Same. However, I actually jumped from the 6 string razor in my 20s, but I was asked to play guitar again for a new project and I ended up staying with the skinny stringed beast longer than I should have, not picking up the bass again until my 40s. Nonetheless, I did pick the bass up again and that’s what matters.
A lot of things go better when you 'slow down', especially sports. If you slow down, you tend to relax, if you're relaxed, there is less tension, which in turn allows you move faster. The same is surely true for playing any instrument.
Love it. If I was still down south and my current band was there with me (a mod outfit), I’d be heading towards the Dartford Crossing with all haste. GLWTS.
What a great bass line that is, with some really interesting timing here and there; one of Becker’s finest. The outro is a great exercise for some modal playing if you like that kind of thing.
Great news that you found someone who fitted you criteria and that you passed on the teacher without the correct equipment to teach bass.
Bobby Vega has so much funk with a pick, it’s unreal. But also check out Cody Wright and Steve Swallow and don’t forget that Anthony Jackson uses a pick, when he feels it’s necessary.
I had them on 2 prior basses (a GWB35 and a Roscoe Beck signature), I found them useful. I don’t have any basses with them now and can only surmise that what I liked about them, was the extended thumb rest, rather than the consistent depth under the strings.
Yes, very much a case of emptying the parts bin over actually designing something new. ‘Twas ever thus at chez Fender.*
*Other lazy guitar/bass manufacturers are available.