NBD and new member here!

[Trent in WA]

Hi all,

I've been doing a lot of recording at home this summer that turned into something resembling an "album" project of original folk-ish songs, mainly featuring acoustic guitar and voice. Along the way decided that programming in MIDI bass lines using a piano roll editor in conjunction with my crappy keyboard skills was for the birds, so I picked up a Yamaha TRBX174 and slapped some Half Rounds on it. While it worked OK for recording direct, I realized I was enjoying working out bass lines and playing them enough that I wanted to get a better bass, maybe with 5 strings. I went to The Bass Shop here in town and came home with a Yamaha BB 435. So far, I've been blown away by just how good an instrument it is. The TRBX is a nice bass for the price (and I'll probably keep it), but the BB is a quality instrument, period. If I were ever to play out again, I'd use it and have no sense that I was making do with what I have.

In the meantime, I picked up the Hal Leonard Bass Method Complete (thanks to all the great suggestions and discussions of it on this forum) and am having a fun time learning how to play this thing. This forum is a great source for information and resources. Thanks, y'all!

Trent

 

[Nekomata]

Hi Trent! Welcome from a fellow Yamaha basser, Hal Leonard Bass Method Complete pupil, and Talkbass freshman!

 

[two fingers]

Welcome to TalkBass!!!! Those really are great basses. And I don't even mean "for the money". They're just great basses, period.

Every time I pick one up at a store I have to repeat over and over again "I don't need another five string. I DON'T need another five string."

Good luck with the album. Link us when it's done.

 

[JRA]

congrats on all accounts, OP! as twofingers suggested: share some music!

 

[JimmyM]

Yamaha makes nice stuff, and the TRBX is pretty sharp for the $. I'd definitely keep it.

 

[B-Mac]

Hi all,

I've been doing a lot of recording at home this summer that turned into something resembling an "album" project of original folk-ish songs, mainly featuring acoustic guitar and voice. Along the way decided that programming in MIDI bass lines using a piano roll editor in conjunction with my crappy keyboard skills was for the birds, so I picked up a Yamaha TRBX174 and slapped some Half Rounds on it. While it worked OK for recording direct, I realized I was enjoying working out bass lines and playing them enough that I wanted to get a better bass, maybe with 5 strings. I went to The Bass Shop here in town and came home with a Yamaha BB 435. So far, I've been blown away by just how good an instrument it is. The TRBX is a nice bass for the price (and I'll probably keep it), but the BB is a quality instrument, period. If I were ever to play out again, I'd use it and have no sense that I was making do with what I have.

In the meantime, I picked up the Hal Leonard Bass Method Complete (thanks to all the great suggestions and discussions of it on this forum) and am having a fun time learning how to play this thing. This forum is a great source for information and resources. Thanks, y'all!

TrentView attachment 3991362

Welcome!
Nice looking Yammy!

 

[RSBBass]

Welcome! The Mel Bay book by Carol Kaye is also a classic.

 

[dalkowski]

Welcome! The Mel Bay book by Carol Kaye is also a classic.

And always remember: Less ebay, more Mel Bay!

Welcome, we're glad you're here.

 

[EdwardofHuncote]

Congratulations & Compliments, and Welcome to TalkBass.

Nice Huss & Dalton too. They are built about an hour North of me in Stuarts Draft, Virginia. I knew both Jeff and Mark before they started that partnership.

 

[Trent in WA]

Congratulations & Compliments, and Welcome to TalkBass.

Nice Huss & Dalton too. They are built about an hour North of me in Stuarts Draft, Virginia. I knew both Jeff and Mark before they started that partnership.

Oh, man, I'm glad I don't live close to the H & D mothership. I'd be a dangerously broke man. Both of those guys seem like good folks.

And thanks, everybody, for the warm welcome. I'll post a link to the album once it's finished and ready for the world. I'm in the final stages of mixing now. I think, though one track is crying out for a bass line....

 

[Killing Floor]

Yep, nice handle. Rock on!

 

[Corto14]

Congrats for your new bass! yamaha makes great instruments.
I also have the first vol. of the Hal Leonard Method and it’s very good, especially because there are no tabs

 

[Yummy Notes]

Welcome to TB. Good luck on your project.

 

[captainofsmooth]

Welcome, and congrats! I’ve been lusting after a sunburst BBP for some time as well. Glad you’re enjoying it!

 

[Nekomata]

I also have the first vol. of the Hal Leonard Method and it’s very good, especially because there are no tabs

Slightly off topic, but I enjoy (re-)learning to read notes. Even more off topic: I think that tabs, although there's nothing bad about them per se, cannot provide the same level of detail as classic notation.

 

[Pdaddy1978]

Howdy Trent!
And welcome to bassdom. You can't go wrong with Yamaha instruments.
Priced right and super reliable. You have chosen well.
Cheers!

 

[SunByrne]

Welcome! I also play a BB... gotta love 'em!

 

[B-Mac]

Hi all,

I've been doing a lot of recording at home this summer that turned into something resembling an "album" project of original folk-ish songs, mainly featuring acoustic guitar and voice. Along the way decided that programming in MIDI bass lines using a piano roll editor in conjunction with my crappy keyboard skills was for the birds, so I picked up a Yamaha TRBX174 and slapped some Half Rounds on it. While it worked OK for recording direct, I realized I was enjoying working out bass lines and playing them enough that I wanted to get a better bass, maybe with 5 strings. I went to The Bass Shop here in town and came home with a Yamaha BB 435. So far, I've been blown away by just how good an instrument it is. The TRBX is a nice bass for the price (and I'll probably keep it), but the BB is a quality instrument, period. If I were ever to play out again, I'd use it and have no sense that I was making do with what I have.

In the meantime, I picked up the Hal Leonard Bass Method Complete (thanks to all the great suggestions and discussions of it on this forum) and am having a fun time learning how to play this thing. This forum is a great source for information and resources. Thanks, y'all!

TrentView attachment 3991362

Strongly recommend this:

https://www.amazon.com/Hal-Leonard-...ocphy=9006595&hvtargid=pla-950609658854&psc=1

 

[TerribleTim68]

Welcome to TB @Trent in WA, and welcome from a fellow PNW'er. I'm guessing if you went to The Bass Shop then you are in the greater Seattle area. Plenty of us on here from the area.