Recent content by jefnvk

Thanks for the suggestions all. Ed Friedland seemed to get a bunch of love, so I got his Bass Method books. Looks like the online courses mentioned here have enough free content that once I'm a bit through this, I can sort through them and decide. Now nothing left to do besides a bunch of...

Yep, there is obviously that. I don't expect to learn such a style explicitly from a book, that bit about me was more geared towards "if there is an instructional method that goes that way, I'd be interested". I.e., if the first six months the program I am on is doing nothing but things along...

Interesting, I have never dealt with an amplified instrument before. Is that just how the pickups are designed to work, to eliminate some of those other noises? The other half of the acoustic equation, besides wanting a more upright-bass style sound, was the presumed lack of need of an amp...

Yeah, I'm hoping the fun duet bit keeps me a bit more motivated! I went hard on the mandolin for the first year or so of owning it, but having no one to play with just kinda made it die out after a while.

Yep, that is a priority. Moving the left hand will certainly be a change, while there is some of that going on with a violin it is nowhere near the travel of a left hand on a bass! I did get a 34" scale, so that will make that more fun! Toys and flashyness are always fun, they will come in...

Thanks, I'll take a look into those options! Both. I'm past the basics of playing a generic instrument (ie can already read music, keep time, understand scales and progressions, etc), although a refresher on theory after a bit might be useful. Just looking for the best resources to get going...

Hi all... I am looking for a bass learning system. Short background, I played classical violin for eight years in school, and have plucked on a mandolin for a good three hours a year in the fifteen years since. I just bought an acoustic fretless bass (Aria FEB) guitar sight unseen. Not...