Royston Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Hi everybody, Just a little introduction to myself, my name is Royston and i live in somerset and am the ripe old age of 53, well i had my bass for about a year now, starter kit-Benson bass with small practice amp, Ihave now replaced the amp with a Rowland 30 cube, so thats my gear. So in the year didnt learn much, picked it up put it down and let dust settle on it but this year I said i will learn to play, so i signed up to jamplay which got good feedback and at the moment i am happy with..So to sum it up,never played,learning from monday 4th (1 hour a day ) and so looking forward to the journey, Oh and I am left handed, So any comments,help,advice, good or bad will be very helpful....... Thanks Royston Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Welcome! You'll find plenty of other ripe old bass players here.... One hour a day is a great plan, and an even better one if it's spent learning rather than talking rubbish in Off Topic and drooling over gear in the Marketplace like the rest of us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Good advice from ras52 but it wouldn't be natural to stay out of the Market place Welcome to the forum and to the world of bass, enjoy your journey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I was the same age as you when I first started learning, exactly five years ago. I hope you get us much joy from it as I did I went for lessons with a wonderful teacher, and practiced religiously an hour a day for about the first two years. I must admit I slipped a bit after that, but I'll do at least an hour 4 or 5 times a week now I've been in two bands, and although I'm not in one now, I do a lot of jamming, open mics, depping and guest spots. All strictly amateur. I urge you to stick with it. It's amazing fun. And fantastic to be able to prove to yourself that you can learn something new at our age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Welcome to Basschat, Royston! I second what Seashell says. Many of us started playing bass for the first time in our middle age - it's great fun and it keeps body and brain young! Do have a look around the forum - you'll also see that there are quite a lot of us lefties on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Hey Royston, welcome to the forum. 53 isn't a ripe old age on here mate, it's the average. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Welcome 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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