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SPECTOR® Club - Part 38
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Reading tabs from the internet while I was in college was how I taught myself to play, that and watching music videos to learn techniques, getting lessons wasn't an option and it worked for me at least.
diechris is an aguilar user and ive questioned him some stuff about aggie. from his explanation, they sound like killer amps. a little pricey, but seem well worth it! im sure if you drop him a pm, he'll give you some tips and so forth on aggie. hope this helps
It does. Thanks brother.
I wanna get a 4x12 or 8x10 but in all honesty, I've never needed anything that big. The majority of my stuff is played in church gigs/backing praise teams. I've done some side projects and one I played a 2x12 with a 1x15 but I did fine with just the 2x12 at practice.
I'm currently debating between a 2x12 or 4x10. Leaning more towards the 2x12 though.
Ditto. I started 25 years ago when I was 14. I got one free lesson with the bass ( a no name thing with a p pickup) and after that I had to learn everything by ear and watching other players. Along the way I developed my own style. If I could go back and really learn music I would, but I'm so used to playing this way that at age 39, I don't sweat it too much anymore. I'm a good bassist. I'll never be great, but I'm good. I can live with that.
same here. i heard "smooth up" by the bulletboys and i asked a friend of mine at the time who played guitar "what's that?" and he told me it was a bass and that was it. i asked the band teacher at the time if he knew where i could learn to play bass and he loaned me a fender p-bass and a kustom 2x15 amp, an instruction book with a cassette and off i went. luckily a guy played bass at the church and took me under his wing and taught me some stuff. the rest is history. i cant read music, but i can read chord charts and that helps a ton. but mostly read tabs from guitar magazine and took off from there. i can do certain things really well, but slapping is not one of them
and as of the past few years, ive really adapted to using my fingers. was always a pick player. so i can use both pretty good.
worshiprocker
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I'm having a dilema. I see a lot of pro players rocking the legend x bass. I really want to grab one, but I also want a forte x. The forte is about 4 times the price "new". Do I save for the forte or get a legend and then save for the forte?
I'm wanting to string up the crfm in standard tuning for session work. And leave the birds downtuned for my band....
I'm wanting to string up the crfm in standard tuning for session work. And leave the birds downtuned for my band....
When I was active (80's), I was doing studio work and at that time you had to be able to read notation or use the number system.
I don't see a way to use tab in that setting and I don't know anyone personally that uses it but I see references to it all over the net.
All the studio musicians I worked with at that time used the number system almost without exception.
Tabs are an interesting concept, I can see how it would especially help a beginner, it would let you get started right away.
edit; when I started there were no videos, and that made things much slower also.
That's a tough one. This is one way to look at it:
If you save for a Forte X you're gonna be saving a while. Might as well get the Legend so you can gig it and the Rex and put the CRFM back for recording purposes. Then you can save up for the Forte.
Just my thoughts.
The X shape is really working for me, right now. I'm considering getting a Legend 4x myself.
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I've worked with teens for the past 6 years in band settings. Unfortunately tabs are how kids are learning to play these days. Most don't learn theory and some don't even learn the chord formations and scales. The upside is, a lot more younger players are learning to play by ear and emotion, and that I love. Music without emotion is just organized noise. 
I have found tabs useful (i can read music too) when I need to get a solo or riff worked out quick..... So its good and bad.
I have found tabs useful (i can read music too) when I need to get a solo or riff worked out quick..... So its good and bad.
Gabriel51 said:
I use tabs from time to time. I play by ear, so they're a good supplement. I have never committed to reading music for bass, mainly because I played piano for 8 years, and all those ledger lines mess with my brain. That, and I'm incredibly busy. And lazy...
worshiprocker
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That's a tough one. This is one way to look at it:
If you save for a Forte X you're gonna be saving a while. Might as well get the Legend so you can gig it and the Rex and put the CRFM back for recording purposes. Then you can save up for the Forte.
Just my thoughts.
The X shape is really working for me, right now. I'm considering getting a Legend 4x myself.
you get me sir! ya I gig a lot, so I would love to get the Legend X sooner than later.
I'm not a very patient person....
you get me sir! ya I gig a lot, so I would love to get the Legend X sooner than later.
We're bass bros, bro!
The Legend 4x is pretty inexpensive and you'll use it. You gig quite a bit, so I think it's worth it.
I've been wanting to get a rock band together again to play around in. Something other than the typical church gigs I play. If I get that going, I think I'm gonna get the Legend 4x to gig with.
The opportunity for an interesting an unexpected trade deal has been presented to me, so I've closed the classified listing and I'm considering this one as "On Hold."
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I learned notation starting in 1964 and seldom used it throughout my life and unless you are going to use this professionally I don't recommend it for guitar based on my experiences.
It ranks right up there with the Morse code I was required to learn and at 20 words a minute I was proficient, I can still read it but not at that level and you know that is something you don't use often.
For the most part I play by ear and as anyone knows after you play for several years it is not as difficult as some think it is plus occasionally I have some trouble understanding what is happening in a riff and this is where a video of it being played is very helpful.
save up for that forte x. that's what im going to do. save and suffer.
Being a Forte 5 owner, I'd say saving up and/or keeping an eye out for a used one would be a good idea. But then, you know how killer the all maple Korean X's are, so another one of those wouldn't be a bad idea and new they're pretty affordable, and used especially so.
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