Hey, everyone! My name is Sergio. My user name is a nod to the fact that I'm Latino and my two boys are named after angels.
I've been playing bass for about 20 years, with a very long gap in the middle where I didn't even touch a bass for about five or six years. I've never taken any lessons, and I think my ability shows that (lol). I play well enough that I can play with my church's worship band twice a week. I only know basic technique (two finger style) and I know my fretboard well enough to get around. The only scale I know well enough to play easily up and down the fretboard is the C Major scale.
My worship band provides us sheets with the chords and lyrics for each song, and I usually just follow along by playing the root note of each chord, but I have gotten proficient enough to be able to improvise a bit and create at least decent sounding bass lines. One thing that bothers me, though, and that I'd like to improve, is that I tend to stick to my E and A strings, and don't touch D and G very much. I guess that's my comfort zone.
I know there are plenty of free learning resources, but part of my problem is that I'm also working an extremely hours-intensive and emotionally draining job (which I love, believe it or not, only reason I'm still there) and I'm also a full-time dad to two boys, ages 5 and 6. This leaves me very little time for anything else. I know that's just an excuse to some degree, but it's just plain hard to find time for other things.
I think joining this forum is a step in the right direction. I hope to learn as much as I can from you fine people and I intend to make every effort to improve my chops.
I have a Squier Affinity P-Bass and a Michael Kelly Club Custom. I also have/had a Rogue LX200B that was my very first bass, but I honestly have no idea where it is, I think it was lost when we moved. That was the bass I started on. The Squier is my main bass, I play it 90% of the time. I use my Michael Kelly when I don't feel like dealing with plugging in, but I don't play it that much, because, even though it sounds amazing, it's hard to play. I've tried lots of different strings/gauges on my P-Bass and I've settled on Ernie Ball Super Slinkies as my favorites for both tone and playability.
On a side note, I found this site because I googled a problem I'm having with my P-Bass where it gets sharper the higher up on the fret board I go. Based on what I've read on this forum I'm going to try making some saddle adjustments to see if it helps.
Anyway, sorry for the novel. Thanks for hearing me out! Blessings to all.
I've been playing bass for about 20 years, with a very long gap in the middle where I didn't even touch a bass for about five or six years. I've never taken any lessons, and I think my ability shows that (lol). I play well enough that I can play with my church's worship band twice a week. I only know basic technique (two finger style) and I know my fretboard well enough to get around. The only scale I know well enough to play easily up and down the fretboard is the C Major scale.
My worship band provides us sheets with the chords and lyrics for each song, and I usually just follow along by playing the root note of each chord, but I have gotten proficient enough to be able to improvise a bit and create at least decent sounding bass lines. One thing that bothers me, though, and that I'd like to improve, is that I tend to stick to my E and A strings, and don't touch D and G very much. I guess that's my comfort zone.
I know there are plenty of free learning resources, but part of my problem is that I'm also working an extremely hours-intensive and emotionally draining job (which I love, believe it or not, only reason I'm still there) and I'm also a full-time dad to two boys, ages 5 and 6. This leaves me very little time for anything else. I know that's just an excuse to some degree, but it's just plain hard to find time for other things.
I think joining this forum is a step in the right direction. I hope to learn as much as I can from you fine people and I intend to make every effort to improve my chops.
I have a Squier Affinity P-Bass and a Michael Kelly Club Custom. I also have/had a Rogue LX200B that was my very first bass, but I honestly have no idea where it is, I think it was lost when we moved. That was the bass I started on. The Squier is my main bass, I play it 90% of the time. I use my Michael Kelly when I don't feel like dealing with plugging in, but I don't play it that much, because, even though it sounds amazing, it's hard to play. I've tried lots of different strings/gauges on my P-Bass and I've settled on Ernie Ball Super Slinkies as my favorites for both tone and playability.
On a side note, I found this site because I googled a problem I'm having with my P-Bass where it gets sharper the higher up on the fret board I go. Based on what I've read on this forum I'm going to try making some saddle adjustments to see if it helps.
Anyway, sorry for the novel. Thanks for hearing me out! Blessings to all.
