Well finally was able to get hold of a Bass yesterday (a loaner from the wife's mates son), It's only an Encore P Bass copy and it's not great to play but beggars can't be choosers !!, reckon it will make playing a better bass when I get one much easier though so that's all good
The action is pretty high but it's bearable and I've been putting into practice on the bass what I'd been doing on my normal 6 string electric (Yamaha Pacifica 112M). Been learning all the notes on the strings via a handy Android tablet app, doing scales (Major, Minor & Blues ones mainly), learnt quite a few simple riffs to play (Iron Man - Black Sabbath, Stand By Me - Ben E King, Peaches - The Stranglers, Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple, Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream plus a couple more), also been learning about and playing triads & arpeggios, YouTube is a great tool for helping to learn
Anyway enough waffle here's a pic of the bass
John
PS Hoping to get my little Bass Combo this weekend when one of the daughters visits as her hubby picked it from the guy I bought it off on Ebay