Jimothey

Nor did I till I started listening to Richie Kotzen, The Cold Stares, Simon McBride etc I really like the Blues Box shaping as you can have fun mixing the notes up and it can still sound good I’ve been trying to work on my walk ups/downs and turnarounds using some practice tracks on youtube I’m up for a little support group I could do with all the help I can get!! I just hope your emoji doesn’t start wearing a beret and shades the conversation turns to Jazz then your truly DOOMED!! Where about’s are you from?

If you fancied starting one in North Wales I’d definitely be up for it..........😀

I feel the same as you about playing with people who are way above my skill level but the way I’m trying to look at it now is they were at the same level as me at some point so they probably will understand how I’m feeling and make allowances (well I hope anyway?) if they don’t they aren’t worth playing with!! I started playing basic blues stuff as a bit of a learning exercise but I never really listened to blues as it really didn’t float my boat but now I really like it and a blues play mix has been the only thing I’ve been listening to for the past month on Spotify!! So I need to find a blues jam near me!! Good luck with the learning mate............👍

I’ve been looking for a blues jam near my neck of the woods but the nearest I can find is about an hour away I was wondering how does it work?because the one in Chester has a house band playing so if you wanna play bass does the bass player let you take over or does he play along as well?? The prospect scares the poop out of me but I think it would be a load of fun as well.............👍

I agree he has got a great voice but I don’t understand the whole balaclava/hat combo thing??

@Boogiebass I found the 2 YouTube videos that helped me the most when learning to play the 12 bar blues was Blues Box - BassBuzz Blues bass lines - Luke from become a bassist

Nickelback they are dire, whining douches anyway and all of their songs are just Cheese on Toast bollocks but I do like the riff in Burn it to the Ground then it gets ruined by the singing

Surprisingly Steve is very laid back he’s not a typical guitarist in that aspect it’s more that he gets lost in the music and does a 20min Hendrix style solo and the rest of the band just carries on regardless.........🙄

That’s going to look great mate!!........👍

I’m toying with the idea doing a fake barrel top telecaster after seeing a Big D Guitars Video on YouTube Heres a couple of ideas I’ve came up with............😀 They will be slightly aged looking with relict hardware....... Opinions please??

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They are the two I mostly use as well I found the blues box a really helpful video.........👍

I’ve been using become a bassist videos on YouTube I find them more engaging than the talking bass ones and he does online courses as well

No worries mate thought it was worth a shout anyway 👍

If you haven’t dumped them yet I’m in the market for a tele body??

I know what you mean but he wipes the floor with me playing bass as well.........🤣

Thanks everyone for the advice I’ve arranged to have a jam with my mates band (their bass player got a bit arsey cos he thought they were trying to replace him!) in a couple of weeks luckily they are a Blues/Jimi Hendrix tribute band and I feel quite comfortable playing the blues just got to work on my turnarounds a bit On a side note if you are local to the North Wales/Chester area and you see a band called Crash Landing playing a gig they are really good and well worth going to see.........👍

Damn it I’ve been rumbled!! The other month I just thought I want to learn something new so I thought let’s try and learn about electronics so I started reading about Ohms law and Kirchoffs laws which seemed nice and straight forward but then I started trying to learn about sine waves and sound modulation using electronics and that went way over my head the formulae and the maths involved was just too hard!! so I saw an overdrive pcb going for really cheap so I thought why not give it a go!! I’m working out what I need and how much to build a tube amp head so that will be a future project..........,

When I was back down in Essex there was open mic nights every night of the week somewhere but now I live in rural north wales they seem to be few and far between Two of my mates both play in bands but with kids, work, gigs etc it’s hard trying to get time have a jam and the other thing is not that I think my one of my mates would ever say your not good enough or anything but he is an awesome guitarist and I feel a bit intimidated to jam with him!

I hope this isn’t too off topic with the OP but it’s kinda related but how did you know you were ready to join a band?? I really want to join a band but fear my playing ability wouldn’t be up to scratch and if I audition I’ll just get laughed at and told to jog on!! I don’t know if it’s a confidence thing or I’m just not good enough??..........

I don’t like that so I’m gonna go for ‘Pedantic Platypus’ instead.......😜

Melancholy Platypus Nonchalant Koala Overactive Sloth Satisfied Meerkat Exhausted Gerbil I think @Barking Spiders definitely on to something!!! (I’m calling dibs on Melancholy Platypus!)

When I was younger and in a punk band I always wanted to call us “never mind the sex pistols here’s my bollocks” but I got overruled!!

I’ve been listening to a lot of (rock??) blues and really liking Ritchie Kotzen at the mo

Update: I finally got round to wiring everything up and the sound quality is surprisingly quite good on clean but it does severely lack in volume (but it’s adequate for home use) unless you have the gain switch on and it does go quite loud the problem is that with the gain on it has a really bad sounding distortion!! I think that it’s definitely not for bass but a guitar would sound ok!?! I’m in the process of building an Overdrive pedal and a Bass fuzz pedal and if they go ok then I might build a booster which might make it sound better??............🤔