you guys use thumbs

djs488 · Unread post by **djs488** » Wed Feb 26, 2003 10:02 pm

i was just wondering how many people can use their thumbs to fret a note on the low E string. I can't, but I wish I could so i could play a bunch of mayer songs (u dont really need it for dave) I try to make do, but its so much harder not being able to.

Pickles · Unread post by **Pickles** » Wed Feb 26, 2003 10:04 pm

i dont, but that doesnt mean i cant. i find it easier not to use it. its just preference.

jsgksu · Unread post by **jsgksu** » Wed Feb 26, 2003 10:21 pm

I do, I think it make some songs a lot easier. Like playing this chord on Panatla: 354x3- and it helps when playing all the Mayer songs that he does it in.

ericwormann · Unread post by **ericwormann** » Wed Feb 26, 2003 10:22 pm

sable · Unread post by **sable** » Wed Feb 26, 2003 10:33 pm

only experimented on my own songs. it hurts my thumb and i can't fret the cords cleanly enough to get a good sound so i just run away from songs (read 'Mayer's songs') that call for this.

gravedigger · Unread post by **gravedigger** » Thu Feb 27, 2003 12:05 am

I've been using my thumb a lot lately, cause I've been practicing some Mayer stuff. I never use my thumb for Dave stuff but its cool to use it sometimes for something different. you can hit some cool different chords when you use your thumb for the bass note.

DustyDave · Unread post by **DustyDave** » Thu Feb 27, 2003 12:07 am

Ok this is completely off topic , but i like that signature gravedigger lol

Brock · Unread post by **Brock** » Thu Feb 27, 2003 12:09 am

I use my thumb for almost all Meyer songs, not *too* much with dave

gravedigger · Unread post by **gravedigger** » Thu Feb 27, 2003 12:14 am

DustyDave wrote:Ok this is completely off topic , but i like that signature gravedigger lol

It's the honest to goodness truth.

DustyDave · Unread post by **DustyDave** » Thu Feb 27, 2003 12:32 am

LOL , anyone else feel a little fetish in this or is it just me ? :lol:

ticohans · Unread post by **ticohans** » Thu Feb 27, 2003 12:55 am

i definitely use my thumb quite freely

madtadder · Unread post by **madtadder** » Thu Feb 27, 2003 1:29 am

i feel that using your thumb for the bass notes opens up your other fingers to throw some fills/notes on higher strings. so with that being said, i use my thumb quite often.

PilotC150 · Unread post by **PilotC150** » Thu Feb 27, 2003 2:29 am

Yea, D/F# i use it on. Also sometimes on WWYS I use it. But I've been switching the past couple days to play it without the thumb. It's more comfortable to play.

two steps too many · Unread post by **two steps too many** » Thu Feb 27, 2003 6:43 am

PilotC150 wrote:Yea, D/F# i use it on. Also sometimes on WWYS I use it. But I've been switching the past couple days to play it without the thumb. It's more comfortable to play.

so what kind of pilot rating do u have? I fly 172's

PilotC150 · Unread post by **PilotC150** » Thu Feb 27, 2003 3:47 pm

two steps too many wrote:
PilotC150 wrote:Yea, D/F# i use it on. Also sometimes on WWYS I use it. But I've been switching the past couple days to play it without the thumb. It's more comfortable to play.
so what kind of pilot rating do u have? I fly 172's

Old name that stuck with me. When I was 14 I took a few flights lessons, but it got too expensive.

Now here's something awesome, I know this guy who is 21, he has 1500 hours, CFII, helocopter instructor, glider rating, multi-engine instructor, i think, he owns a couple planes and a helocopter. He figures the only two planes he couldn't fly without just adding a type rating are a Harrier jump jet and the V-22 Osprey (VTOL). Pretty amazing to do by the time you are 21 years old.

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