Hello from East Lothian

[bengreen49]

Hi all

Been lurking here for a while and have enjoyed reading through all the posts (some good banter). I'm a terrible bassist so haven't felt able to contribute but, I am looking to get some lessons and learn to play properly... Anybody in East Lothian/Southside of Edinburgh recommend a good teacher?

Cheers - Ben

[janmaat]

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Anybody in East Lothian/Southside of Edinburgh recommend a good teacher?
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Is that the East Lothian question?

Welcome to BC

[RichF]

welcome - East Lothian's great. Stacker's from East Lothian. Quite a few Edinburghers joining up too. All good. Let us know if you find a good teacher in Edinburgh.

[discreet]

[Jambo10]

Welcome

[bengreen49]

Thanks for the welcome guys.

[LukeFRC]

theres a fair lot of us from edinburgh and about now.

[Stacker]

Welcome, Ben. Try the guitar shops, like GuitarGuitar, Red Dog, Scayles; they're bound to have names they can pass to you. But I'd keep pressing on yourself, mate. Just watch, listen and practice, practice, practice.

[ScreencastTutor]

Welcome, which part of East Lothian are you from?

[Dave Tipping]

+1 for pressing on yourself ... you'll pick up some good tips on where to rest your thumb .. and finger positioning etc. from youtube .. the rest is all about playing and playing some more. Start with a few of your fav bands .. keep practising until you can master a couple of tunes you like. If you've got any guitarist and drummer friends .. once you've got a couple of tunes learned try and get a wee jam together. Playing with others was the kick up the backside I needed when learning.

[bengreen49]

Thanks for the welcome and the advice.

I am practising but I've hit a wall (if you know what I mean). I feel like I am just muddling along right now. To keep it interesting I am learning stuff from bands and genre's that I wouldn't normally listen to (which can't be bad) and is actually way more fun than getting beaten by the hard parts of songs that I do know!

ScreencastTutor,

I'm in Macmerry just off the A1.

[janmaat]

Oh, I am just popping back into this thread to get my coat...

gets coat

[ScreencastTutor]

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Thanks for the welcome and the advice.

I am practising but I've hit a wall (if you know what I mean). I feel like I am just muddling along right now. To keep it interesting I am learning stuff from bands and genre's that I wouldn't normally listen to (which can't be bad) and is actually way more fun than getting beaten by the hard parts of songs that I do know!

ScreencastTutor,

I'm in Macmerry just off the A1.
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Ah I used to go to nursery school in Macmerry, once upon a time. I'm still awful at playing but I would recommend playing along to a drumbeat or metronome. I never used to bother but that meant everything I played was out of time (and still is). Also recommend MarloweDK on youtube - [url="http://www.youtube.com/user/MarloweDK?feature=g-u-u"]http://www.youtube.com/user/MarloweDK?feature=g-u-u[/url] certainly for slap he is very helpful.

[discreet]

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I'm a terrible bassist so haven't felt able to contribute but, I am looking to get some lessons and learn to play properly...
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Playing with others was the kick up the backside I needed when learning.
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Ben, join a band - any band. Nothing will improve your playing quicker.

[merello]

If you are terrible - join my club!

[seashell]

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If you are terrible - join my club!
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I'm also a member of that dishonourable club!

Ben - hope you can find a good teacher in your area. I find that lessons are really motivating.

[bengreen49]

Maybe there should be a sub-forum for folk who own basses but can't play them.

[LukeFRC]

and call it 'basschat' as opposed to "bass players chat"

[alanbass1]

Welcome aboard