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11-06-2007, 05:39 PM
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Take a look at the lessons here under Instruction... or maybe the online lessons at www.studybass.com
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11-06-2007, 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by son_of_mogh  Mark Wood rules!!!
I apologize for going off topic. | 
The man is a genius...basically making the "torzal twist bass" of the violin world. I think any musician can appreciate the ingenuity of his design, not to mention, his virtuosity with Violin. |
11-07-2007, 05:15 AM
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Originally Posted by meev992 btw, that's a seven string, fretted, electric violin |
Ok .Point taken ......... and cellists, and violists ?? I'm waiting for pics of these !! 
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11-07-2007, 05:21 AM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Roanoke, Va | | | I began teaching myself....hours with a cd and tabs....learning song after song...then I began taken private instruction at my local music store, theory and all that. I still cant read music...but its not really needed for the mess I play...I still just sit down with a cd if I cant pick it out by ear...... |
11-07-2007, 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted by fearceol Ok .Point taken ......... and cellists, and violists ?? I'm waiting for pics of these !! | 
here's a six string, fretted, electric cello.
you caught me on the Violists, i'm just going to assume, that nobody cares to make an electric Viola  |
11-07-2007, 12:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ireland | | Ok I admit I was wrong 
Though you must admit that you 're not likely to see them in your average symphony orchestra.
OP : Sorry for going off topic - I know this is of no help to you.
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11-07-2007, 12:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Medford OR | | Quote:
Originally Posted by scottice Take a look at the lessons here under Instruction... or maybe the online lessons at www.studybass.com | You beat me to it! That is really a great website! |
11-07-2007, 12:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Nova Scotia | | | Save up your money and buy a plane ticket to Africa...leave the city and wander out into the bush...listen for the drum...find the source and intertwine your heart and soul with it. Return to the land of your birth and follow the path where it leads. If there is no path learn a trade...electricians and plumbers always work. |
11-07-2007, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by BassIsBoss Save up your money and buy a plane ticket to Africa...leave the city and wander out into the bush...listen for the drum...find the source and intertwine your heart and soul with it. Return to the land of your birth and follow the path where it leads. If there is no path learn a trade...electricians and plumbers always work. | LMAO!!!!
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11-07-2007, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by BassIsBoss Save up your money and buy a plane ticket to Africa...leave the city and wander out into the bush...listen for the drum...find the source and intertwine your heart and soul with it. Return to the land of your birth and follow the path where it leads. If there is no path learn a trade...electricians and plumbers always work. |
YOU MADE ME LAFF HOARD WITH THIS! |
11-07-2007, 12:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Guildford / Exeter | | | Get a Cort Action and sit down with a Bass Book for Beginners and learn to play from that. You'll quickly get the hang of it. Once you've done that you'll be playing 12-bar blues and such for a few weeks. Try to figure out Happy Birthday on your bass. Learn Come as You Are by Nirvana (acoustic version, if you don't like rock). Once you've finished the book, get an intermediate bass book. Ask someone you know, who plays bass, about your technique. Get a teacher once you know you actually want to play bass and you feel like the books are no longer taking you any further.
The idea of getting a Cort Action and a beginner's teaching book is that that way you'll be able to gauge whether or not the bass is actually something you want to be playing. You'll find out mighty soon.
If you're artistic, or someone you know is, get them to paint your Cort. It makes you feel special... One of my friends did it. She painted a colourful bird ontop of a tribal pattern on my bass. It made it look absolutely beautiful; it made the Cort sound better, too. Hehe... =)
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11-07-2007, 01:14 PM
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Creative Director, Bass musician Mag | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Vancouver, WA | | | I think you would be best served getting a teacher so you get off on the right foot!
I agree fretted over fretless!
You Must feel the bass to see if it woll work for you. Many popular brands are't comfortable for every one.
There is a wealth of information online as well!
Good luck! |
11-07-2007, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by fearceol Ok I admit I was wrong
Though you must admit that you 're not likely to see them in your average symphony orchestra.
OP : Sorry for going off topic - I know this is of no help to you. |   |
11-08-2007, 10:29 PM
| | | | thank you all
Thank you all for the help, i think i will try some books and some free lessons online and starting next year i will take some private lessons to improve technique. I will start learning to read music, maybe with books or as a university elective class. Another thing, i still don't know which bass is good for a start... i like fender, the sound of the jazz bass and the neck fits better for me, but the fender standard is expensive for me at this moment and for a start i think is too much maybe, so I still don't know if i should buy the squier affinity J-Bass package or the standard squier J-Bass with a small amp or just plug in to my laptop. Which beginner basses is the best quality vs. sound vs. value? Lots of people tell me that i should buy the cheapest bass and then move to a good bass, but others tell me to buy a decent, intermediate bass. What should i do? |
11-08-2007, 10:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland, Oregon | | | If you are serious about learning bass, buy a decent, intermediate bass. The one thing you don't want to do is spend money on something you will be fighting all the time. Cheap basses have cheap tuners, crappy electronics and horrible build quality. It is in your best interest to save and get something you will be happy with for at least a year. See if you can find a good quality instrument used here in the classifieds.
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11-08-2007, 11:12 PM
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Originally Posted by scottice If you are serious about learning bass, buy a decent, intermediate bass. The one thing you don't want to do is spend money on something you will be fighting all the time. Cheap basses have cheap tuners, crappy electronics and horrible build quality. It is in your best interest to save and get something you will be happy with for at least a year. See if you can find a good quality instrument used here in the classifieds. | So, which bass do you think will do a decent job for learning? a new Squier, maybe standard?
I was think in these ones... http://www.musiciansfriend.com/produ...ass?sku=519639 http://www.musiciansfriend.com/produ...ss-?sku=510627
or the affinity series http://www.musiciansfriend.com/produ...ass?sku=519631
What do you think?
I'll try classifieds also.
Thanks! |
11-09-2007, 12:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Brisneyland, Australia | | | Worst mistake i made while learning was thinking i could do it all on my own... don't get me wrong some people can but i spent about 2 years with no lessons just going off stuff off the net... then i would watch other bassists play and realise my technique was totally wrong and i had wasted a LOT of time, and then had to waste MORE time letting my right hand catch up with my left hand!!
Seriously man just get 3 or 4 lessons to begin with to get your technique straight and make sure you dont have any bad habits.. doesnt make you a lesser player to have had lessons. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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