Sounds good! I’ve been using “Sure Know Something” by KISS as my pick practice tune as it’s a bit easier. I tried this one too but I’m not quite there yet.
I’m getting similar buzz and assume it’s normal and like you, I’m not changing setup for those little buggers just yet.
I currently have one bass set up for picking for this reason, yeah. It’s normal.
Dig in @Barney
Pick an easy song and go slow. You can certainly do it. It does get fun after a while.
I did use it for ‘Gnarls Barkley - Crazy’ then they went back in to pick tray 
yeah, i kept revisiting and revisiting the ‘pick bin’ and now it is finally starting to grab hold a bit. It is sooo much easier to toss it and pluck, but really trying this time.
Yeah it can be frustrating at first, you’re pretty much starting from scratch with your right hand, feels like the first day of B2B. What keeps me going is the pick tone, I really love it. Also some songs don’t really work with fingerstyle at all.
That sounds pretty great! Don’t worry about a little buzz. Any song on bass with a pick will benefit from it 
I will offer two pieces of advise as a former hardcore bluegrass guitar player.
Yeah I was wondering about that earlier, see the pictures in the below comment. That’s what you mean, right?
Picking is easier than fingerstyle for me at this point, I think. Definitely can pick way faster than I can chug, too.
hah. I use an old Altoids tin
You know, I didn’t get it. I was dedicated to being a finger style player. I even had my “never pick a pick, I’m a motherpluckin’ plucker” tattoo scheduled and everything.
Then today for the first time while working on Highway to Hell for the 50 song challenge, I thought to myself: you know, this really doesn’t sound right played with my fingers. So I pulled my pick pouch from the cracks of my sofa and grabbed one of these mysterious little plastic doo-hickeys and started hitting my bass strings with it.
I guess I gotta cancel that tattoo appointment. I love the sound and it’s really satisfying to use. Most surprising of all, my picking hand kind of just knew what to do when it came to resting on different strings for muting. Of course, my technique needs a whole lotta love and I still miss the string about 8% of the time, but it looks like some of the finger style “muting feel” translated to picking.
I encourage anyone who hasn’t given a pick a try to pick one up and dedicate some time to it. It’s really rewarding and opens up a whole new dimension of sound. You might be surprised like me at how much of your plucking skills actually help you hit the ground running.
For those curious, I’m using a Dunlop Gator Grip 1.14mm. I’m excited to experiment with other pick types/widths. Someday I dream of reducing my string miss rate to 7%.
Yay! Another convert
Convert is a strong word 
bi-plucktual, maybe 
I started with a pick; I didn’t even know string-muting was really a thing until really trying to pluck fingerstyle. I almost went back to a pick even after being frustrated with muting XD
I used to use a Clayton acetal .80 or even .63, I forget at this point. I did deal with some scraping/picking noise due to bad position 
People would tell me thicc picks are “bass picks” and tell me to get a Dunlop stubby. Those big purple grimace monsters XD They kinda worked, but I always went back to the thinner ones because I liked how they “snapped” past the strings 
These days I play with thicker jazz III style picks with sharp tips and rounded or beveled edges, if I pick up a pick. I’m not too… ahem, picky
0.83-1.14 Ultex or Tortex for me. Though I was having fun with a 2.0 Ultex last night.
Same range depending on bass/song for me but I have migrated to the Tortex for grippiness. I posted in another thread (should have done it here) for anyone new to picking, a compressor is your best friend for helping with consistent volume of recording or playing. Evens it all out.
Basses should just come with a free compressor coupon.
I’m finding I like .73 or .88 best and I like digging into the notes. Not Malcolm Young levels, but still.
When I’m practicing at home I’m more gentle, but jamming with another musician and I dig pretty hard. And it sounds better. Plucking feels like I’m doing an exercise. Picking is more natural and flows better, which is weird as I spent 80% of my time the past year plucking.
But .73 or .88 tortex hits the sweet spot
