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Hello all, fairly new player, looking to get serious.


VoodooChilli
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Hi folks, names Al, and I'm a yorkshireman.

I've been playing bass for 2 years now. I played guitar for 9 years previously, but very casually, occaisionally picking it up and did rythym for a few bands. A mate of mine needed a bassist, and I borrowed his old knackered, very poorly cared for thunderbird to practice some of the songs, and played a few gigs with them.

I bought myself a nice cheap Cort Curbow and managed to get hold of an old Carlsboro Viper and have practiced for 30 minutes up to 2 hours with a fairly unstructured routine just about every day for the last year. I like to think I'm reasonably competent, I've always tried to get the basics right, straight wrists, I don't wear my bass by my kneecaps etc (I'm a stickler for technique with just about everything, but being self/youtube taught I don't doubt I'm doing something wrong). Got a reasonable slap technique (I think) and can even manage a little bit of 2 hand tapping, but not well.

Music wise I like (and [i]try [/i]to play) Classic Rock, Motown, Soul, Funk, Blues, a little metal, and Primus. I've never been able to get into Jazz though. I completeley idolise Bootsy Collins and Les Claypool as bassists. Also play a spot of Harmonica and Piano, and did some backing vocals for a band.

I've not been in a band for a year now, but am looking to put something together, my amp was a bit crappy when I got it and is finally giving up the ghost, and I'm thinking about a new bass too.

I'm hoping to get some advice on practice routines, gear, and technique. I shant ask all of them here as it will just get messy and unordered but I hope to learn a few bits and pieces, develop my own style and get myself into a decent band with what I learn.

Looking forward to some excellent discussions, and eventually knowing what I'm talking about when it comes to bass.

Peace.

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