2. Don't even mention you're a younger player around here, you pretty much get looked down upon and treated like crap..
It's unfortunate if that's been your experience Bass_masta16.
I can only speak for myself when I say that it gladdens this old man's heart to learn of so many youngsters taking up the bass with the same eagerness I did when I was a kid.
And I will speculate that many of the older cats here, the pros, and the parents, likely feel the same way.
Self-styled 'know-it-all's' who respond to another's sincere quest for knowledge by making cheap shots aimed at starting a game of 'wind-'em-up-and-watch-'em-go', are to be dismissed for what they are--small people...
Now go practice, you young whippersnapper!