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Another newbie

BuDa

BuDa

Jun 14, 2017
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Switzerland
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Hi All,
My name is David and I live somewhere between Switzerland and France. As a long time jazz fan, playing the saxophones, I've been attracted by the bass for quite some time now.
While searching the web for info, I naturally landed on this forum and decided to register.
My heroes ? Jaco, Marcus Miller, Rocco Prestia, Abraham Laboriel, and a special love for Jimmy Haslip. And many others. Plus all the double-bass players who made the jazz history.
As I just turned 58, I'm not sure yet if I'll take the plunge, and how far I can go. But who knows...
 
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I live half way between Dallas and Shreveport. :)

I took up music when I retired at 65. Now 82 and still playing out. Well just at church now days, but, I'm still involved with music and still love playing the bass. Give it a shot and see what happens.

BTW - welcome to the forum. Look forward to your comments.
 
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Thanks. First step achieved. Found a horn. A what ? Well, I'm gonna have to broaden my vocabulary. An axe ? In French we see nice words like "sucette" (lollipop) or "pelle" (shovel).
A barely used Yamaha TRBX305, which will go through a tiny Peavy Micro Bass to start with.
Crazy to start with 5 strings ? Well, life is no rehearsal.
Yeah !
 
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Welcome. It is OK to start with a 5 string bass. Congratulations! If possible, try to find lessons to help you get started, and look into Scott's Bass Lessons. Try to find some people to jam with, but do not worry if this is not possible. Most of all, enjoy your nice bass!

Ther is a rule here on TB: If you tell us you have a new bass (or amplifier, or stomp box, etc) we need to see pictures!
 
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Thanks, happy to be here.
Pictures ? Hey, it already appears on my avatar.
I already found Scott's stuff. This guy is amazing, it all seems so easy... And as a longtime gigging sax player, I've got plenty of people around to jam with, and maybe also a coach to look over my beginnings.
 
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Just for fun, a selfie with my most familiar roaring piece of heavy metal. 7kg, somewhere around 14 pounds. I suspect the typical bari sax parts in Big Band and funk arrangements to be responsible for catching the low end worm. Think Tower Of Power....
 

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