amishboy

[quote name='The inglourious bass turd' post='776790' date='Mar 16 2010, 11:00 PM']I bought a bass and 60 watt amp in September after my mate fell out with his bassist pal (he is, of course, a guitarist). Never played anything before, and found it hard to get started (found bass guitar for dummys too complex!). My mrs got me 10 lessons for christmas, which was a great present, as it gave me the impetus I need to get going - at 47 the fingers ain't as quick as they used to be, and 144bpm is proving tough! Still, working hard to get the ace of spades under my belt.... I got a Hutchins bass - not bad to start with, but looking at an Ibanez now for my stumpy fingers.... The amp stopped working after 2 weeks - not from volume, I can assure you (was a Hiwatt), and dude in the shop sold me an older multi-amp, 105w, which sounds much better. Looking forward to getting better, and regretting not starting years ago! Cheers, Andy[/quote] I bought a bass and a Marshall B65 after my mate said he needed a bass player for Jamming. Never played before and found it hard to get into (never heard of Bass for dummies) At 59 the fingers ain't as quick as they used to be (ask my wife) but I am getting on niceley with slow blues and standards (Cocaine, Green Onions, Hit the road Jack & etc) I got an Ibanez Jet King which is an astounding guitar for the price (I actually telephoned the internet shop and haggled the bloke down from £259.99 to £206.00 with a spare lead chucked in!!!!! If you don't ask you don't get!) Saving my hard earned pennies for a Fender P Bass and then, when I retire, I think I shall buy a Fender Bassman as a retirement present for myself!! Looking forward to getting better and regretting not starting years ago! Are we evil twins? Amishboy!

Hi, I have just started playing (about 6 weeks) and am lucky enough to have a mate who is an absolute diva on the guitar ('78 Standard American Strat and Fender Bassman amp amongst a lot of others) and he has "shown me around" my bass (Ibanez Jet King in Sunburst) and my amp (Marshall B65) and we are jamming along quite nicely. Green Onions, Hit the Road Jack, Cocaine and some improvised slow blues in E being our staple at the moment. He is tabbing more stuff for me but I wanted to lighten his load by simply going to the bass tab sites on the net. However, when I took a couple to him he explained that they were totally wrong in most cases. Is there a really decent hot bass tab site out there that someone could reccomend? We are mainly blues based, as can be seen from the above, so if there is a specific blues tab site thet would be great!!! He is in the process of tabbing Steve Earles "My old friend the blues" at the moment so we do include Country Blues (Lightning Hopkins, Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark & etc) Any tips, tricks, tab sites etc gratefully accepted by this newbie!!!!! Thanks in advance, Amishboy