musicals and from the 50'sto the 90's. Pretty sure that I've never used a pick.

 

I didn't used to like a pick, but now I feel like it's more formal.

 

I play guitar with my fingers, why would I use a pick when I play bass?

 

Both. Though in general I prefer the sound of fingered only.

 

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No pick here (for bass or guitar), but I gotta admit if I could sound like any bassist it would be Chris Squire, so I'm constantly thinking I went down the wrong path :/