i just started 2 play

I've never heard of one, but my suggestion is to spell things properly, otherwise you won't get much attention.

ie: "I just started to play."



......

 

Yeah, people get a little uptight about that sort of thing

Psst, most of them are british j/k

Anyway, I've never heard of that kind of bass either, but if you've played it, and it makes noise for the price you're looking to pay, and you're happy with it, not a thing in the world could be wrong with it.

 

i think that's a good starter bass. tanglewood is known in usa as cort.

 

Hey! Welcome to TalkBass! It's good seeing some more Scottish people on the boards.

 

Course not!

 

I do both. I play songs I like to keep me interested, and learn theory so i have a better knowledge. A good place to start is www.libster.com

Happy Playing!

 

I completly agree with Joke.

As far as how I'm learning I've got a teacher who teaches me theory as it applies to the bass, and I bring in things that I want to learn, and he helps me out with getting them right. Slowly but surely I'm getting better at learning by ear, phsyically playing the pieces, and knowing why I'm playing the parts that I am. Its all very cool.



Ah, if Tanglewood is known as Cort in the US, then I'd say thatts pretty good

 

everyone knows the tangelwoods are foxy basses, congrats metal fan, and here in scotland we say,

heeeeeeyy heey babay, i wanna knowowoowoow
will you be my bass

yeah!!!

 

hey, welcome to talk bass metal dude!
I say don't shy away from lessons. I had a very good teacher, who would ask me every week what I wanted to learn. I tried to teach myself for long time, but once I took lessons it opened up so much more.
a good bass teacher can show you how to apply theory to the bass. you can learn about theory all you want, but unless you can apply it to the bass it's not very much help.
libster is good

 

Hi Metal' and welcome to Talk Bass.

There is differing opinion here as to what might be the best way to learn. I'd definitely consider lessons as I know how difficult it can be as a self-taught player.

Whatever happens you've got to get your fingers used to being on the strings and that can only come from playing. Mess about with the bass and see what you can do. I made the concious decision to adopt the "classical" approach with the fingering hand - left in my case - right from the start. You know, thumb aback the neck with the fingers a bit like a spider moving over the fretboard. I think that technique will eventually pay dividends even though it'll be more difficult at first.

I chose to concentrate on playing technique first on the grounds that if my fingers couldn't go where I wanted them to go, then I might not be able to play the tune I wanted to play.

Try www.Activebass.com

There are loads of lessons on there for all levels of player.

And, above all, enjoy what you're doing.

Best of luck.

John

 

ive just started to play bass too
i dont get lessons, but i played guitar for ages so its been pretty easy for me to pick it up
i just got an ashton AB 200
pretty cheap, but i think its decent

 

A good teacher can show you things that might take you years to stumble upon or discover on your own.

 

yeah turrock, i agree
if i were seriously into bass i probably qwould get a teacher, but for now ill just teach myself

 

Hey man, welcome to the bass,
You made the right decision joinin this here forum, you'll learn heaps....not from me, but still,...

Word of warning, don't mention the T word

...tab....

-'rice