Strangely enough I had the honor of making the first post on this forum.
When I first started the course, one of the things that jumped out to me was the comment section below the lessons. It was great to see others responses, struggles, tips, etc- but it just left me wanting more.
I’m also on talkbass, and it’s a great site, but like earlier posters have said, you often have to be really careful how you ask or comment on something since you can quickly get put in your place by oldtimers! (And sometimes things get snippy)
I had been in contact with Josh a few months prior regarding some marketing stuff and had suggested the idea of having a forum. Of course, his team was already working on a forum, but it was still in development- so I get no credit, haha!
However, from that previous contact, at some point I received an email link when the forum was partially up. (Although I didn’t realize it was still in beta at the time) So I posted: “Hello Fellow Bassbuzzers” along with my info and photo of my bass and amp. Don’t think it was actually supposed to post- but it did, and eventually it went live a few weeks later. The forum has far exceeded what I thought it might ever become. It has become a wonderful, supportive community that helps
one another, solves problems, answers questions, motivates and inspires!