Introduce Yourself! (2018-2022)

Nice! What kind of bass? You can show everybody here if you like :slight_smile: - Show Us Your Basses

Unfortunately, at this point Bass Buzz shirts are only available inside my personal closet. I keep prodding at the rest of the gang to make that happen, they’ll exist someday I’m sure. :tshirt::zap::guitar:

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Ah that’s a shame about the tee’s. Yes keep the pressure on those marketing dudes!!
I’ve got a Fender electro/Acoustic bass (in Black) I’ll post a pic. I pretty quickly realised that I should have got an electric one. But always wanted an acoustic bass for some reason.
Have had a look at your recommended bass videos and have my eye on a Squire Vintage modified Jaguar in red. I see that there are different types? - as long as it says Squier Vintage & Jaguar is that okay - or is the modified bit important?
Am loving learning the bass using your method. Am already on module 3 and was rockin’ along to Deep Purple with you last night!!! I’m doing around 30mins - 1hour every night Mon-Fri.
Have a big play list on my phone of songs with bass lines that I like. Can’t wait to get badass and play along with them!!!
Thanks Josh - you rock!!!

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…jazz (not Jaguar)

… hmmm but maybe I should go with the Yamaha!! Think I might go with your advise. Better start saving the pennies!

There are a couple different Squier Jazz models I know of lately, the Vintage Modified, and the Affinity series. Both probably cool, though I haven’t played an Affinity personally. I don’t think there’s one called “Squier Vintage Jazz” without the “Modified” part, at least not a current model.

As far as Squier Jazz vs. Yamaha TRBX304, it really depends on what you want. Squier = classic Fender tones, Yamaha = more modern sounds and versatility. Plus no single coil pickup hum. :slight_smile:

Glad you’re having fun with the course!

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Cool, thanks Josh :blush::+1:t3:

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You will love the course. I started out last year with B2B and now I am playing with a Blues Band. Enjoy.

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Excellent! Yes I’m really enjoying it.
Very encouraging that you are now playing in a band. I hope to do the same in the future :+1:t3:

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Hi I am new to bass, I noodle with guitar, really should have spent time learning but life has a nasty habit of getting in the way. Not too late to start, 64. I do like rock music primarily but all sorts float me boat, 331 rock on YouTube.? A friend of mine plays bass with a ukulele band in Liverpool, The Splintered UKes, one of my many inspirations. Bought a bass ukulele/guitar yesterday as my wife plays ukulele, as do, timing is an issue with too many people playing. Sorry to ramble on.

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I completed and enjoyed the Bass to Badass course about a year ago. My name is Charles, am 69 years old. Saturday I jammed with my 15 year old great nephew (drummer). That boy can play. I found great enjoyment in trying to follow him. I have to give it to you Josh, the lessons were No 1. I hope you can suggest a cheap and simple way to record my Bass, Without all the bells and whistles.

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My name is Paul, and I have been wanting to learn Bass for years. Like a lot of you, because of life, family, and work, I never seemed to find the time to make it happen. I bought an Ibanez GSR200 and Behringer Ultrabass 1200 10 years ago for my 40th B-Day in hopes of actually doing something with them, but after a couple of moves from AZ, to CO, and now WI, never found the time. My youngest daughter is now in college, and me and the wife have an empty nest (found the time!). I searched around Google for “Bass Lessons”, as we live in a rural community with not much to offer as far as music teachers/lessons, and came across Josh! Watched the online content, read like every post on here, and decided THIS WAS THE PLACE TO BE! Due to my setup, the DVD option was the best for me, and i was soooo excited when i got home and saw a box on my doorstep yesterday. Put in disc 1 last night, and actually got to “play” my Bass for the first time!! Today is day 2, and i don’t want to stop, but guess i still gotta eat and sleep, and introduce myself. I am so looking forward to each lesson. Thanks so much Josh for what you have created! Looking forward to jamming for years to come!

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Hi all, I’m Sharon. Just bought the course and my bass should turn up in the next day or two. I’m 48, never played a musical instrument (except teaching myself the recorder when I was 10). My husband and 6 yr old son started learning the guitar a few months ago but I didn’t really want to learn guitar.

Bass, on the other hand, looks really great! I loved the free videos, Josh, so if anyone can get me to play badass bass, then i’m hoping it’s you!

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Thanks Charles! The easiest way to record yourself would depend on what you want to use the recordings for? If you need them to be really clean, I would buy a digital audio interface, and run that into your computer and a DAW (digital audio workstation) like Pro Tools or Logic.

If that’s too complicated, you can just get a handheld recording device like a Zoom field recorder of some kind: | ZOOM

Feel free to post a thread in the Gear forum to get some more help on that, we’ve got some audio engineers hanging around who are better than me at that stuff!

@Snowdog1968 Welcome to the forum Paul! Nice to hear about your excitement, hope you keep having fun. The nest should feel less empty with all your bass rumbling. :slight_smile:

@Happymouffetard Hi Sharon! Hope you dig your new bass and the course!

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Hi Sharon, Welcome to the World of Low Enders. :slight_smile:

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Hello,
I’m Mike from So. Cal.

I “played” bass for a couple of punk bands in my early 20’s. Now 49, I have the time and disposable income to play bass again.

This course looks promising for me. I watched a couple of the free vids and decided to take the course. I figure I’ll do the 3 month pace.

I am hoping to find some other old tyme punkers to start a band with after I master the basics of this course.

For me, I’ve always preferred and played with a pick. Playing using my fingers will be a challenge however, I think it will make me more of a complete player in the long run to be able to play in all styles.

Looking forward to hangin around with you fellow bass players on the site.

If you’re interested these are my bass heroes:

Barry Adamson - Magazine
Sid Vicious (I know, I know) - SeX PiStOLs
Dee Dee Ramone - Ramones
JJ Burnell - Stranglers
John Doe - X

… you get the idea where I’m at…

Cheers!

Mike

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I can’t find the bass solo by josh how do I access that collection

Very cool pantheon of punk lords there. I got to open for John Doe and The Sadies once. Didn’t get to hang with the guys at all… but cool cool music.

Hey Mike, welcome to the forum and hope you dig the course! And you should be able to find some other punkers to play with in SoCal of all places. :slight_smile:

@cmaccloskey01, not sure what bass solo you’re referring to?

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Hello fellow bass players! I’m
new here, signed up last week. Enjoying the lessons thus far, currently in Module 2, Lesson 1. Josh has a unquie and fun method in teaching. Looking forward to the course. :notes::guitar:

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Welcome to the forum @bertmayo! Glad you’re digging the course, keep me posted on how it’s going. :slight_smile:

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