Hi there - new player checking in

[timmyo]

Hello - I'm Tim, a 30something home hobbyist newly arrived here and just bought my bass (from another forumite here) today.

I'm thinking of having a couple of lessons just to sort out the real rudiments of technique (for example my picking wrist is sore now where it rests on the guitar from an evening of 'playing' - I'd like to be sure I'm not doing something potentially dangerous from the off.) Oh and the strings keep crashing in to teh fretboard - they don't do that on my guitar. Must be dodgy strings



Anyway to keep you entertained if you read this far, here is my lovely new bass :






Tim


p.s. - any tips for decent beginner learning material appreciated -but NB I don't read music. ta.

[charic]

tip 1 - dobt call it a guitar
tip 2 - theres a free program called powertab which allows you to download tabs. i reccomend offspring as starter material

[paul, the]

That's a beaut' of a bass Tim!

Welcome to the Basschat

[punksoul257]

Welcome to basschat, hope you enjoy your stay

[Telebass]

Howdy, Timmyo!

[timmyo]

[quote name='Telebass' post='60089' date='Sep 13 2007, 08:37 PM']Howdy, Timmyo![/quote]

oh hello there - don't worry I won't let on about your frequenting a certain guitar forum