Welcome @Chillax
Have fun!
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Hello!
I recieved a bass as a surprise gift for my 60th birthday after a long period of rumination (a few years).
I have found the course really informative. Josh is a great teacher with a sense of humour that makes me laugh out loud. (I sometimes get funny looks from my family!)
Ciao for now.
Mike.
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Welcome @michael.s.seymour - glad you enjoyed the course!
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Welcome @michael.s.seymour
Have fun!
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Hey everyone, My names Jeff and I used to play bass back in the 80s but haven’t cracked open the bass case since about 1986, So I’m starting over and have worked through the first seven lessons so far.
I decided to get back into it after I discovered I can actually write lyrics and need a band so I’m not forever trapped using Suno AI to hear my songs.
It’s a funny story how this happened, I have a K-Pop radio show and I decided I needed a theme song for it. I started messing around in Suno and managed to get a couple different variations that I wasn’t embarrassed to play on-air, and to my surprise, the lyrics I had written didn’t actually suck.
Then song titles and lyrical hooks kept popping into my head. So I started creating songs around them, but the joke is on me because they almost all ended up being county not K-Pop, go figure. Fortunately, I like most styles of music.
You can actually hear some of my songs if you search your favorite streaming service for The Travis McCall Band (my fictional AI country band). I will eventually post some here once I get my chops back up enough to play at least the bass parts.
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Welcome @jcupp - enjoy!
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Hello @beethoven62 , @RXManPaul , @Colt1545 , @Spinay , @planetarymonkey, @dave216, @Chillax , @michael.s.seymour and @jcupp !
Welcome to our community and enjoy the course!
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Welcome @jcupp
Have fun!
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Welcome to all the newcomers! You make this forum what it is, have fun and play bass!
Cheers,
Antonio
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Hello! I worked through the B2B course last year (It was my new years resolution) and loved it… yet it’s taken me all this time to say hello on the forum (I’m shy!).
I also have a bit more motivation to do so now as I’ve been working on an app and I’d like some feedback on it please. I had been wanting to learn to write better basslines but struggled getting my timing right with a looper pedal so decided to have a crack at writing an app with an autotriggering looper (so it plays through the chord progression and then automatically records you the next time it plays). It went that well that I kept on adding tools to the app that it’s now a 4 track backing sequencer, 8 channel looper, 8 channel sampler, 5 channel drum machine, fretboards, rockband keyboard MIDI support…
I’d love to have some feedback from other bass players and suggestions on improvements I could make.
You can run the app for free in a browser (click the bottom right button to make it full screen)
I tried adding a link but the forum blocked it - you can find it at itch . io if you search for Songwriters Toolbox
Thank you!
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Welcome! Its a very friendly community 
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Hi, my name is Heather! I live in Salem Oregon. I grew up playing jazz bass. I was tutored under the high schooler above me and never took any lessons. I’m loving this course for drilling the basics, breaking old bad habits and learning new techniques. I haven’t played in two decades and was dying to get back into it. Super grateful for this course and all that Josh has done!
Thanks everyone! Can’t wait to hear more about your journeys.
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Hello @Chillax @michael.s.seymour @jcupp @stu.laxton and @heather.rauh nice to meet you!
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Hi all!
new member here 
My name is Guido, 53 yo, I used to play bass (very bad indeed) 20 years ago, in a band with friends… But later I forgot everything.
So 1 month ago I just got back my old bass (Squier JB, 1991 made in Korea) that I’ve lent to my brother some years ago… and ok I would just start again practicing and learning!
Ciao from Italy!
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Hello Josh, this is Ken landes from Pennsylvania. I’m 51 years old tinkered around with playing bass by ear for a few years in early teens. Love it want to learn it right this time lol. After doing a fair share of research I chose ur beginner to badass!! I’m two lessons in and I already learned a bunch of things I didn’t kno. Loving this course so far looking forward to the next time I get on. Rock on
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Hello @Kennethlandes32974 and @guido.darrigo (possibly one if the coolest names ever) welcome!
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A Bass Guitar Testimony
Around late October of 2025, I was walking through the house and noticed a bass guitar sitting lonely in the corner of my youngest son’s room, collecting dust. On a whim, I thought, “What the heck—why not?” I picked it up, tuned it as best I could, and started plucking around.
I should be clear: I had zero real musical experience. I’ve tried instruments before and never stuck with any of them. I’ve written lyrics, made up melodies, even strung together a few songs on acoustic guitar—but I never knew what chords I was playing and honestly didn’t care to learn. Sheet music was completely foreign to me, and I was fine with that.
At first, the bass sounded exactly like you’d expect from a beginner—clunky, buzzy, and uninspiring.
At the same time, I sing on my church’s worship team, and it just so happened we were in need of a bassist. When our drummer heard I was thinking about learning bass, he jumped at the chance to help me. He showed me some basic chords and rhythms, and I started practicing with backing tracks.
And that’s when something unexpected happened.
A completely new musical reality opened up for me.
I had never really noticed the bass before—not like this. Suddenly, I heard it in every song. I felt it. I understood its role. The best way I’ve been able to describe it is like a coloring book: you have all the colors—the vocals, guitars, keys—but when you add the bass, it’s like taking a black marker and outlining everything. It gives shape, depth, and definition to the entire picture.
After just one week of practice, I was invited to play bass with the worship band. Nothing fancy—root notes, staying in time, very much a “fake it till you make it” situation. But the moment I started playing with others, it all came together. I could feel the bass—how it locked in with the drums, how it supported the singers, how it carried the music without demanding attention.
It was honestly magical.
What started as a dusty, forgotten instrument became something deeply meaningful. I went from not knowing a single note to wanting to understand why the music worked. Since then, I’ve been invited to play regularly, officially joining the worship band on November 23, 2025. I’ve learned notes, chords, major and minor scales, pentatonic scales, arpeggios, and the Circle of Fifths—things I never imagined I’d care about, let alone enjoy.
Looking back, this journey feels like a reminder of how God works. Something overlooked, unused, and sitting in the corner was picked up and given purpose. And in the process, I found not just an instrument, but a new way to serve, listen, and worship.
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That’s an awesome story! Welcome!!!
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Welcome! Country is really underrated, well, good country anyway. One of my favorite Guitarists/Composers is a Country Crossover artist; Mark Knopfler
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Welcome @heather.rauh @guido.darrigo @Kennethlandes32974 and @ClefNerd - enjoy!
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