Mark Hoppus,blink 182 bassist

[redroom_14]

can anyone tell me what technique does mark hoppus using 2 play his bass...
cos its kind of cool..

 

[leonq]

plays with a pick?

 

[Slash04]

Your question's a bit vague, bro...

 

[blackductape]

i wouldn't even call it a technique dude. haha.

 

[shinobi]

omg PWN-ED!!

 

[redroom_14]

mark hoppus

i know he using pick ...but wud i mean is that how the hell he can swing his wrist like over all those 4 bass strings when he downstroke and still can acurrately hit the e.g, 'A string' when he upstroke..does it take a lot of practise?

 

[iverson763]

a lot of left hand muting. Accuracy isn't an issue for him, cos everytime the guitar starts playing, the bass gets so lost in the mix, he might be hitting plenty of wrong notes for all we know

 

[Sunrisenblues]

lol i dont think there is any technique involve..
bro..best advice is just download some tabs..and play it over and over again,..
muscle memory...

just remember that you dont have to playl ike mark hoppus...just farking act the part..and people might just think..wow you play like mark..etc etc...

 

[kerplunk182]

he presses on a note on let's say the E string. Then uses the other fingers to mute the other 3 strings.

 

[shinobi]

a lot of left hand muting. Accuracy isn't an issue for him, cos everytime the guitar starts playing, the bass gets so lost in the mix, he might be hitting plenty of wrong notes for all we know

its worth noting that mark hoppus' signature bass doesn't even have a tone control

the biggest joke was seeing carousel being played live, hoppus always slings his bass way too low, and in order to play the intro riff and chords he actually had to SIT DOWN. WTF POSER

 

[kerplunk182]

lower=more punk rock.

 

[zax]

I love Mark Hoppus ! haha he got me started on bass then i moved on the guitar , just press a note and keep strumming it

 

[kerplunk182]

blink got me into guitar
I love blink too
(It'll be kinda contradicting if i said i hated blink right?)

 

[shinobi]

i am contemplating playing guitar more seriously... so that i can mess around with a greater number EFFECTS. this year's EHX lineup has been most tempting. i have already ordered one

 

[shinobi]

happened to come across THIS

Mark Hoppus Tone??? - TalkBass Forums

beware though, if you are a blink fan! lots of HATERS in TB forums!

 

[iverson763]

lol, not hard to see why. no tone knob? sometimes, less is really really not more.

 

[kerplunk182]

happened to come across THIS

Mark Hoppus Tone??? - TalkBass Forums

beware though, if you are a blink fan! lots of HATERS in TB forums!

hahaha. Saw that one. TB people more about techniques and good tone i guess...

 

[redroom_14]

its not that i wanna play like mark...i'm juz curious on how he plays his bass....
anw,thx guys..

 

[FenrirXE]

Carousel. Was a blink fan but lost t3h fan when they broke up. ):

 

[Martius]

Hmm mark alt-picks ALOT. And he mutes his string ALOT too. Haha. But hes kinda cool tho.