dabootsy Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 By regrets I mean missing out on a bass that was a bargain Saying no to a band that then made it big Or any other regrets Mine was when i was on holiday in morrocco we visited Marakesh market and i saw an immaculate wal and walked past it but then realised that this would probably be a bargain if i could haggle I could not find the stall when i went back so i was gutted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nimrod Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Simple:- picking up a bass for the first time 3 years ago... I wish it'd been 33 years ago; you can't go back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Not studying harder, faster, longer and more productively when I had the time. Now everything gets in the way and I can't seem to get any better, only older. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Not buying the mint Fireglow Rickenbacker 4001 in Cash Converters for £700 a few months ago.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 A few years ago a local music store had an early '70s Fender Jazz bass...it was old and trashed...[sonic?] blue finish. This is before Jazz prices started to skyrocket. The shop clearly had no idea of it's worth. It was around £350.00. It had a set of old/dead flatwounds on and I asked if they'd restring the instrument so I could demo it. The shop declined. I got home and my wife said that if I wanted it, I should go get it. I slept on it, went back next day and it had gone. P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nimrod Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 [quote name='NancyJohnson' post='166994' date='Mar 31 2008, 04:43 PM']A few years ago a local music store had an early '70s Fender Jazz bass...it was old and trashed...[sonic?] blue finish. This is before Jazz prices started to skyrocket. The shop clearly had no idea of it's worth. It was around £350.00. It had a set of old/dead flatwounds on and I asked if they'd restring the instrument so I could demo it. The shop declined. I got home and my wife said that if I wanted it, I should go get it. I slept on it, went back next day and it had gone.[/quote] Aaaaaaaaargh!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Dave Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Not realising (early enough to make a real differance) that aspiring to be (musically) like rich and famous musicians wouldn't make me so. I should have been arrogant enough to 'roll my own' and not wanted to be instantly admired and accepted. I should have sought out new musical ideas and values rather than defend old ones. I forced myself to become a craftsman rather than an artist. I was wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nimrod Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Just to add to my earlier post... I had a friend over today, a pro session musician (guitar & bass). His funk/soul/rock playing is just excellent, really very good stuff. So after listening to him giving one of my basses a good workout; I just feel like giving up... But I know that I mustn't. I've gotta just keep on learning and practicing, getting better slowly. Trouble is, the older you get, the slower you learn (it seems to me). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Within 4 weeks of beginning to play bass i had a gig filling in with the band i sound engineer for... Headlining acts bassist had recently died (friend of mine) and it was in his honor as such... Anyway to the point now, the bassist filling in for the bassist was none other than J J Burnell and being who i was i knew he was well known but had no idea HOW well known. I never took the time to say more than "Hi" to the guy really and i look back on it and kinda wish I had. Live n learn eh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_the_bass Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 [quote name='David Nimrod' post='167003' date='Mar 31 2008, 04:57 PM']Just to add to my earlier post... I had a friend over today, a pro session musician (guitar & bass). His funk/soul/rock playing is just excellent, really very good stuff. So after listening to him giving one of my basses a good workout; I just feel like giving up... But I know that I mustn't. I've gotta just keep on learning and practicing, getting better slowly. Trouble is, the older you get, the slower you learn (it seems to me). [/quote] don't give up! there's probably plenty of things that i should or shouldn't have done, but i don't regret any of them. that's not me being big headed and arrogant, that's me saying, "it's too late to be worrying about all that now". I reckon stuff happens for a reason - if there was something i should or shouldn't have done, it would have happened Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nimrod Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 [quote name='john_the_bass' post='167009' date='Mar 31 2008, 05:07 PM']don't give up! there's probably plenty of things that i should or shouldn't have done, but i don't regret any of them. that's not me being big headed and arrogant, that's me saying, "it's too late to be worrying about all that now". I reckon stuff happens for a reason - if there was something i should or shouldn't have done, it would have happened[/quote] Thanks for the positive words I need to take a more fatalistic attitude I reckon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedontcarebear Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 I sometimes regret starting to play instruments altogether, the amount I've spent on it, the annoying times in bands. I think I will have stopped by the time I reach my mid 30's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 (edited) [quote name='bilbo230763' post='166990' date='Mar 31 2008, 03:42 PM']Not studying harder, faster, longer and more productively when I had the time.[/quote] plus the one. not spending my time on the dole practising more...and then there's the matter of the 70s fender precision i sold. Edited March 31, 2008 by ahpook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestar Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 [quote name='David Nimrod' post='167003' date='Mar 31 2008, 04:57 PM']Just to add to my earlier post... I had a friend over today, a pro session musician (guitar & bass). His funk/soul/rock playing is just excellent, really very good stuff. So after listening to him giving one of my basses a good workout; I just feel like giving up... But I know that I mustn't. I've gotta just keep on learning and practicing, getting better slowly. Trouble is, the older you get, the slower you learn (it seems to me). [/quote] I've being playing on and off since I was 14, I'm 45 now. It takes me a longer to learn new stuff too but i think that's largely because my standards are so much higher than when I was younger and my playing is definitely better and hopefully still improving. Increasing senility allowed for of course. You've still got it all ahead of you Dave see your friend as an inspiration, work out what it is about his playing that dusts your broom. You'll get there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBunny Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Not learning to read music when I started on guitar "yonks" ago. My Bass Tutor has started me reading, but christ everything would be so much easier if I had learned all those years ago. It is taking a while to sink in due to advancing years....... 2 guitar tutors gave up on me. One said, "You aren't reading the music are you? You are just listening to what I am playing and copying it?" Guilty as charged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nimrod Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 [quote name='lonestar' post='167050' date='Mar 31 2008, 06:06 PM']You've still got it all ahead of you Dave see your friend as an inspiration, work out what it is about his playing that dusts your broom. You'll get there![/quote] Thanks for more positive words! The gloom is slowly lifting... Van Morrison sung about it:- [i]Well it's in my blood and it's in my veins Here it comes again, when I'm in the rain In the wind and rain, well the sun don't shine Well it's always mine, all of the time Melancholia, melancholia, melancholia And it's in my life and it's all the time It doesn't go away when the church bells chime In the evening time when I drink my wine In the evening time when it's on my mind Melancholia, melancholia, melancholia[/i] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBeefChief Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Same as the above. Not picking up a bass until I was 25 years of age. Not much I can do about that now though. Also continually being a spineless loser who hasn't got the b*llocks to join a band because I'm so critical of my sh*te playing. This is ongoing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakenewmanbass Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 [quote name='BigBeefChief' post='167063' date='Mar 31 2008, 06:19 PM']Same as the above. Not picking up a bass until I was 25 years of age. Not much I can do about that now though. Also continually being a spineless loser who hasn't got the b*llocks to join a band because I'm so critical of my sh*te playing. This is ongoing.[/quote] I never thought I'd feel sorry for you but on this issue I do. Think of it like this, there's a band out there that has a bass player that doesn't play as well as you do (I need you to trust me on this, I'm hugely experienced) AND there are bands out there that have no bass player at all and you're better than their last one. So what you're actually doing is denying them the chance to enjoy and utilise the skills you DO have in order to sit at home being overly critical of your own playing. Give those poor bassistless bastards a chance will you, do it for them, not you. I promise you won't regret it and if you do I'll eat my words and post a picture of my hairy arse in some public location for all to sneer at. Jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Bass Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 god this is a depressing thread i regret buying any effects as i think i addicted to them now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nimrod Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 [quote name='metaltime' post='167078' date='Mar 31 2008, 06:34 PM']i regret buying any effects as i think i addicted to them now[/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabootsy Posted March 31, 2008 Author Share Posted March 31, 2008 I think i regret starting this thread as its becoming more depressing than Eastenders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmandan Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 [quote name='dabootsy' post='167106' date='Mar 31 2008, 07:03 PM']I think i regret starting this thread as its becoming more depressing than Eastenders[/quote] damn straight!.... now go and stand in the corner and think about what you've done! [size=1]oh yeah, and my biggest musical regret: picking my (now ex) girlfriend over a band who ended up signing a multi-album deal with Parlophone and spending two months living with Dave Grohl in LA recording their debut album (still yet to be released mind you)..... about 6 months later she made it abundantly clear she wouldn't be sacrificing any element of her cosy little life for me so it ended up being curtains for us anyway!!........ bee hatch broke my heart!![/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nimrod Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 [quote name='dabootsy' post='167106' date='Mar 31 2008, 07:03 PM']I think i regret starting this thread as its becoming more depressing than Eastenders[/quote] Dunno about that, it's cheered me up no end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golchen Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 At the grand old age of 44 I have NEVER played live, and never really played with other people either. I'm a multi-instrumentalist who is a sad old bedroom player. At my age I seriously don't think I'd have the confidence to play anything with other people. It's too bad as I have recently (the last two months or so) really got into bass playing in a big way like never before. I think that bass would be what I would want to play now in my 'dreamworld' of playing with other people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nimrod Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 [quote name='Dillsfretless' post='167131' date='Mar 31 2008, 07:27 PM']At the grand old age of 44 I have NEVER played live, and never really played with other people either. I'm a multi-instrumentalist who is a sad old bedroom player. At my age I seriously don't think I'd have the confidence to play anything with other people. It's too bad as I have recently (the last two months or so) really got into bass playing in a big way like never before. I think that bass would be what I would want to play now in my 'dreamworld' of playing with other people.[/quote] All I can say to that is:- If I can do it, you can do it. Now go and do it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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