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11 hours ago, Bassfinger said:

Im pretty chilled with my approach to practice. The only rigid, inviolable rule is that I must do an hour a day.

Today I chucked my playlist on random and played along for 60 minutes. Yesterday I was sweating reading music trying  to learn a new choon for half an hour, then just played for another half an hour.  A few days before that I did 20 minutes of scales, and then played for 40 mins.

I try and make sure that all aspects get a roughly even rotation, but nothing is set in stone.  I do it for fun and id be worried that if I got too regimented over it then itd lose some of its shine,

I see people talk a lot about playing along with the radio, playlists etc. Would love to be able to do that.....do you mean these are songs you already know how to play or do you figure out the key on the fly and improvise along?

Thanks for any advice

Looks interesting for a beginning player. I bought the beginner pack on talkingbass and have also been following the studybass lessons. I like the way studybass gives example songs for each of the concepts, like roofs or octaves.  Makes building up a repertoire easy.

Does players path do something similar? If so I might sign up ...

Hi. Had rang Andertons to tell them about mistake and they very kindly agreed to ship out the replacement lb100 and take away the jb at the same time.

I've been using the jb for the last week and its a really nice instrument. No faults I can see. I marginally prefer the p bass tone but just marginally.

Any perspective on this as someone new to bass? Bit afraid now of changing and getting a dud instrument or regretting the change (Really enjoying it BTW...find it much easier to sit down with and just find notes compared to guitar)

Thanks

hi. Just to follow up on this....finally got my bass yesterday...had bought the LB100 but got sent the JB in the same colour. Also got the rumble LT25 amp.

Its a fantastic instrument....frets perfectly level, good action and intonation seems perfect so I think I'll keep. With a modeling amp I'm sure I'll have no issue with the tone.

Thanks again for all the great help👍

6 minutes ago, Jonesy said:

Awesome, what'd you end up getting? 

Go easy on your amp or you'll end up knackering it. In the meantime, pmt have the orange stock in both orange and black.... 

https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/orange-crush-bass-25w-bass-guitar-combo-amplifier

Thanks. Blown away with the advice here. Had thought of the Hartke HD50 as an alternative. I think the orange might sound a bit better (warmer, deeper) but hard to know from online video...small difference. Hartke sounds like better value...what do you think?

Phenomenal responses! Thanks. Have ordered the G&L from Andertons. Much cheaper than the one on Thomanm

Orange Crush amps very hard to get...don't seem in stock anywhere. I have my Fender mustang guitar amp that I can start on 

18 hours ago, Jonesy said:

The Squier CVs are good basses and you won't go wrong with one as your first bass. I could be wrong, but I think the 60s and 70s p have slightly different neck profiles? I don't think there's much of a difference (if there's any), it's only a couple of mm's so you'll likely not notice it really. 

What makes you sold on the Roland? Only asking as there might be a better amp for you. 

And what's your budget? I'm pretty sure everyone here likes shopping for new gear so would be more than happy living vicariously through you and helping you spend your hard earned dosh! 

Thanks the roland only came from by experience with the guitar version.

Was online chatting with a rep from thomann today (who suggested the yamaha that I hadn't considered before) and a Hartke 50 Bass amp.

200e and seems to be reviewed well.  Like its simplicity...not a modelling amp. Happy for you to spend my money (200e absolute tops) if theres a better choice.

26 minutes ago, TheMaartian said:

That's a blue beauty! And only £350!

Great bass! Unfortunately (for this) im in ireland so couriering would be a bit of a pain

Really appreciate all the input. Have the time to research this at the moment....aaand too much research leads to circles.

Going to pull the trigger on a Yamaha 304 over the next few days

Will let you know how I get on but looking forward to it.

Thanks all. Hadn't really consider G&L but the JB2 is fantastic sounding and just about within budget....450euros.

I'll have a look around over the next 2 weeks.

Last question about an amp....rumble 15 or blackstar 3 are the cheaper options. Is it worth spending a bit extra for the roland microcube (have the guitar version of this and really like it)?

Appreciate all the replies. Yeah, I like the Precisions sound but as some said, it's the sage option and I just wanted something different

The 60s CV are the same as the 70s except for cosmetics? May be an even cheaper option

Thanks. Mostly hard/ classic rock. Some punk and metal

RHCP, Rush, Billy Talent and then all the usual 70s 80s and 90s rock

Like the SUB sound. Are they reliable and good quality out of the box? A reasonable beginner choice?

Hi. Lookjng for some advice on my first bass. Playing electric for years and want to give Bass a go. Ideally I'd buy locally but that wont be an option for a few months so am looking online. Like the deep bass, precision sound.

Habe decided on a Roland Microcube Bass amp.

Trying to decide between....CV 70s precision, Omen 4, LtD 204 and Sterling SUB.

Know that the squire is probably the safest bet but would like something a bit different if its not a crazy/risky decision.

Thanks

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