Hi All, I'm Bernie

Hi all.

Just wanted to pop on the forum and say HI!
Was looking for an introduce yourself thread but couldn’t find one. Hope this is OK.

I’m a 46yo father of 5 who hasn’t really played Bass since the late 90’s.

My story is pretty common, I played Bass for 3 years in high school back in the day. Never had my own Bass during that time so I didn’t very good just playing during class. I remember playing Stand by Me and missing the key change, that’s my whole memory of 3 years of music classes :stuck_out_tongue:

Now that my kids are grown and I actually have money left over after bills, I finally bought myself one. Treated myself to an Ibanez Iron label BTB625EX 5 string. I really love it, it’s a joy to play.

One of my sons has a six string guitar which I play a little, and I considered just getting a bunch of tabs and seeing how my skills transferred but I’m so glad I signed up to B2B, cause I’m re-learning how to get those ground level techniques right. So far the lessons have been really good, and I’m so happy I signed on.

My personal goal is to be able to Schism by Tool by the end of the year with no mistakes.

Anyway, that’s me. Nice to meet everyone.

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Welcome @Bernie
I’m fairly new myself and found it difficult to navigate at first as well. You’ll get used to the categories and navigation the more you visit. There’s a Topic called Introduce Yourself 2024. Another one to check out is called Show Us Your Bass part 2 2024. You can post pictures of your Bass / Basses there. Enjoy the course, it’s really fun and informative.

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Welcome, @Bernie. Click this link to the Introduce Yourself! (2024) thread to tell the gang about your bass goals.

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Welcome @Bernie !

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Hi @Bernie welcome, enjoy the course ! :slightly_smiling_face:

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Welcome :slight_smile:

Schism is a great goal, that’s on my list as well :slight_smile:

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