RobF Posted March 3, 2019 Posted March 3, 2019 (edited) OK, raw beginner here. I've learned a few scales, can 'play' without buzz, fingers in the right place, not yet knowledgeable on the perfect sound required. After a few intros under my belt, I decided to learn a tune, from start to finish, that I could play along to. On my Epi EB0 through a Peavey Vypyr. Ive done it. Nothing taxing I must admit, Roxette ala Dr Feelgood. . . .and it feels good ! What was yours ? Edited March 3, 2019 by RobF Fat fingers 3 Quote
Reggaebass Posted March 3, 2019 Posted March 3, 2019 My bass teacher when I was 15 played blues so I learned quite a few blues tunes but my first song was Exodus by Bob Marley closely followed by police and thieves by junior Murvin 🙂 2 Quote
Horizontalste Posted March 3, 2019 Posted March 3, 2019 Under The Bridge was my first but I used a book for that one, the first ones I learnt by ear were David Bowie's Slow Burn & Stars. Quote
TheGreek Posted March 3, 2019 Posted March 3, 2019 12 bar blues - man, do I hate that stuff. 3 1 Quote
geoham Posted March 3, 2019 Posted March 3, 2019 When I was a kid at school, I took bass lessons but spent more time playing Oasis songs on guitar - so most of my early bass work was for exams. I know I played Axel F and The Pink Panther for my Standard Grade music, so I suppose one of them would be the ‘first’. I started playing bass in bands at about 18, after getting frustrated at efforts to recruit a bassist who was at least half capable! So the first song of my own choosing was probably something by Oasis, or perhaps Hey Joe! Quote
Barking Spiders Posted March 3, 2019 Posted March 3, 2019 I never had any records for most of my teens so could only ever listen to what other people had. One mate had a small number of albums including DSOTM and the one thing that stood out for me was the bassline to Money. Either that or The Chain was the first thing I learnt. Quote
RobF Posted March 3, 2019 Author Posted March 3, 2019 (edited) Being of that age, Hey joe has gone on my to do list. And the pink panther theme Edited March 3, 2019 by RobF 1 Quote
dmccombe7 Posted March 3, 2019 Posted March 3, 2019 Probably the guitar part for Smoke On The Water done on bass. My first bass lesson was Little Ole Wine Drinker Me by Dean Martin. Dave 1 Quote
super al Posted March 3, 2019 Posted March 3, 2019 My first bass lessons book was 'first steps bass guitar' by Russ Shipton so I probably learnt either 'whiskey in the jar' or 'house of the rising sun'. When I plucked up the courage to play with real people who could play a bit, I think 'hey joe' or 'green onions' would've been the first songs slaughtered! Quote
Reggaebass Posted March 3, 2019 Posted March 3, 2019 11 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said: My first bass lesson was Little Ole Wine Drinker Me by Dean Martin. Absolute classic, I’m gonna play that today 👍 1 Quote
dmccombe7 Posted March 3, 2019 Posted March 3, 2019 4 minutes ago, Reggaebass said: Absolute classic, I’m gonna play that today 👍 It was mainly used to get my timing right. I can't remember what was in between that and another song i liked Mississipi by Pussycat i think it was. I've probably still got the music sheets from my lessons back in 76 1 Quote
Cato Posted March 3, 2019 Posted March 3, 2019 I can't really remember but it would have been something by the Ramones maybe 'Sheena is Punk Rocker' or 'Cretin Hop'? I pretty much learnt to play bass by playing along to the 'Rocket to Russia' album. 1 Quote
joeystrange Posted March 3, 2019 Posted March 3, 2019 Mine was All The Small Things by blink-182. Really simple so it was easy to pick up. 1 Quote
Norris Posted March 3, 2019 Posted March 3, 2019 It's lost in the annals of history, but probably plugging away at root notes in a 12-bar with my school mates, circa 1980 Quote
SH73 Posted March 3, 2019 Posted March 3, 2019 (edited) Wrathchild Edited March 3, 2019 by SH73 . 2 Quote
chris_b Posted March 3, 2019 Posted March 3, 2019 No idea, but Booker T and the MG's Green Onions was probably around that point. Quote
upside downer Posted March 3, 2019 Posted March 3, 2019 It was either Public Image by PiL or Stepping Stone by The Sex Pistols (Monkees cover). Quote
Frank Blank Posted March 3, 2019 Posted March 3, 2019 6 minutes ago, upside downer said: It was either Public Image by PiL or Stepping Stone by The Sex Pistols (Monkees cover). Same for me Public Image by PiL Quote
bubinga5 Posted March 3, 2019 Posted March 3, 2019 (edited) The first track I learned all the way through. Did I get it bang on note and groove wise, yep. Did I understand back then the theory/chord changes behind what Randy Taylor was doing. Nope. was great fun though. Edited March 3, 2019 by bubinga5 1 Quote
skankdelvar Posted March 3, 2019 Posted March 3, 2019 A 12-bar blues pattern in A from the Jim Gregory / Harvey Vinson bass book, played on an unplugged Commodore semi-acoustic in 1975 4 Quote
Paul S Posted March 3, 2019 Posted March 3, 2019 I can't remember which now but it was something by Status Quo. I used to play along to Piledriver, Dog Of Two Head and Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon. That's how I started to play guitar when I was in my teens back in the 70s so I thought it was probably a good way to go about learning bass when I took it up in the noughties. Probably not progressed a huge amount, tbf. Quote
phil.c60 Posted March 3, 2019 Posted March 3, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, TheGreek said: 12 bar blues - man, do I hate that stuff. Man, do I hate folks who say "Man, do I hate that stuff". Chcacun a son gout. Edited March 3, 2019 by phil.c60 spelling! 1 Quote
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