Hello all and aloha Friday! Although I am new to the course and community (I introduced myself just last week) I have been messing around with bass for the past year. Back in December I wanted to learn to use a pick and decided on White Zombie’s Thunder Kiss '65 after hearing the song for the first time in a long time on the radio.
My question is about muting when playing with a pick. The E string is constantly ringing as I go from the E to A string and I don’t know how best to mute it. One popular cover artist, CoverSolutions YouTube channel, uses his fretting hand thumb to mute the E string and gives an explanation for his decision to not do something “correct” in the video (the pinned comment in the youtube video below).
I can’t embed video but the link is to the CoverSolutions channel cued up to one part of Thunder Kiss '65 where you can observe how he uses his thumb.
https://youtu.be/jbBTuBtHSsk?si=GXEbo7gAsHjYJsrV&t=122
I just wanted to reach out here for assistance with muting when playing with a pick. What are your recommendations? What should I practice?
Thank you in advance.
Damon