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Posts: 10553 (05/05/08 11:24 AM) Pantload Replie Kwote More My Recent Posts Bite Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None My daughter plays the electric guitar and my son is taking drum lessons. The nanny has a bass guitar that her father used to play, so I thought I would noodle around. I bought a 'Dummy' book and did some research online, but the neck on this model is pretty large and I became discouraged. That plus the fact that I haven't played a musical instrument in, oh, thirty years. So I took an ad out in Craigslist and found a music student at the State University. I went over yesterday and he gave me an lesson on his bass out on the grass. I post this to motivate myself so I can jam with my kids - Of course my musical daughter wants to play it and everything else herself, while number one son is horrified at the thought of dad sitting in on his brief practices. I figure that if an idiot like Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols can learn three chords then, dammit, so can I! Last Edited By: kf59 05/05/08 11:57 AM. Edited 1 time.
pleasepassthepork		#1	[-]
Posts: 1714 (05/05/08 11:39 AM) The opinions to the right are solely those of a 12 year old hacker who has broken into my account. Replie Kwote More My Recent Posts Bite Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Shouldn't this be in the nerd thread?
kf59		#2	[-]
Posts: 10554 (05/05/08 11:56 AM) Pantload Replie Kwote More My Recent Posts Bite Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts
incrediblegobstopper		#3	[-]
Posts: 551 (05/05/08 12:15 PM) I can't remember if I'm the good twin or the evil one. Replie Kwote More My Recent Posts Bite Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Treble-hook lures often cause the bass to hook itself upon striking - often, but not always. The jaws of a bass are tough. It takes a solid impact and a sharp hook point to penetrate. On crankbaits, when the strike occurs, snap back the rod tip quickly and reel until the line is tight. The impact of the strike often sets the hooks, but by maintaining pressure on the fish you can usually bury them deeper. With topwaters, it's important to wait a second before setting the hook. An overreaction often results in your pulling the lure from the mouth of the bass. Single-hook lures (jigs, plastic worms, spinnerbaits) require a strong, deliberate hookset on your part. Often the bass inhales the lure completely. You must drive the hook point home with a solid strike.
incrediblegobstopper		#4	[-]
Posts: 552 (05/05/08 12:20 PM) I can't remember if I'm the good twin or the evil one. Replie Kwote More My Recent Posts Bite Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	PS - I think it's cool that you're taking lessons. Your kid will get over his shock/embarrassment and like jamming with you, I'll bet. With my kid, that would put you into cool dad territory. I want to relearn the piano. I still have the sheet music to some of the songs I used to play in high school, and it makes me kinda sad.. how much skill I've lost. Of course, it would help if I still had a piano or keyboard.
kinghouseplant		#5	[-]
Posts: 493 (05/05/08 12:33 PM) Money is the root of all evil. For more information, send $10 to me. Replie Kwote More My Recent Posts Bite Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I got my acoustic guitar out this weekend and tried to relearn some real chords. NOPE. Gonna stick with drums, even though I can't find any decent musicians to play with anymore. Do the F Sharps need another drummer? Didn't the Doors have 2 drummers? C'mon man. Let me in the band!
ilikelissie		#6	[-]
Posts: 712 (05/05/08 12:33 PM) Replie Kwote More My Recent Posts Bite Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Please don't force your kids to play any of that David Bowie crap.
kf59		#7	[-]
Posts: 10555 (05/05/08 12:43 PM) Pantload Replie Kwote More My Recent Posts Bite Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Hey! They're not into glam rock anyhow - It confuses them. I'm thinking The Clash or Cheap Trick. Funny you should mention fishing Gobby - I've taken the kids, daughter mostly, out fishing for the past few summers without much success, so I am putting it out there that we're tutoring material.
ilikelissie		#8	[-]
Posts: 713 (05/05/08 1:14 PM) Replie Kwote More My Recent Posts Bite Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tom Peterson was one hell of a bass player.......better start with The Clash.
lordoftheprance		#9	[-]
Posts: 1 (05/05/08 2:18 PM) Replie Kwote More My Recent Posts Bite Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I recently tried to learn how to play bass guitar. I discovered that as a horn player (trumpet, french horn, clarinet, baritone) for so long (thank you ten years of marching band and orchestra nerdiness), my brain had a hard time comprehending the different way guitars are played. I got the dummies book too and mostly stared at it in confusion. Personally, I just can't get past needing to know the "fingerings" of different notes, like I did on brass and woodwinds. Even lessons didn't help. I'm totally jealous of anyone who can play guitar.
kf59		#10	[-]
Posts: 10556 (05/05/08 2:36 PM) Pantload Replie Kwote More My Recent Posts Bite Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Hiya LordotP. I agree the books were useless until I sat down with someone. Now they make a little sense. I know I can't afford lessons, but this kid was $20/hr. Someone else wrote back that charges $40 and specializes in adult beginners. I saw a Fender P-Bass with amp and pedal for $250 in Craigslist. If I can get the guy down to $200, maybe I can talk the wife into it...
blockhose		#11	[-]
Posts: 341 (05/05/08 3:11 PM) I am not infantile, you stinky poopyhead. Replie Kwote More My Recent Posts Bite Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	ilikelissie wrote: Please don't force your kids to play any of that David Bowie crap. hey now.
Karolinn		#12	[-]
Posts: 33 (05/05/08 3:53 PM) Replie Kwote More My Recent Posts Bite Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Ah, you are a budding Jaco. My son plays electric bas and double bass (talk about a huge, expensive piece of equipment, it's bigger than me!). Anyway, he auditioned for college on the electric bass, was a music major for one year. The most interesting part of this is how he came to play the bass. His friends were starting a band and needed a bassist, so he bought a used bass while in high school and started taking lessons. He fell in love with it. He also plays guitar.
kf59		#13	[-]
Posts: 10558 (05/05/08 4:20 PM) Pantload Replie Kwote More My Recent Posts Bite Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	The bass line of Young Americans is one of the first I was conscious of.
kinghouseplant		#14	[-]
Posts: 494 (05/05/08 4:42 PM) Money is the root of all evil. For more information, send $10 to me. Replie Kwote More My Recent Posts Bite Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	was a music major for one year. I bet he smoked A LOT of pot. Those kids were batshit crazy.
TC		#15	[-]
Posts: 2779 (05/05/08 4:55 PM) Fortune Cookie Replie Kwote More My Recent Posts Bite Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	What does a big strong bass player like you like to eat for breakfast? Eggamuffin. Either that or cheese pyreanus (sp?).
lordoftheprance		#16	[-]
Posts: 3 (05/05/08 4:58 PM) Replie Kwote More My Recent Posts Bite Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I've got a 3/4 Bronco (by Fender) bass because I have teeny hands and can't reach on normal size necks. And yet, my hands still can't reach. I need a midget bass or something. Mine was cheap, about $99 at Musician's Friend. I wasn't convinced that I'd really learn how to play, so I didn't want to throw a lot of money at it. It's still a good little bass though and stays in tune fairly well.
darlingal		#17	[-]
Posts: 579 (05/05/08 10:22 PM) I'd love to help you out. Which way did you come in? Replie Kwote More My Recent Posts Bite Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	http://www.learnbass.com/cat--Bass-Videos-and-DVDs--2217 I Wanna Be Sedated.
Dr Weems		#18	[-]
Posts: 19 (05/06/08 11:10 AM) Replie Kwote More My Recent Posts Bite Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	"I figure that if an idiot like Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols can learn three chords then, dammit, so can I!" That's actually an old lie.....Sid was a drunk but he wasn't a bad bass player. Listen to the Pistols and tell me he's not tight on the bass.
Machine2473		#19	[-]
Posts: 10 (05/06/08 4:55 PM) Strange But Tasty Labia Replie Kwote More My Recent Posts Bite Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Don't bother with chords on a bass, just play the root note of whatever is on the guitar tablature. Get a fake book with plenty of bass tabs of KISS and Rush; copy their use of harmonics for all your riff improv needs.
ilikelissie		#20	[-]
Posts: 714 (05/06/08 8:15 PM) Replie Kwote More My Recent Posts Bite Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Also, if you can stand them, AC/DC has plenty of songs that help build the perfect foundation for rock drum and bass competence. Just good solid 4/4 rock and roll. Learn it and you can basically play along with almost anybody.

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