miles'tone

Bit the bullet and booked some one on one lessons with a working pro bassist for January. Onwards! 🙂

Sorry, couldn't resist ☺️

No diversion. It's all about learning to play better, thanks for your ideas!

Looks like there's one still inside peeking out of the grill.

Ben bought a Höfner and some bits off me. Nice easy deal with a great Basschatter. Cheers Ben 👍

Thanks Ruby, that's tonight's viewing sorted then! Much appreciated 🙂

Thanks for all your stories and suggestions guys, I really appreciate it. I'm going to go at it the traditional way and put the time in. Playing by feel and ears is where I want to be anyway. Using the side dots wasn't a problem at first because I was always standing side on, playing Rockabilly. It did become a problem later on when I was playing (ahem...bluffing) some jazz gigs as it led to some nasty neck and shoulder pain as mentioned above. I'm loving the Discover Double Bass youtube channel - there's plenty of great lessons on there to keep me busy. Cheers!

I have an upright that I've not played at all for many years. I used to play out with a band and got by with using side dots. Now I'm keen to start again and learn "properly" without the side dots, but I'm considering using some small dabs of nail varnish for my thumb to feel on the back of the neck to help me learn the different positions. Is this a done thing or has anyone else here used this method? Is it cheating? Makes kind of sense to me though! Looking forward to your thoughts and experience... Cheers.

Great 👍

😄 I once had an Avenger that had a Rover V8 gear knob that I acquired from a scrappy. At the time I was convinced it felt like it made it go faster 😂

Actually, that sounds like my dream bass! I love a fat neck, especially with the 70s nut widths. My old '65 was a serious bass of doom but given the choice (one day..) a narrower neck lightweight 70s P would be the one ('72 to tick the YOB thing while I'm at!)

Nice basses. I believe Jamiroquai is Jay Kay and whoever he chooses to hire. Since the now late Mr. Smith left in 2002 anyway.

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