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- Birthday 22/04/1976
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Yes, it feels great. Mind you, I am upgrading from a £140 Harley Benton JB. The Fender weighs about 4% of the HB. Its got flats on it; never used ‘em before. Lovely. Props to the GAS - a concept (well the label at least) that I learnt on this forum.
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Manny started following Hello from Barnet (North London), Mexican MIM Fenders....Show us yours!, What do you want from teachers/course/etc.? and and 3 others
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I got this yesterday. I’m in love.
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@TheGreek I’m now back in Stevenage; where do you go to get your bass(es) set up? tia
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What do you want from teachers/course/etc.?
Manny replied to Stub Mandrel's topic in Theory and Technique
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I’ve never been so keen to rehearse with the band (formed during lockdown, we haven’t started yet) but agree it’s probably not that safe yet. Keep trying to justify it
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So is Mrs Manny which is why ‘we’ choose to live here.
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Thanks all 👍. I forgot to mention that I (still) want to be Paul Simonon when I grow up. @The Greek I grew up in Stevenage. Where are you based?
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Amazing thread. I started reading it two hours ago and followed a lot of links/googled stuff that was mentioned. I had my heart set on a p bass (squier kind of price level) when I eventually have to return my borrowed one but the Sire brigade have got me questioning it. Ive also bought a cheap mini midi keyboard and Ableton even though I don’t know the first thing about any of that. Very interested in the audio interface chat too.
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I don’t normally bother with intros when I find a forum of interest but this place seems very friendly & welcoming. In fact I’ve just disappeared down a wormhole of all the others’ introductions... In the 90s I played bass in three man riot https://www.soundclick.com/artist/default.cfm?bandID=465765 We were a punk band and I just played the root note of the guitar with a pick and learned to do so in time. I never progressed beyond that. Our basslines (and songs) might be the least complicated ever. I stopped playing once I got a responsible-ish job and wife and child until 20 years later ended up in a rehearsal studio with the old crew and we played the handful of songs that we could remember. I fell instantly back in love with the bass and have been practicing since (c. 3 months ago). Lockdown affords a lot of practice time. I love it, I want to learn so much more than I ever did in the band. I can hardly play any riff - no matter how simple - without the strings buzzing/missing notes/fingers aching; I’m basically a total beginner again but loving starting from scratch. There are many more options to learn from now with all the tabs, YouTube videos etc. I’ve been using TalkingBass site a lot and just signed up for Fenders free 3 months of lessons. I use a borrowed Fender P-bass (I assume it’s a squier level one though it doesn’t say squier on it and I don’t have anther bass to compare to nor sufficient knowledge/experience to probably even be able to tel the difference between a good ‘un and a cheap bass. Yet.) I’m practicing much more with fingers than plectrum as I prefer the sound but am still more proficient with a pick. I only intended to write a couple of sentences. I’m not a lead guitarist ffs. Thanks to the people who bother for running this forum. I can’t wait to read beyond this thread.