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My first bass guitar will be arriving in a few days time 🙂 so I'm looking for a teacher or other resources to get started. I'm mostly interested in jazz, funk, soul, blues etc I'm an experienced musician having played the trombone for many years (jazz, funk, soul reggae big band, classical), the double bass for the last two years (jazz, classical) and I'm a good reader with a pretty good understanding of chords and harmony. I just want to get started on the right foot and not waste time trying to figure things out by myself! Please hit me up with any recommendations! Cheers!

Hi all, I hope everyone’s well? I’m in need of some tips to fill up the attached image(s) of the setlist. What are some good songs that involve a decent bass melody for a 3 piece? Myself, guitarist/vocals & drummer. I love a bit of melody when it comes to the bass, handling the low end and also serving as a rhythm guitar when necessary to help out the guitarist, so I’m keen to know what songs you guys would recommend for a 3 piece that you’d like to hear a bass play in a pub setting? Majority of the time I use a pick (which is shamefully preferred) Thanks!

The Stranglers at the end of the month in Brighton.

your profile picture almost gave me a hear attack my frien d i cant be dealing with those types of scares with hthhehht ththe blood pressure of mine oh m ygod be careful yougn man...............

It wasn't funny the first time, God knows why you felt you had to post it twice.

nah i think of myself more as a

when i used it I would go aguilar tlc compressor and sansamp (BDDI the old one with no mids knob), and I had a xotic x-blend with a rusty box in its loop, and just kicked on the x-blend bypass sometimes to let the rusty box through a bit but the whole setup was a bit overkill for me

Superchunk, tonight. Portland, Oregon

at least cornwall steve is better than norfolk john, nice bass CHAP

just play whatever you enjoy and dont take it like youre working cleaning toilets or something mate its supposed to be enjoyable

hire a bloke to hold it for you give him 2 pence an hour

just wack the amp up and dont tell anyone geezer promise

hire a bloke to hold it for you give him 2 pence an hour

"Hey man! Great bass buddy! I'll just get you a lead and you can plug it in to this amp. We can do both for a one-off special deal. Are you trading in? Your bass is the wrong colour, weight, make, neck-length, string count, and they moved to the 'mark 3, ten minutes ago, so what you're looking for, isn't realistic, you know, with us having to pay the dreaded VATman, you know mate. What you're trading just doesn't move nowadays. We could have this sitting here for months, you know man. Have a play around and see what you think. I'll go and ask the manager what our best price is, but our Tam, the guitar-tech, has already found seven things wrong with your old bass. What's that? You bought it from us two months ago! Ah well, you see, that company is out of business now, so there's not much we can do. You'll be needing a case, strap and tuner with that. That bass really suits you man!"

literally just listen to it and then play it

that is absolutely gutting mate feel dreadful for you