tom1946

[quote name='Doddy' post='790851' date='Mar 30 2010, 05:44 PM']If you are going to have lessons to just learn riffs,then I think you are probably wasting money. If you pay your £20 or whatever and are shown riffs,then all you can play is that riff. If you learn to read,and play scales and arpeggios and concepts and things,you will have the knowledge to play a million riffs.[/quote] I understand, I didn't express myself very well. I obviously don't just want to learn a particular riff, as you say I need to learn scales etc' I can't retain what I've learnt as regards reading music, it's just a lot easier at my age to be shown how to work it out for myself. There are a lot of good players who can't read a note. For some people it's instinctive, I played rhythm12 string guitar for 45 years without problems. In my playing situation I have to play catchup every week because church services differ musically from week to week. Therefore since taking on the bass players job I'm trying to learn 10-12 songs every week that I used to play on guitar and sometimes there is very little time to practice. I feel that if my technique was better I wouldn't miss notes from time to time. I'm sure I'm not alone in this? What you say is correct. I just can't find anyone locally is the problem.

I'm playing bass in our church band by default. Our bassman left and I was nominated because both my wife and me played guitar. I've been hacking for just over a year now and although nothing is too complicated as it's mostly slow rock type stuff. However, I'm not going anywhere fast and I need a teacher. I don't read either, a sort of you hum it and I'll play it type. I did try a local guy who was very pleasant but didn't seem to know where to begin. I don't want to learn to read because I wouldn't remember it very well. (age) Just need to learn riffs and technique? I'm Teesside area and would like to learn.

Just reported it to ebay, then saw this. I really hate people that write: Fender Jazz Bass or something similar then when you waste your time looking it's a copy. I know it shouldn't bother me but it's a pikey way to behave and I report them.

Mike has just bought my Ged Lee and despite a problem with it when it arrived, he was very gracious and still accepted it. Thank you very much for being such a gentleman, I can't recommend you enough! Tom.

Chap called Marcus Bell has a Squier VMJ for sale for £180, absolute bargin! Edit here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=78608&st=0"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=78608&st=0[/url] Buy it before I do...