Hello to all. I slowly learning my around the website so I am repeating below what I wrote for my profile (with some new additions)
74 years old. Total beginner. Decided to learn bass guitar to learn how to keep time, hear chord changes, how to use my hands properly on a fretted instrument and to learn to play along with others in a jam session.
Tried to learn Scruggs style banjo in the early 70’s but was only taught to memorize songs and never got past that speed up slow down horrible sound stage. I will be signing up for the beginner to badass course because I like the things that are taught.
I am looking to buy a bass first. I am really leaning toward a semi hollow boy used bass from Musicians Friend. I am trying to find the right forum to see what is already posted rather than ask the same old questions. Have some physical issues which will prevent me from standing up to play but think my hands will be agile enough to play. Any advice is welcome. My music tastes runs from 60’s San Francisco rock to classic rock to Gordon Lightfoot.
I need to add 60s surfer instrumentals to my musical likes.
I was looking up Hofner club basses on youtube and ran across a 10 year old demo by a guy. He never spoke so I don’t if he was American, British, German. He was wearing a black Homburg hat and a black chief’s jacket. Any way he did finger plucking? to start and then demoed the changes in tone by fiddling with the knobs and ended by playing part of Wipe Out" by the Surfaris from the early 60s and he blew me away. Took me back to my middle teens and a flood of memories about surfer shirts and chino pants.
So the last couple of days I have been listening to surfer instrumentals rather than Gordon Lightfoot.