Are Beaters the Weights on Ronaldo’s Ankles?

I’m genuinely not sure what my views are on this, so forgive me if it’s an incoherent rambling of stuff and nonsense. Inspired by the “Bass for beginner” post by @Ant1972… There are fairly regular posts on the forum from new bass players asking advice on what’s the best first bass for them to buy. The advice given is generally pretty unanimous, seemingly unarguable, sometimes a little contradictory but certainly always all well-meaning. I’ve noted that the general consensus is (bu

I think it's about 12 or 13ish per year, but don't quote me on that 😁 Seriously though, I think people are putting too much onus on a good set up or decent instrument being a reason for beginners quitting. Take yourself back to when you first started and try to remember just how hard it actually was to learn to play the guitar. All the hours of dedication and practice needed, playing the same repetitive scale or same few notes over and over again to get it just right. I believe that i