beginner help

I know it's difficult and takes an inhuman amount of patience, but i want to know how much experience I'd need to do it properly. I'm an amateur, and i have a dream bass i want to build that requires me to add block inlays on the fretboard and most likely refret it too. It would be a 5 string...

Hi, I am a bass player who has been playing for about approximately 7 months. Lately I have been using a pick and playing some jason newsted lines. I am learning king nothing and the intro is really crappy on my end as I cannot mute the e string when playing the d and a. When I play fingerstyle...

There have been a few threads posted previously on hand care: dealing with dry wintry hands, fixing blisters, developing callouses. There's the odd gem to be found within but they're mostly full of grandma-said/worked-for-me nonsense and useless advice, or suggestions that'll prevent your...

Been playing for only a couple years. Still a beginner so please forgive me if I'm stating something obvious, but I could not find this info on TB or elsewhere. I think I figured something out about bass setup that isn't explicitly mentioned and I'd like the next beginner to get to a solution...

hey im thinking about getting into bass and found this set:https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B097G2ZT9T/ref=ewc_pr_img_1?smid=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&psc=1 kinda expensive but looks like it comes with a lot

I am a beginner looking to buy my first bass and have decided to go the used route to get better value for the money. There is a late 90's Ibanez Soundgear I have my eye on right now that I really like. It is in almost perfect condition; electronics are all good, neck is good and straight, and...

I'm a student looking to purchase a good double bass for Orchestra performance and something that's compatible with a bow. Does anyone know if the Johannes Kohr k500 bass can be played with a bow? I'm not very educated with compatibility's since I just picked the Double Bass up around January...

Hey, all you bass players. Well, I have been a member for a bit and am learning how to play. After years of messing around with it. Learning bass lines off YouTube I finally decided to learn how to play correctly. Learning the Instrument from the ground up starting all over. So, I consider...

Hey y'all. I purchased my first bass not to long ago and I'm wondering what is best to learn first. For learning the fretboard should I learn scales or chord shapes?

My niece got a bass and amp for Christmas and it is now up to me to get her started. She will be getting real lessons in a few months. My plan will be to get a book for beginner bass playing (one copy for me, one copy for her) and work through it one chapter or section at a time. I plan to go...

Hello, I'm new to the bass guitar or any instruments in general. Recently I've found an interest in the bass guitar and I really wanna learn how to play but I don't know where to start. I'm buying the Ibanez TMB100 and the vox amp. I'm at school so I don't want anything too big. Does anyone...

I have been working on a series of video lessons for bass which feature classic bass lines by certain bass players or in certain styles. The series is aimed at beginner to intermediate players and includes pdf transcriptions. the collection is building up. I hope some of you find it...

Artists along the lines that I want to play: Earth Wind and Fire Kool & the Gang Cameo Marcus Miller OLDIES/SOUL Megadeth Metallica I will mainly just be messing around and play soul and funk music. Heavy metal thrown in but isnt the focus. These are the basses I am trying to decide between. I...

Hi all! I am planing on making a SR500 or similar ibanez bass for a school project, however i have only been able to find a CAD file for a 6 string 506 bass without a neck. i was wondering if anyone knew of a cad file which includes a neck of one of the SR 4 string basses that i could use for my...

hi all, I'm planning to get started with a bass guitar as a complete beginner. So far I've been playing an acoustic guitar for about 8 months (quite intensively tho, for more than 2 hours every single day approximately), but I can say I've never really played a bass guitar before, apart from a...

Hello TB. I am looking for a bass amp, preferably a combo. I am in our high school rock band club and I need a new amp. My current set up is a Peavey Vyper-1 and a Rockbass corvette. I was looking at a few different combo amps and I was interested in the Fender Rumble 500 v3. I want a good combo...

For a limited time, I am giving away my bass eBook for free. It contains all the transcriptions, lessons, and bass resources from my first 50 Greg’s Bass Shed YouTube videos. There is Tab as well if you want it. This is an excellent resource for beginner to intermediate bass players wishing...

I’ve been looking into getting my first bass guitar and the two I’ve been interested in (since the F-414 is discontinued and I can’t find one anywhere) is the B-4E and the F-404, both for around the same price. The style I’m going for is metal. The main difference I noticed is the pickups with...

Hello guys! This is my first post here and I already have a question about the "slap" technique (which really intrigues me and seems fundamental to me). But first, here's some info that might orient you in your comprehension of my problem: I play a four-string Squier jazz bass, the strings are...

Hey Bassists, I put together a tool kit (pdf) with a couple of easy and popular bass riffs and necessary scale sheets to practice with. If you guys want that you can Link Removed :) comment if you want more! Get the toolbox at Link Removed

I have a fender rumble 40 and Mackie 402VLZ-4 mixer. When I plug my bass and headphones into the Rumble, I get no popping/static whatsoever. But when I do the same (bass and phones) on my mixer, I get popping/static if I touch the strings and fretting hand isn't touching the strings or bridge...

I have my fender rumble 40 and Mackie 402VLZ-4 mixer both plugged into the same wall socket. When I plug my bass and headphones into the Rumble, I get no popping/static whatsoever. But when I do the same (bass and phones) on my mixer, I get popping if I touch the strings and my other fingers are...

I've been looking into this, and there seem to be a ton of different recommendations for maple, and then there are further distinctions that people go into depending on the finish of the fretboard. Any consensus on maple fretboards? Can anyone help me figure out what finish my fretboard has...

Starting to really get into the bass guitar after quitting the double bass in hs. I've been playing without an amp for a month though. I recently bought a Rumble 40 for practice, but I'm a bedroom bassist and I'll be using headphones 99% of the time in college. I also want to eventually make...

First-time poster and beginner. So, I recently bought a rumble 40 but it's looking like it is not the best piece of equipment for me since I only intend to be a bedroom bassist and I will be using headphones 99% of the time. I want a device that will let me hook up my bass, DB-90 metronome, and...

Hey guys. Beginner bassist here. I started playing bass a few weeks ago, and I'm pretty happy with my progress so far. The thing is, it doesn't make the sound i expect when I slap it. I'm pretty sure my technique is correct, and I can do pops on the G string just fine, but when I try slapping...

All I can think, talk, or write anymore seems to be about trying to be a better bassist. I want to be the best I can be. That has become my single life goal. Y'all got any tips? Anything I should definitely be doing? I play around with a metronome all the time and have sort of built up the...

A thread on advice for any level from master down to someone who just learned what music is. It can be towards playing, performing, any sort of anxiety advice, technique, whatever it is. Add whatever you think helps even if it feels insignificant or obvious. To someone out there, this brand new...

I've playing for a few decades and wanted to share something about string action that always bothers me when it is not correctly set up. It really helps avoiding "sticky-finger" or rhythm issues when your bass is set with a relatively even string-to-string action that tends to follow the neck...

Hello, this is my first post here since I am new to bass playing. Came from a classical piano background and was attracted to the prospect of playing bass after listening to songs from Michael Bublé and analyzing the bass parts to it. I borrowed a friend’s bass for 2 weeks and now, I have...

I’ve been playing bass since I was around 12-13 and I can physically play my bass okay, though my technique is far from perfect (but that’s something I’ve really made strides in recently). I can read tabs/staff alright. The issue that I’m having is that, especially when it comes to jazz songs...

Hello. I recently came back to bass playing after a pretty long hiatus. I'm running into a serious issue that has only recently started occurring. My amp started to give off a slightly distorted sound which wasn't very noticeable, and then all the sudden it began to cut the notes off when I do...