Introduce Yourself! (2023)

[Mac]

Welcome @angierevans and @shaiyu

[StevFargan]

Welcome @shaiyu
Have fun!

[DeadPixels]

Welcome @angierevans and @shaiyu

[JerryP]

Welcome @shaiyu !

[AnotherJosh]

Welcome to the group @shaiyu, glad you joined us.

[toughdoody]

Welcome new folks to a new year and a new thread

[athosmr2003]

Welcome to the family @angierevans and @shaiyu

[PamPurrs]

Welcome @angierevans

[PamPurrs]

Welcome @shaiyu

[PamPurrs]

@angierevans

am 52 and decided better late than never right?

FYI I was 70 when I started. At 52, you’re still a youngster @angierevans

[autumnsdad1990]

Welcome @shaiyu !

[angierevans]

That is awesome. I’m looking forward to it. How long have you been playing?

[PamPurrs]

@angierevans

How long have you been playing?

Going on 4 years.

[mo]

Hey, I’m Mo. My bass arrived five days ago so I’m about as beginner as I’ll ever be!

It’s short for a bass because I travel a lot. That’s making the high frets hard to reach with my pinky but hey, it’s hard anyway when you start right? It’s a bit easier when I stand so I just stand up for that stuff.

What else can I tell you? Well 20 years ago I was in a garage band, occupying the role of bassist but playing analogue synths of various kinds. Then during lockdown the band got in touch out of the blue, and we reunited remotely. These days home studios are so good we each started recording our parts for the old songs. But all my synth stuff is currently in crates, so I started using soft-synths and virtual basses etc. on my Mac. I’d started reading up on basses to figure out how to make it sound convincing, and then thought damn: this’d be a whole lot easier if I could actually play the instrument!

So I found a bass I like in the January sales, then found Josh and the others on YouTube. That’s when I found that my work has a budget for ‘passion projects’: stuff not work related that you just for the joy of it. And here I am

I’m not 6’7" so yes, it’s a tiny bass, but I like it. It was pretty good out of the box but when a guitar tech has given it a thorough set-up I will love it.

Nice to meet you all!

[StevFargan]

Welcome @mo
Have fun!
P.S. I’ve also owned a few synths.

[PamPurrs]

Welcome @mo…
Standing when you practice is the way to go

[Growl]

@shaiyu

Hi everyone, my name is Shoshaina! I’m 27 years old and I just got my first bass last November. I really missed playing music when I was in school and I have always wanted to learn either guitar or bass, so I went with bass since I felt like its so underrated! I really enjoy more rock or hard rock/metal type of music as well so I felt like it was a good fit C: I can’t wait to keep learning and interacting with everyone here!

Hey welcome, most important is you have fun with it.

Also welcome @angierevans & @mo !

[MikeC]

Welcome, @mo. Glad you’re here. You’re definitely in the right place to learn with B2B. Enjoy the lessons! And your tiny bass.

[JerryP]

Welcome @mo !

[DocJas]

Hello everyone, first time visiting the forums.Picked up my first bass over a year ago, a five string Soundgear SR665PB. Impulse buy as after a few years of aimlessly doodling on guitar, I wanted to try bass. My local music shop had this and I fell in love with the finish and sound, although had no clue what I was doing. To make learning manageable, I grabbed a Squier Affinity PJ, a much more sensible newbie option.

Over a month ago started these courses as I was tired of aimlessly self teaching. What a difference, the wife has gone from full on cringing to only mild wincing. Even made me hang one on the wall to remind me not to slack off.