frustration

  1. JC BASS 91

    I want a Stingray...I really do...

    I am going to start by saying that I am what you would call a researcher...an informed consumer. That being said... I would love to get myself a Stingray, but there are some factors feeding into my decision making process that I'm to the point where I absolutely cannot seem to make a...
  2. Surveyor87Fan

    Fingers will not arch no matter what I do

    Hi, I'm a beginner bass player who has been playing for about 3 months now. I play bass at one of the clubs at my school and I really want to improve enough to start playing with my friends confidentially, but currently, I have been stuck with a problem that is super frustrating all the time...
  3. S

    Argh - Seemingly losing bass skills

    So I recently bought a Strat and started learning to play guitar for real (as opposed to just noodling) but have run into a major frustration. I’ve been playing guitar so much that I feel like I am forgetting how to play bass well. So my question for those who learned to play guitar after bass...
  4. LuisKretzschmar

    No ideas what to practice...

    Hey dear community, I am currently doing a foreign exchange which is why I don't have a teacher her in the US. So I am mostly practicing on my own and I kinda ran out of ideas on what to practice. I learned all my scales around the neck and improvise a lot over backing tracks at the moment. I...
  5. M

    frustrating circle of GAS

    hey, I think I could use some help. I'm desperate. I feel like I'm stuck in a circle of GAS - buying basses, selling them, lusting for new stuff etc. ... I think many of us already have gone through something similar. But this starts to become a problem for me. I'm a bassist since around 2004...
  6. Tekkers

    Struggling with drummer’s attitude (long rant warning)

    Hey all. Having issues with Milky, the drummer in my band. It’s mainly rooted in personality clashes but disguised as creative differences. Regardless, his attitude is really starting to piss me off. Any constructive solutions would be welcome but to be honest I also just want a good whinge...
  7. dr_gonzo

    Dark stage and an unexperienced fretless player

    Hi everyone, I just wanted to share an experience that I had over the weekend. Context I've been playing bass for a while, but only in the last year I got really serious about learning, practicing and being a good player. It's been awesome, because I've trascended from playing covers in my...