Hello, my name is Seb, 48 years old. Decided to start learning bass for good this time! Never too late to start!
Got a bass 15 years ago to play with friends (they play guitar, piano, violin, drum, sing)
I was the only one not playing an instrument….
I have that one friend that just listen to a song and can play it really quick on the Guitar. He is really well equip with a studio in the basement. (He also made some really good trance music)
I tried learning bass but it never sticked, don’t know why. Was not the right time in my life I guess. I’m also someone that knows nothing about music.
And the bass was just getting dust on.
This year I decided to learn for myself and have fun. Stumble unto the B2B class and said why not.
Started this week and I’m recalling having fun. Each day can’t wait to pickup the bass to start a new lesson. Really like the teaching style of Josh, it is motivating!
My wife said I have sparkle in my eye when I said I’m going to do my lesson, haha.
Well, this is my goal for 2026, learn bass and have fun doing it!
Yes…I agree with you. I love Mark Knopfler’s album with Emmylou Harris. On a bass-related note, the bass line in Dire Strait’s Once Upon a Time in the West is as cool as it gets.
Hi! My name’s Emily and I’m from the UK! I’ve just completed Module 1 of BassBuzz, and I love it!
I started playing the ukulele about just over a year ago and became hooked because I could finally properly play an instrument! I was going to try to learn U-Bass but when I saw it’s basically the same as a bass guitar, and bass guitars are mostly cheaper, I thought “why don’t I just learn bass?” I’m so so excited to be actually learning something I’ve really wanted to do since I was a kid (living my Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem fantasy ahaha!)
Outside of learning bass, I’m a comedian, writer and artist.
Hello, My name is Robert. I’m 59 years old and have owned Basses since High school, but i never got any good with it, been self taught. Yes I have memorized the fret board, but got nowhere with it.
I started B2B a week ago and I’m currently on Mod 2 lesson 4. what a difference it has made, it fixed my bad habits, i used to use my left thumb as a vice grip, and i only played with my middle finger. all of this has been fixed and playing is a joy now.
Here I am officially 50 years old. I first bought a bass when I was about 17. I never really got anywhere with it, lots of later life choices that didn’t really contribute to musical hobbies of my own though I was always surrounded by musicians.
So as today, I join here to actually learn something. Two years ago I picked up an Ibanez Gio 6 string and some months ago I picked up an Ibanez SDGR 4 string at a pawn shop.
It is now time to learn how to play, and not how to try and play what I listen to.
Bassists that have made me want to learn… Les Claypool(Primus), Sean Malone(Cynic ), Steve Di Giorgio(Sadus, Death, to many other bands to mention), Steve Harris.
Some masters I never mentioned, out of my scope of listening, but would love to learn from those techniques.
I love all their stuff and the Emmylou Harris tour was outstanding. It’s fun to contrast Mary Chapin Carpenter’s version of The Bug, which played on Country stations to Dire Strait’s original.
Dire Straits
“………..even the hero takes a bullet to the chest, once upon a time in the wild west…..”