Szymbrush Posted April 30, 2022 Posted April 30, 2022 Hey everyone! Another beginner joining the flock, started last summer and - against my expectations - got completely obsessed! I've been playing for about 8 months and have 3 basses now, so that's just over 1 bass per 3 months... let's hope the acquisition rate slows down now or I'll go broke But, that'll be AFTER i've hunted down a nice fender aerodyne! Ok, back to practice! 3 Quote
Richard R Posted May 1, 2022 Posted May 1, 2022 (edited) Welcome aboard! There is very simple advice to follow as a beginner bassist. Keep the beat and don't buy another bass until you can play the one you have. Not sure how many people obey it, but it's still good advice.😉 Edited May 1, 2022 by Richard R 1 Quote
Szymbrush Posted May 1, 2022 Author Posted May 1, 2022 Hah, this is very good advice in all hobbies in general, and indeed I doubt many follow it 😅 One thing that I know about myself though is that if I have a thing that I realllly like, I just end up using it more. I have an Italian motorcycle - the performance to price ratio is questionable (even if I'll never ride it to its limits), but damn is it a thing of beauty - when I enter the garage I feel positively emotional. Call me shallow Back to the basses: the ones I have are a necessity (they're what was available locally at the cheapest price point when I needed one, and due to moving countries a few times it was actually just cheaper to buy more), and I like them, but... you know Life is hard, eh? Quote
Richard R Posted May 1, 2022 Posted May 1, 2022 Ah well, you're excused. If you had already bought two Sadowski's and an Overwater then that would be different 😁 I do know what you mean about spending more time with things you like though. The bass I first bought was a Brawley Artemis, but for some reason I knew I would want the 5 string version. When one came up here I had to buy it, even though I wasn't really good enough to buy another. The 4 string is a lovely instrument but hasn't been played since. And I in September I may have swapped a Ford S-Max for a 2006 Jaguar XK 4.2l mid-life-crisis. Like your bike, I could never take it even close to the limits, but I think it is a really beautiful piece of design and engineering. Quote
Geek99 Posted May 1, 2022 Posted May 1, 2022 I’ve been to Dublin it was very nice - liked the baggot particularly a friend of mine from Tralee called it “a fecking dive” but I was totally blissed out listening to traditional music with a pint in what was then called Fitzsimmons 1 Quote
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