craigskywalker Posted February 10, 2015 Posted February 10, 2015 Hi So I've been playing guitar for a while now But just invested in a bass and amp Want to learn properly Where should I start Any good sites,DVDs,books I should check out ? Thanks for you help :-) Quote
BassBunny Posted February 10, 2015 Posted February 10, 2015 (edited) Hi Craig and welcome. As someone else who saw the error of his ways and switched from guitar to bass, I can only relate my experiences. First you need to establish what works for you. I quickly realised that certainly initially I needed 1:1 tuition and found a good teacher. Videos, books etc. didn't work for me, but we are all different. My tutor quickly spotted all the bad habits I brought over from guitar. More importantly I was given "homework" and that made me practice properly. With anything else I could always put off practice until tomorrow and tomorrow never came. I still have the odd lesson just to check the bad habits haven't returned. If t'internet works for you, Scott Devine & MarloweDK do great lessons. Book wise, almost anything by Ed Friedland although I used "Funk Fusion Bass" by Jon Liebman is great and starts with the essentials of position of bass, correct fingering etc. Good luck and sure there will be more suggestions. Edited February 10, 2015 by BassBunny Quote
louisthebass Posted February 10, 2015 Posted February 10, 2015 Welcome aboard . +1 to what BassBunny said. All the Ed Friedland books are great, and Stuart Clayton has written a lot of great books too (Bassline Publishing). www.studybass.com is another great site too. Quote
ped Posted February 11, 2015 Posted February 11, 2015 Hi Craig welcome to BC If you have any specific questions, try the 'theory and technique' forum. Good luck ped Quote
Grangur Posted February 11, 2015 Posted February 11, 2015 +1 to all of the above. I'm also a member of the Scotts Bass Lessons Academy. It's great value and the lessons in the academy are FAR better than the old, publicly available content from Scott. Good luck Quote
craigskywalker Posted February 11, 2015 Author Posted February 11, 2015 Thanks for all your help :-) Quote
TheGreek Posted March 6, 2015 Posted March 6, 2015 Hello Craig Welcome to BC I've just posted this for somebody else...some help with where to start: [URL=http://s1167.photobucket.com/user/FairfaxAikman/media/major-minor%20scales_zpsy7iacigq.gif.html][IMG]http://i1167.photobucket.com/albums/q639/FairfaxAikman/major-minor%20scales_zpsy7iacigq.gif[/IMG][/URL] Quote
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