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Just decided to start learning to play bass. I have ordered an ESP LTD B55. My wife plays an ESP LTD guitar and loves it, so I'm not concerned...

Charlie Banacos was one of the greatest music teachers of the 20th and 21st centuries for various reasons. He could instantly hear the musical...

So I'm a complete idiot when it comes to all this live sound/recording technology. Suggestions for good yootoob channels or other sources is...

Has anyone noticed some bass teachers' attempts to take concepts of academic learning and try to make them easier to understand instead of...

So, I picked up the bass a couple mts ago. I've learned scales and a few riffs.. Also, practicing with a metronome, which proves to be tough. Any...

So a few months ago I began the journey of learning to play bass. Had played guitar for many years, and still play saxophone, but due to a injury...

hey I've been playing for almost a year and I've never fallen more deeply in love with anything than my bass lol I have two now and paid to have...

I mentioned this in a couple of other posts, but this might be a good thing to repeat here. Nothing whatsoever that you practice in an academic...

Hi Jeff - Been a big follower of your lessons for years. Thank you. I was always curious about your relationship with Charlie Banacos with...

So, I live in Phoenix AZ and there are plenty of opportunities to use Spanish in real life situations. I have a few CD's and books and started...

Hi All, I'm kinda 'new', I started bass 7 months ago, without any guitar/string experience prior. Took lessons from a great teacher for 6mo, and...

Hello to everyone interested in improving your bass playing. It gives me pleasure to share my thoughts about how to improve your playing if this...

I’ve been playing for a long time. At this point I’m not sure what I would do without YouTube. I pay 10 bucks a month for YouTube red, which...

Hey guys. How do you learn a difficult song? I'm trying to transcribe somehow a 2-minute song that contains mostly fast slapping, which means a...

About 4-5 years ago, I got a bass teacher. Couple months later he literally ghosted me and his other students. I am going to be getting back into...

Forgive me if this is posted here somewhere, but I haven't seen it come up. Who's learning what? I have a few, but just started working on this...

For people who don't want to read the whole post - what are the simplest, easiest songs you've ever learned to play? For people who have a minute...

3.5 1: Bass 2: Acoustic Guitar and just recently started to work on slide 3: Harmonica and I stink but trying not to let it bother me. .5: Piano...

Hi TBOT wise ones. (Yah, you can take that however you want.) My winter project is an attempt to become conversational in Spanish. I took Spanish...

[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Began my journey on bass 2 months ago but couldn't decide between 4 or 5 strings. I live in...

About six months ago I took up electric bass. I started by learning the fretboard using computer-generated sheet music...

Having a (1 year) memorial service for a man who left 4 young children (death by drug complications)... will have the privelege of playing along...

So when your learning, be it as a newbie or a new song for gigging, do you actually learn the notes you are playing as in reading a score. Or do...

My uncle gave me this old mixer head. I am trying to get info on it. I can’t find anything online about it. The brand must be long gone. Any help...

Hello nice people! I've been getting a lot into jazz as of lately and since I noticed that my playing is getting pretty stagnant, I thought that...

I am a keyboard player first bass player second and now I am taking my bass playing more seriously. I understand the theory of modes but when it...

For learning purposes, is it better to: a) Buy a pickup kit? b) Buy a cheap already made pickup and take it apart for the parts and then rewind?...

Hi everyone. I'm not a great joiner of sites but this one's proved it's worth. I've been hanging around for awhile and it's become my go-to place...

I've been on a 25 year hiatus and I have been trying to get up to speed with new gear and techniques. I used to use a cassette player to figure...

Hey Guys, Long time forum-er type here. So, I've been actively involved with music since I was in grade 7 (played many different woodwind...

Before all, I have no issues about someone being left handed and playing a left handed instrument. I'm just curious about how the brain processes...

My question is mainly directed towards players who could already play and then decided to learn to read (well) for professional purposes. How many...

Hello guys, A lot of discussions about this topic but I haven't found any one giving a really exhaustive view. I am asking you to help me giving...

I am new to walking bass I recently played along to a jazzy track in dm however I would like to see what the next step is and I'd figure why not...

Do you learn and improve faster by dividing your practice time up into slots to work on separate exercises/areas of your playing or by totally...

Hi My name is Anthony from North East England, and I am new to the bass even though I am 44 years young. I have been collecting together some...

This is a very specific request. Probably too specific. But here goes. (Next part is not all that important, so if you're in a hurry, please...

I've been working on this technique for about a month, and I really suck at it. I'd be willing to purchase a video course. Is there some...

Trying to incorporate bass, drums, guitar and keys will be a challenge to say the least but we're determined.

I'm trying to articulate a question I have, sorry if I am not coming across plainly. This was from the "Face it, you don't really want to learn...