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^^^Stupid phone, grrr!  

The strings on are rotosound 45's, I bought the guitar used and the previous owner had just put them on. 

I'm playing through my headphones at the monent, got some superlux hd668 (I like them). 

A lad from a local band has offered to come around to mine it's just finding a time that's convenient for us both. 

Thanks for all your input I'm sure I'll get there eventually. 😊

11 hours ago, Ricky 4000 said:

 

Thanks Cato,

It is finger noise just very high pitched, do I need to release my finger a bit more, slowing down a bit or just forget about it? Don't want to pick up bad habits. 

Hi guys/girls I'm new to playing bass, I introduced myself a couple of weeks ago. I'm trying to teach myself bass by playing songs following tabs. But noticed I'm getting a horrible noise when moving from say the 6th fret down to 4th quickly. Not got much gain, a fair bit of treble and mids low and high trying to emulate the style of music I listen to without a p-bass. I'm using an epiphone toby deluxe iv and fender rumble 40 v3. I know its my fretting hand but what am I doing wrong. Please advise if you can and any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Carl

I'm doing this right now. Never owned an instrument before. Got myself a bass and trying to teach myself. White Stripes - 7 nation army, almost nailed it. Then I've tried Smashing Pumpkins - Today also had a go at Fugazi - Blueprint. Sex pistols - Stepping stone is another. They're not bad, I've only had my bass 6 weeks. 

10 minutes ago, upside downer said:

Good for you. Youtube can be a great resource for everyone, from beginners to players with much experience. I wish it had been around when I first started 30-odd years ago. Enjoy! 

Even more so with phones and apps available that get you bass tabs. Wish I'd started younger, I'm 43 now. Still plenty of time yet though. 

On 07/03/2019 at 17:22, Cato said:

Same here.

The Stadium Arcadium album  and the subsequent gig I went to at the Coventry Ricoh ended my love affair with the Chillies which began back with the Mother's Milk album.

It was especially gutting because I'd seen them at the Slaine Castle gig a few years before and they were brilliant. At Coventry they were barely going through the motions. I heard later that John Frusciante was only still  playing in the band at that point to fulfil contractual obligations.

Seems I'm not alone, I also kind of stopped listening after stadium arcadium. It was as though they grew up or something. Bet I can count on both hands the amount of times I have listened to it. 🙄

On 07/03/2019 at 16:17, gpw5150 said:

Re-listening to Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magik (which did not leave my car in the early 90's.....).

He was definitely at his peak on this album.  I have not heard anything by them since that is this ferocious, funky, complex yet simple and good.......

Carry on!

I was at the time big into the grunge scene but that album got me, its absolutely brilliant as are all the albums before it. I had it on tape and later bought it on cd. 

I've only just bought my first ever instrument, an epiphone toby deluxe iv. Owned it about 6 weeks. Just starting to pick things up off YouTube and stuff. The song I've now learned (not perfect yet) is White Stripes - 7 Nation Army. 

One of my favourite punk bands at the moment. Well worth a listen. 

To be fair I'm very much the same, can't really see myself being in a band any time in the future but who knows. 

Thanks for your input. 

Hi all, my name is Carl and I'm a month into owning and learning how to play bass. I've never played any instrument before and took the plunge. I bought an epiphone toby deluxe iv (mustard coloured) along with a fender rumble 40 amp for a bargain £200 off gumtree both like new with leads and a boss tuner and gig bag. 

My main influences are the grunge and punk genres although I am partial to a bit of led zep or slipknot too. 

I started following a couple of YouTube videos but have since downloaded the songsterr app for my phone instead. Since then I learnt (to an extent) White Stripes '7 Nation Army' in a day and today had a go at Smashing Pumpkins 'tonight tonight' following the Bass tabs. 

I'm a little worried over picking up bad habits and also the fact that this is not teaching me notes, scales and other things. Am I better off learning scales and arpeggios and the theory side of it first or carry on with a 50songs to bass kind of way of learning. 

Any advice is much appreciated. 

Thanks in advance. 

Hi all, My name is Carl and I'm a month into owning and learning how to play bass. I've never played any instrument before and took the plunge. I bought an epiphone toby deluxe iv (mustard coloured) along with a fender rumble 40 amp for a bargain £200 off gumtree both like new with leads and a boss tuner and gig bag. 

My main influences are the grunge and punk genres. I started following a couple of YouTube videos but have since downloaded the songsterr app for my phone instead. Since then I learnt (to an extent) White Stripes '7 Nation Army' in a day and today had a go at Smashing Pumpkins 'tonight tonight' following the Bass tabs. 

I'm a little worried over picking up bad habits and also the fact that this is not teaching me notes, scales and other things. Am I better off learning scales and arpeggios and the theory side of it first or carry on with a 50songs to bass kind of way of learning. 

Any advice is much appreciated. 

Thanks in advance.