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10-18-2011, 01:10 PM
|  | Drummer, percussionist and bassist. | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA | | | I suddenly feel like a real bass player!
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So...
I've been screwing around with the bass for a while, but I never felt like I REALLY was a bass player. I've always been a drummer/percussionist who fooled around on the bass. I've been taking lessons for a couple of months and seeing improvement.
Last night it just suddenly clicked. Last night and today I've been playing and it has just become easier to make what I want to hear happen. My left hand is becoming comfortable all over the neck. It's like I was hit by the bass player lightning bolt or something.
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10-18-2011, 02:56 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Kansas City | | That's good to hear. Welcome to the obsession! 
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10-18-2011, 05:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Beaverton, Oregon USA | | | I'm starting to get there.
I can pick out parts by ear here and there, and when I play parts I know well, I play them much more smoothly than before.
Still need to get to the point where I sound like a bass player. Because right now I sound like a guy playing on a bass.
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10-18-2011, 05:28 PM
|  | The Noodler | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: San Diego, California | | | Congratulations!! As TheDude007 greatly put it "Welcome to the obsession!". I remember the day when I became a real bassist in my mind and I (Gladly) let it take over my life...........Twas a great day indeed.
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10-18-2011, 05:30 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Arizona | | | awesome
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10-18-2011, 05:34 PM
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10-18-2011, 05:38 PM
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10-18-2011, 05:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Texas | | Good for you!
Now go play!
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10-18-2011, 06:37 PM
| | Drummer, percussionist and bassist. | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA | | | As a matter fact, that's what I was doing.
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10-19-2011, 12:32 AM
|  | Total Hyper-Elite Member | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Groom Lake, NV | | Quote:
Originally Posted by drummer5359  So...
I've been screwing around with the bass for a while, but I never felt like I REALLY was a bass player. I've always been a drummer/percussionist who fooled around on the bass. I've been taking lessons for a couple of months and seeing improvement.
Last night it just suddenly clicked. Last night and today I've been playing and it has just become easier to make what I want to hear happen. My left hand is becoming comfortable all over the neck. It's like I was hit by the bass player lightning bolt or something. | Cool. Now you're going to be needing lots of gear.
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10-19-2011, 05:39 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Denton, Texas, USA | | | And the Cult addas another initiate. Good for you man, nad indeed, Welcome to the Obsession. |
10-19-2011, 06:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Reading, PA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by TheDude007 That's good to hear. Welcome to the obsession! |
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10-19-2011, 06:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Munjibunga Cool. Now you're going to be needing lots of gear. | 
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10-19-2011, 07:37 AM
|  | Anarchist Dalek | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Saint Louis, MO | | | Soon the GAS will hit you like a freight train and your credit card company will start calling you every day!
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10-19-2011, 08:44 AM
| | | | Congrats on the improvement! The more you play and practice the better and more improved you become. |
10-19-2011, 08:47 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Sacramento CA | | | When I first started playing bass it seemed like stuff I would learn in steps,nothing for a month then bam something I was struggling with would just click.
Whats really cool when your first starting out it happens alot and often,it still happens as I continue to get better just not as often now.
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10-19-2011, 08:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Kansas City | | | Ole!
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10-19-2011, 08:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Bavaria | | | Still waiting for that day... |
10-19-2011, 09:05 AM
|  | Confused Drummer Club #1 | | Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Southeast GA (Jesup 2b exact) | | Quote:
Originally Posted by drummer5359 So...Last night it just suddenly clicked. Last night and today I've been playing and it has just become easier to make what I want to hear happen. My left hand is becoming comfortable all over the neck. It's like I was hit by the bass player lightning bolt or something. | Good for you, as I'm still waiting for this to happen. I've been playing for 10 months, but still feel like a drummer holding a bass. I'm getting better, but it still feels pretty mechanical right now. Damn fingers!  WW Quote:
Originally Posted by punkinfantry Soon the GAS will hit you like a freight train and your credit card company will start calling you every day! | Soon? I'm 10 months into it and I just received my 6th bass yesterday.  I'm gonna hate to see full-blown GAS happen when I become a bass player. WW
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10-19-2011, 09:24 AM
| | | | Yea, I noticed that myself when I started getting more interested in GAS vs CAS.
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