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Hey guys, I come to you for much needed advice once again. I'm going to start giving really really basic bass lessons to my drummer's daughter. She isn't very old, 7 I think and is pretty small. I had her try and press down on the strings from my bass and although she was able to do it, its...

Hey guys, So yet again I have need of your infinite wisdom talkbass. Basically I've been playing bass for a couple years now, and I've had a couple of band to show for it. As far as training is concerned I was taught by a pretty decent teacher about many different techniques, especially jazz...

So I have an upcoming gig in the end of January at a private venue and our group has basically been given 1 hour to perform. Now keep in mind this band has only been together for a week at this point, however every member is quite talented and dedicated enough to learn the necessary material...

So hopefully this post doesn't fall into the what not to do in this thread category but here it goes. I was browsing some adds this morning and saw this ad which was a PA system including mic and two acoustic speakers for 350$ CAD. Now I don't know much about PA systems, but I do know that they...

So I have an audition coming up with a potential new band which seems interesting to me right now. That's the good news, the bad news is they havn't sent me any material to learn, and no songs which they want me to play for them. So basically I'm gonna go in there and just meet them. Here is...

So due to a busy schedule I hadn't gotten around to playing much recently which sucks, but now that I have more free time I'm back on track and playing more again. I've realized in my recent playing sessions that I have a significant amount of buzz noise coming from my amp when my fingers aren't...

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So I've decided to go the way of a new amp head, and I've been doing a lot of research as to which would be best for me. The biggest debate has been whether or not I should go tube versus solid. While I like the idea of tube due to the fact that it can be pushed harder, the price difference...

Hey guys, Little question about the Minor+Major 7th. Basically it's really simple, where in a progression is it okay to use the mmaj7 chord? Let's use the key of C for example, is it supposed to act as a major, a minor, diminished? I'm really not sure anymore so any info would be awesome...

Hey guys, Basically I need to know if the is anyway of supporting a more classical or arppegiating guitar. It's a little hard to explain, but imagine if you will a guitar arppegiating chords in a roll type fashion. How would you guys prepare a support bassline for this? I personally...

Before I begin, yes I did search, and other than that 'Don't get BP magazine because of X' thread, I didn't really see anything which answered my question. If there is a thread out there which compares current bass magazines, I would be extremely grateful if someone could point me in the right...

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Unfortunately for anyone who was coming here to flame pop music, I'm sorry to disappoint. My question is more of a technical matter. Last night I was playing on an amp I never use normally, it's actually not even mine. So I'm playing on the amp and I'm finding myself pretty low playing next to...

So I'm browsing the local online classifieds, and I find this bass, for sale for 300$. So at first I assume that its just another MIM fender someone is trying to sell. But then I look at it a little closer, and certain things jump out to me, such as the dark coloured headstock, the thumb rest...

So this post is two fold. Firstly to vent some frustration about my rhythm guitard who can't even keep time to something simple like 'Rock You Like A Hurricane'. And second to ask if you guys believe time is innate or acquired, in other words, are you born with a sense of time you can 'feel' or...

So here I am learning a new song the band I jam with plans to cover, for those of you who are curious out there, Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie. So I've got the chords down, as well as most of the bassline. Here is my question, not for lack of being able to perform it physically, but I wanna know...

So basically, I was taking a look at the jazz song "Blues for Alice" in my fakebook, and came across a symbol I don't know. I'm new to bass (only about 8 months in) and newer to reading music so I'm a noob when it comes to this stuff. Basically I'm looking to find out what the symbol of a 0 with...

In my exprience, which is relatively limited, I've only ever had the opportunity of creating basslines around a pre-existing chord progressions. What I wanna know is in your experience, when your creating a new groove, what is your process? Do you establish chord pregression first? Do you lay...

So I'm looking for a thread that was posted a while back (wanna say about 1-2 months ago), which basically had awesome explanations on how to attach your effects pedals on a board using a diskette case and a few other things. I can't remember the poster or the topic name, so I'm asking for you...

So I'm looking for any information or input on this new (relatively speeking) bass amp I got. Basically, after careful inspection of the amp, and having played through it about 5 different times, I decided to buy this amp for 100$ CA. I was told by the previous owner that it retailed for about...

So I was over at a guitard buddy of mine's house and his dad has a 7 year old 60watt 'Delta' amp he is looking to get rid of. As far as I'm concerned it's in excellent condition and works great, we even plugged it in and took a few stabs at it. Anyways, he's asking around 100$ for it, which I'm...

Been playing for about 4 months now, and concerning my fret hand, everytime I try and run through some chromatic scales, my third (ring) finger mushes against the string instead of pressing down with the tip of the finger. Its hard to explain but basically imagine playing with the tip of the...

So I've only been playing for about 2 months now, and I've read up alot, am taking lessons, practicing regularly, basically doing everything I can to improve. Here's my situation. Whenever I need to play something, be it simple or more complicated, my plucking fingers have a hard time...

The title is pretty self explanatory, but regardless, what I'm basically looking to find out, are tricks and tips to becoming the perfect student. More importantly, I am looking for any information you guys have on what I should be looking for in a teacher as a beginner in both music and the...

I'm new to the bass, less than a month playing now, and with all the reading I've been doing with regards to technique and such, i've come across a question that I can't seem to answer myself. Now this isn't me trying to be lazy or sloppy, or trying to learn the technique half-assed, so...

So I'm not gonna lie, I'm new here, and to the bass world in general. I've just spent the better part of 2 hours browsing the forums and looking for information, learning and trying to soak it all in. At this point my question is, what should I be looking for for a starting bass. I have no...