I find that for the majority of time I only use the first three fingers and save the pinky for the stretch note. Do you guys use all four fingers, three, one?
I watch some bassists and their fingers aren't moving much, just sliding up and down the fretboard more.
Check out django reinhardt. he's not a bassist but a guitarist with a hand deformation and he's one of the most famous guitar players of all time. You use what you have You can cut off my pinky, i'll keep on playing
Nope. I use all 4 fingers a lot. And when I'm using 1-3 fingers I put my pinky underneath the fretboard at the G and D string for more support. That's just how I play
Yes, the tea finger (little finger). Oddly, the OP didn't specify which hand you'd lose the finger from. If it were my right hand's finger, I'd be ok. But my left hand (neck hand)… I don't know. It would take a long time to re-learn everything.
Mark I didn't think of which hand. If it was my right there's no doubt about it that my playing would remain the same. Now my left that would be horrible
You can cut off my pinky, i'll keep on playing
