Hello All, I'm Steve, 52 years young and have been playing bass on and off, semi-pro since I was about 12 years young, (Jeez...you don't get that for murder round here!!!). I started back then on a spanish guitar with the top two strings missing, picking out Arvel Shaw runs (my dad was a Louis Armstrong nut) and I have never looked back. I remember getting my first bass guitar soon after, a "futurama" ( it cost ten quid from the local swap shop) and plugging it into our stereogram at home and - well, you can imagine what happened. Over the years I've played most styles of music, both busking and reading them, but jazz has always been "it" for me, so double bass is probably my instrument of choice these days but I must say my trusty old precision has put food on the table on more than one occasion. It's great to see a site like this, especially for the guys and gals starting off, where a bit of guidance in the early days can save a lot of grief later on particularly with left hand fingering technique. Well, I'll sign off for now but I think I'll stick around for a while, it seems like my kind of site,
cheers, Steve
cheers, Steve
