Bass-ic

Am trying to sort out some kind of poll thing, how does it work?

Yer, yew moight be roight! me babber.

Was there ever one?

Has there been or is there ever going to be a South West bass bash? Matt

Ruby kaiser Chiefs woo hoo!

I bought a tab book of Who songs which had a CD in it! but I also got; Killers day and age Verve Fourth Joy Division best of! and some killing joke last week, Yikes!

Hi, Welcome back! Plenty going on here! Matt

Great news. Well done Rob. Am trusting that the bass is in good nick. Matt

Ibanez GSR 180, about £130, and that will leave you enough for a decent practice amp. Its a different package , but its a brilliant start. Something different too! Good Luck Matt

Well done Rob. I know youve put a huge amount of time and effort into this, and yes you may have a headache, but it is nearly over. Brilliant work. I am looking forward to hearing happy noises from IncX, perhaps a short youtube recital no? Matt

The one and only one I own now. My humble Ibanez!

I am constantly shifting my pick holding as I really have no idea how I should hold it properly, but then how difficult can it be, surely it must be intuitive? My thumb hurts as well. Maybe I grip it too hard. Matt Mostly, I do try and use my fingers

www.bassmasta.net You have to sort through what does and does not work. The good ones will make you want to dig through your music collection for all thos inspirational songs taht made you want to play in the first place. M

...and of course, famke jansen!

Hey! +1 to all above. I have recently started playing, well about a year ago. The tascam MB-BT1 has helped no end , apart from the fact that I have broken it twice! I warm up with some finger exersizes which i got from the Dave Marks website, and these are also on you tube. PLus i looked at the Guy Pratt stuff as well which is really good fun. Download easy songs on to the bass trainer and just try not to run before you can walk again. Oh, and scales apparently! Matt

Ok, cheers for that. i must admit, i look up all my bass tabs on bassmasta, but not all are correct. then i jam along with the Tascam. I have noise issues where i live!

In theory it looks good, how does it work in practice?

....noodle....Innit!

jazz.....

NO DAZZLE JO!

+1

Jazz is just not for me. I am from a family of jazz musicians. nah, cant be arsed with it, even though i think some of it is quite clever. I hope that doesn't offend any one.

I think Rich got it right.....first thing i thought, Its a m*nger, but then again, if it was free! nah, its ugly. Its very Knobby.

Welcome.

Hi Jamie. loads of good advice already here. However, from a beginners point of veiw i thought i would add my pennys' worth. I have been teaching myself for about a year now. I am lucky because i can read music, although i am able to read treble clef. I am very slow reading bass clef. I would like to learn to read it better. I have taught myself about 30 or so songs ranging from dire straights to muse to coldplay etc. Mostly stuff that i like and own on CD etc, and i have singled oout the ones that i feel have the easier bass lines. I have tried to teach myself 'its my life' by talk talk but just cannot get the 2nd bit where it starts to leap about a bit, even if i slow my tascam right down. Id like my technique to be a bit better, and i worry that my left hand is learning too many bad habits. I warm up with a few finger lessons taht i got off the internet from Dave Marks. I am also working my way through the Guy Pratt bass tutor on line, plus i have bass guitar for dummies etc. So this is a picture of someone with a very small amount of knowledge. I am also looking for a tutor right now. I dont know enough about the tutors in my area, andam on a recce as we speak. I hope it hleps from looking at the other end of the scale, I am sure I am not the only one like this that you may come across. Musically, i am open to idea of what i want to be able to play. I certainly am not going to be another jaco, but i wouldn't mind learning some 'classic' bass lines and how to make some up, ie patterns and the like..( i think thats what i mean) I hope that helps. Good luck Matt