Recent content by millbaars

I used to think great musicians possessed some sort of magic. But by now I've seen some great ones up close and have seen how much of it is the hours they have put in. And continue to put in. That's not to say there aren't true outliers that take significantly less time to blow by us...

I gotta say as a drummer I'm loving that you all are choosing drummer A LOT.

The OP was talking about bad practice habits. I'm a newb bass player but long time drummer so take this for what it's worth, but I'm gonna go ahead and say spending at least *some* time learning songs by ear is not time wasted. Ear training was mentioned already. Plus not all gigs are about...

This post resonates with me for sure. Years and years of playing (in my case drumming) being a primary focus of my life, eliminated overnight due to covid. And honestly for the first months it was surprisingly a relief. But recently I started learning bass and it's rekindled something for me...

+1 to everyone who said teach him a song he likes and wants to learn. I took guitar lessons at age 10 (in 1980) and would've liked to have learned KISS songs or something and instead was given Joy the the World (Jeramiah was a bullfrog) by my hippie guitar teacher. My guitar playing career was...

All I have to say is electronic drums: :vomit:

I just started bass too! I've played drums for a long time though... My advice would be to get in-person lessons ASAP. Even if you can only swing 2 or 3 lessons, do it. I learned this the hard way with drums, being self taught for many years and then having to go back and unlearn bad...

Just to follow up here, here's what I ended up with! Paid $750 + $30 shipping which felt like a good deal for one of these (correct me if I'm wrong). It's in excellent condition. Better than described. And it sounds great to me-- i dig it much more sound-wise than the G&L JB-2 I've been...

See now this is the kind of hard-hitting analysis that drew me to this community in the first place. ;)

In the listing the seller says: Upgraded Seymour Duncan SPB-1 pickup system. Made in USA. New old stock 1954"Centralab" Potentiometers. Made in USA. I assume these are (generally) considered upgrades from what the bass came with?

That's a good point. I did go and try some basses out yesterday though actually, going into it thinking I'm enough of a newb that maybe I wouldn't even be able to tell much difference between basses but I really could. Especially p-basses compared to the G&L J bass I've been using. Mostly...

I've been seeing some of these go for north of $1K but maybe there's something Iabout those (or the one I just got) that is the reason for that. That one looks similar but a little different. The thumb rest on mine seems like it's in a strange location? Anyway, I'm like, you know, kind of...

Just bought this bass and if you've followed along the other thread I had on buying a bass when you don't really know how to play bass, I'm a (2 month) newb. This will be my first ever bass. How did I do? Fender PB-62 Precision Bass Reissue MIJ | Reverb

I guess I figured since they say it was just set up I'd see how it played first.... You'd recommend a pro set-up regardless?

OP here again to report I did this this morning: Fender PB-62 Precision Bass Reissue MIJ | Reverb Sooooo..... how did I do? I would've liked to have bought something I laid hands on first so this was somewhat impulsive. But the Japan p-bass was a route I had been looking at pretty hard.