Welcome @andres.darcy
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Welcome to all…this is the best forum on the internet. So much knowledge, no judgements and lots of friendliness. You will love hanging out here.
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Hey andres.darcy. welcome!!!
THis is truly a great group. 
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I… didn’t actually introduce myself while giving Josh the DL on places to eat vegan XD
I actually started playing bass as a teenager, and I was even in a garage band. I got to play in the same bar that PanterA’s first gig was at, too! I was completely self-taught and used a pick. I thought I could play with my fingers XD I felt I was pretty good, could keep up with the guitar riffs, knew absolutely nothing about tuning and had pretty floppy strings eventually and used a med to thin pick to compensate lol. The idea being it would snap past the strings so I could continue alternate picking, and it actually did work!
I had a guitar, too, and made a few half-assed attempts to learn it. Bought some Metal Method DVDs but didn’t stick with it, and over the years I jammed with a friend with a guitar, but again, as a fairly mediocre musician. I actually left a really nice 5-string bass, a mid-range 6-string guitar, and a great 2x12 at his house a decade ago. Which leads me to…
Turns out I was very depressed and eventually isolated myself from humans for the most part. I still collected gear and got into synthesizers eventually, which I kinda stuck with but would only go through spurts of music-making and not. I actually took private lessons several years ago, and tbh while the teacher was a good player, I don’t know that I think he was a great teacher, or at least not for me, anyway. And again my basses slumbered…
The depression has finally been addressed, however, and I am at a much better place as a human being than I used to be. In December, I looked at my rack of instruments and decided it was time. I picked up my Schecter and felt peaceful while I noodled around with a few things I remembered, etc. So I did some reading and almost got into Scott’s Bass Lessons before I heard about Bass Buzz, and did some more reading, and while I still think Scott is great and probably does well, I made my choice here and really like @JoshFossgreen as an instructor. He’s pretty serene, and sometimes a little goofy, but seems very genuine.
I’m progressing pretty quickly, I think partially due to previous experience, and as a former tuba player in school (I was kinda born to the low end, I guess lol…), the bass cleff is coming back to me pretty quickly. I even remembered it was nicknamed the F cleff and Josh even mentioned that 
But obviously a lot of the progression is due to the good pace of these lessions and the ethos they are built on; they really build on one another and just keep going, and going, and going. I was pretty convinced I couldn’t play with my fingers at all with the private instructor (he also started me using three fingers… imo that’s not a great place to start after starting B2B, even if Alex Webster does it, too lol…)
Anyway, blah blah blah hi. I’m Emily and I play bass (again).
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Hi Emily @Koldunya - welcome to one of the weirdest places on the internet!
Weird because…it’s nice 
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I turn my back for a few days and we have a lot of new people,
Welcome to all new people
Enjoy the journey
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Glad you are here @Denise1
did you sign up for the B2B course here?
If you did you may not need that book!
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Glad you are (still) here @Koldunya Emily!
I am not much for humans as of late myself, but the bunch here are alright by me.
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Hey, my fellow bass players.
I played drums on and off for the last 20 years or so. Two years ago I found Davie504 on youtube and became interested in playing bass. I started playing in March of 2020 when the world shut down. I ordered a Glarry bass on Amazon and started learning from Rocksmith. That got me started and I learned a few songs. Got the B2B course for myself for christmas last year. Learned a lot with the course and now here I am.
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Welcome!
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Well, if you want to get rid of some funds, Bass is a good choice and this forum the place to be. 
Many around started with a cheap or borrowed bass and…
Welcome @Denise1, enjoy the lessons!
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Thanks!
Picked up the Bass from a friend yesterday evening, still have to buy some stuff of course.
My friend showed me Rocksmith on his Xbox, quit cool! Think I’m going to buy it aswell.
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