Becky Baldwin Teaches Rock & Metal Bass Techniques | Artist Toolkit

Becky Baldwin is one of the hardest working rock and metal bassists from the UK! Playing for metal legends like Mercyful Fate as well as her own projects Fury & Hands Off Gretel, Becky knows a thing or two about playing bass for metal. In this Artist Tookit, Becky goes over some techniques she uses, particularly using finger style for metal playing!
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Chapters
0:00 - intro
0:58 - "finger style" rock & metal playing
2:57 - first exercise | picking with 2 fingers
4:24 - second exercise | gallop picking
6:38 - third exercise | muting
10:14 - forth exercise | octaves/string skipping
12:48 - fifth exercise | raking
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[@jochenbecht6191]

All the things your telling in this video are damned right. I play bass about 40 years. But only in bands. Now i try to learn to play the instrument rightly. You play very well, so i can learn a lot looking your videos. Thanks very much. Take care and god bless.

[@MAGM419]

For me this girl is the very best female bassist ever period!. Dear Becky God bless you take care stay safe keep going. MAGM.🇵🇷🇺🇲

[@tommybinson]

Great lesson, thanks. A fantastic Rickenbacker sound too. So much punch fingerstyle.

[@user-vk3lk1zf3g]

It was fun to see her with Mercyful Fate in 2022. When I saw them in Vegas, Joey Vera of Armored Saint was their bassist. Both were totally awesome and quite different from each other.

[@MissyMuthaTruckiN]

👍 Great lesson!

[@alexwest4253]

Becky is one of my favorite modern bass players. Billy uses 3 fingers not 4. I use 4. If anyone wants to use 3 or 4 it is a great technique but you need to do lots of hand and finger exercises to build up your weaker fingers. But Whatever fingers you choose to use at least you are playing the right way. Picks are for guitars not basses. :D

[@rockoutmichigan]

She's amazing.

[@justsomedude5727]

She gets to play with Mercyful Fate and for that I'm extremely jealous RIP Timi Hansen

[@oceanside8401]

Becky, you’re brilliant and I love your youth and bass playing. A kind word of advice from a 40+ years bass player. Began at age 11. Your picking hand..Add your ring finger!! Practice doing all the things you do with two fingers, using middle and ring only. Then practice 3 note per string scales. Picking them; index, middle, ring(E-G string). Then (G-E string) ring, middle, index. In the 80’s, I was in very good metal bands, opening for Crimson Glory, Lizzy Borden, Tony McAlpine and a few others. Now I play all kinds of music. Find a way to incorporate your ring finger. You will not regret it. Also, I believe Jaco said, you don’t need to slap to be funky. Cheers!! You’re awesome!! Keep it up.

[@spinospinellibass]

I'm gonna practice the gallop! I'm a big fan of yours, you're a good bassist and a decent person. I'm also the proud owner of your "bassists against racists" t-shirt 😎 Go get one, bass players everywhere!

[@michaelstanich70]

love the video very much.

[@richardstaines-bassplayer1893]

I just realised I lead with middle finger all the time. When I do an octave the ring finger is at the bottom. If I try and flip it sounds terrible

[@ImYourOverlord]

Always prefer to use a light touch on the strings, and let the gear do the heavy lifting.

[@guitarguitaruk]

Good tip! 👍

[@damonstewart70]

Are those DiMarzio x2n bass pickup's

[@SokolRock]

The bridge pickup is Seymour Duncan Rickenbacker. The other one is most likely original.

[@damonstewart70]

She can play!!! Plus she's hot

[@PedroLaraSalazar]

Is that a Darkglass Alpha Omega I can hear in the OD? sound massive!

[@ericmullenaux5265]

I want to know how she's getting that tone

[@ImYourOverlord]

Better to float the plucking hand than to anchor the thumb most times.

[@perkins1439]

She just proved Blackie Lawless wrong the base is not a tool of ignorance if it is played correctly

[@tommybinson]

I remember thinking rock bass is simplistic, until I started playing. It's a fantastic instrument that is getting more prominence thanks to YT. And it's great to see so many female bassists now.

[@ImYourOverlord]

*bass, but yeah 🙂

[@GenaKosenko]

All you need is pick!... Pick!... Pick is all you need! God bless the pick!

[@alexwest4253]

Pick rapist!