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Justin Guitar course (but for bass)?

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UrBassBelong2Us

Feb 10, 2020
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Hi.

First up, slight bit of background. Played bass to pass a college module just over 20 years ago (passed Grade 1 - UK, yeah, so basically no level at all). Here I am much much later (having not played since) and I've dug the old Yamaha BBG4 out of the attic back at the parent's place.

Exactly the same one as this:
https://images.equipboard.com/uploads/item/image/66570/yamaha-bbg4-xl.jpg?v=1526598820

So I want to pick it up again with the intention of playing a gig this year (at whatever level - like even a few cover songs to an empty pub or whatever).

Can anyone recommend a course kind of like that Justin Guitar video course that's all over Youtube and his own website? But obviously for bass. I was talking to a 'friend' and he said he's been doing that for 2 years and found it pretty good (and I think it's free too). He seems to play guitar alright from what I've seen.

And please, as I know it's coming, lol. I don't want anyone to tell me that 'you can't beat face to face lessons'. I'm aware.

Thanks.
 
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UrBassBelong2Us said:
That guys got a British accent but the course defaults to pay in $US dollars.
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He is British, and either the payment screen will default to the USD as (possibly) the most oft-used currency in online transactions to an English-speaking audience, or may pick up your likely local currency from geolocation.

UrBassBelong2Us said:
Also, what's with that glove he's wearing? Is that a new 'bass thing'?
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He has focal distonia: if he's not touching something, his hands shake. The gloves 'fool' his nerves into thinking they are touching something. He explains it in one of his videos. Gloves are not a new bass thing in this respect.
 
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Mark White said:
He has focal distonia: if he's not touching something, his hands shake. The gloves 'fool' his nerves into thinking they are touching something. He explains it in one of his videos. Gloves are not a new bass thing in this respect.
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In my defence I didn't think long and hard about it, but as I saw one of his videos on Youtube where he was reviewing basses in a music shop I did initially think the glove was something to do with not 'dirtying' the shops goods. :blackeye:
 
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saeroner said:
SBL is arguably the best site out there. Find another site (for any instrument) that has more content. I'll wait. Luckily it's for BASS! I've been a member since 2014 when it was just starting out. It's grown so much. He puts the $$$ back into the site. It might seem overwhelming at 1st though.
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Do you know if you can download the videos? As one of the potential places I could practice with an amp is in some industrial estate without internet connection. So ideally I'd need to have stuff offline on my laptop to be able to use them.
 
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Mark White said:
Nothing to be defensive about mate. You asked a fair question. It's not an easy guess that it's focal distonia :)
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It certainly seems to be a strange one. I notice that he only wears a glove on the fretting hand and that on one of his videos at least - that one finger is exposed (on the fretting hand - finger-less glove style).

Anyway, I am so poor at bass. I tried to pick up my old one and my finger strength seems to have gone - lots of buzzing of the notes when I tried to play something that I used to know. I should stress that i also played without an amp so it was really noticeable.

I really need to make a decision on a course and start from scratch I think.
 

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