...so i'm starting lessons soon!

()smoke() · #1 03-10-2008, 12:58 PM

i'd been at a fork in the road wherein i felt i needed to choose either guitar or bass and concentrate on one

...i've played guitar for much longer, and from a technical standpoint, i'm better at it--but i feel that i'm picking up the bass quicker and more naturally (maybe it's the guitar that helped, i don't know)

but, i finally realized that i can put more into both, especially bass--so i called a local instructor and will start saturday

i'm stoked

...and it will be all fretless since i sold my geddy lee last week and have no fretted bass anymore, which should make it even more interesting

ynie92992 · #2 03-10-2008, 01:00 PM

Congrats,man!

Insanity^2 · #3 03-10-2008, 04:42 PM

Will it not be kinda hard to go fretted when your knowledge of notes is probably on a much shorter scale?
But anyway... good on ya

cheesemonkey · #4 03-10-2008, 05:12 PM

Awesome... I started taking lessons two months ago... played guitar beforehand (which i believe helps my bass playing) and about 5 months ago i started to mess around with my friends bass during band class and fell in love and got money and bought my first bass December 26 of last year... i'm learning a lot of lessons and i'm glad i got into bass...

good luck with the lessons... not sure about the whole fretless thing... does it have fret markers? if not might be a little harder lol

twobit · #5 03-10-2008, 08:02 PM

Who are you using? IM in the Dallas area and just started a couple of weeks ago.

()smoke() · #6 03-11-2008, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by twobit

Who are you using? IM in the Dallas area and just started a couple of weeks ago.

i'm going to study with Renilson Corrente--who are you with?

()smoke() · #7 03-11-2008, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Insanity^2

Will it not be kinda hard to go fretted when your knowledge of notes is probably on a much shorter scale?
But anyway... good on ya

thanks man!

regarding the fretless thing--i've been playing more bass than guitar for the last couple of years, and before i put together my fretless, i concentrated for a long while on fretting notes as close to the frets as possilbe on my fretted to get my muscle memory started, so the transition wasn't such a drastic one

i'm not by any means 'good' on the fretless, but i feel comfortable enough that i prefer it to fretted and want to improve

it will undoubtedly be quite challenging, and i'm very excited about it...i like how it necessitates that i use my ear more than ever, and i think it will help me with both instruments tremendously

twobit · #8 03-11-2008, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ()smoke()

i'm going to study with Renilson Corrente--who are you with?

Clint Franzen in Plano.