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Discussion in 'Welcome Forum - New Member Intros' started by HumanCondition, Dec 31, 2014.

  1. Dec 31, 2014 #1
    HumanCondition

    HumanCondition

    Dec 31, 2014
    England
    Hello everyone

    first I'd like to point out i have a-lot of trouble with spelling and grammar that has made me avoid forum's

    That out of the way My name is Simon I'm 26 and originally a Drummer but due to location and a need to be courteous to nabours had to leave them behind :(

    This is just a quick Hello as I picked up my first bass today, a batterd old blue with the G string missing but love it, tried playing gorillaz - feel good inc due to missing string :rolleyes:

    But would like to know

    1) am I getting ahead of myself with songs like this ?

    2) do we all start this bad

    3) will someone kiss my baby skin fingers better

    Many thank and hope to hear from you, as i may have many many questions
     
  2. Dec 31, 2014 #2
    MalcolmAmos

    MalcolmAmos

    Jul 18, 2009
    Deep East Texas Piney Woods
    Probably, gotta get to know your instrument first. How to hold it, how to tune it, how to mute some of the sustain (our beast does growl). IMO the book Bass Guitar for Dummies does a good job of getting you started with this information. Then www.studybass.com is a good place to spend some time.

    Here is a good starting place. http://www.talkbass.com/threads/how-to-get-started.1098564/ [/quote]

    To # 2, yep we've all been there. There is hope.
    #3. Going to pass on that.

    Ask away someone will answer.

    Welcome.
     
    Last edited: Dec 31, 2014
  3. Jan 1, 2015 #3
    HumanCondition

    HumanCondition

    Dec 31, 2014
    England
    Hey Malcom

    Thank you for the links will be checking them out.

    Ya.... may have rushed head first into this. But in addition too drums, playing along to songs worked with basic coordination, Rudiments and cymbal choking came in after.

    Sorry that may have been abit tangent, It's early here :yawn:
     
  4. Jan 1, 2015 #4
    Basshappi

    Basshappi

    Feb 12, 2007
    Tucson,AZ
    Welcome aboard!
    Blisters are a rite of passage into the bass tribe.
    Only after you have achieved 'cement fingers' do you get to move on to the honor of full body scarification.
     
  5. Jan 1, 2015 #5
    BazzTard

    BazzTard Inactive

    Sep 12, 2014
    Adelaide, South Australia
    Welcome mate.

    it's good to learn songs you love, if it's too hard, take a break, I promise when you come back to it in 2 days,a weeks, a months time you will be better at it. it's called muscle memory and it always amazes me.
    Callouses are a bassists friend!
    Soon you will be drunkenly trying to light a cigarette and not notice the flame is right on your fingertip, like the rest of us ! HIC !
     
  6. Jan 1, 2015 #6
    GKon

    GKon Supporting Member, Boom-Chicka-Boom

    Feb 17, 2013
    Albuquerque, NM
    Welcome and don't worry about anything! Have fun, enjoy and just keep plugging away at it!
     
  7. Jan 1, 2015 #7
    HumanCondition

    HumanCondition

    Dec 31, 2014
    England
    Thank you again guys.

    Will be sure to ask if I have an questions but mainly in the background.

    Oh and hope you all had a happy new year :)
     
  8. Jan 11, 2015 #8
    jamro217

    jamro217

    Apr 12, 2013
    Beautiful coastal Rhode Island
    Welcome, Simon. Unfamiliar with the song, so no advice there. There are degrees of "badness". Some of us begin worse off than others. With perseverance you will eventually improve. One of the cruelties in the life of a low-ender is that when you get good enough to get a gig where you have chicks offer to kiss your fingers, they're so calloused that you wouldn't feel it anyway.