No worries, you’ll get there! You may want to try and angle/lift the Nut/Tuner part a bit more, to have this on shoulder hight. I feel like this steep angle help to spread the fingers 
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Make sure your action isn’t too high. If you have no idea what I’m talking about then let me know and I can explain that better. Lower action is easier to play, but medium and high action have their uses too. It’s a personal thing.
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Thanks @JT I’ve had a set up and my action is nice and low. When I first got the bass the neck was convex and had a ridiculously high action, there was buzz on the E just from the vibration of the string and being slacker on the short scale you need a bit of clearance
I might try a standard bass in a shop to see if I can reach but even with her minor issues I love it
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Sounds like you are in good shape then. Fingers will naturally get stronger and more flexible the more you practice. Mine still have a lot of breaking in to do. And my pinky still has a mind of its own as to whether it wants to bend or straighten-out.
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My little finger locks too when im using it alot on root fifths or root octaves its a weird feeling i have to quickly unlock it before next note i need to play. Its uncomfortable but thankfully it doesnt hurt.
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Well here’s mine. Life and an Easter trip got in the way but I’m posting! And learning! Everyone’s submissions are fantastic. I think I learn something from each one.
I left the mistakes on there, even after a bunch of takes I still found new places to get lost or distracted. It’s obvious, you’ll see my head shaking when I switch the open strings during the solo.
The other two are coming soon. But I may have to upgrade on Vimeo to post more than a vid a week. This one took 75% of my weekly bandwidth on the free sub.
Gear:
Hondo P-Bass from the early 90’s(?) (replaced pots, stock p-ups)
Killer City Guitars Classic 105s Round wound nickles from CBGitty.com
iPhone SE2020 HD 30fps
Roland Go Mixer Pro
Tech 21 Sans Amp Bass DI as a pre
Sony nothing headphones
Thanks again to @JT for kicking it all off. Like I said, learning a lot. Love it all. Cheers 
(going to have to learn how to embed a vid better)
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Hey @dave.kaina,
Very good job on your first cover, a couple small muck ups, the good thing is you already know where they were👍
Love the tone from the bass, the mix was good and the production was also good,
Keep up the good work,
Cheers Brian
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Great job! Few stumbles, but 95% correct as far as I could tell. And you recognized the stumbles which is all part of learning. Love the tone. Love the mix. Looking forward to your next one.
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Great job @dave.kaina!
Great tone out of that bass and Sans Amp.
To embed the vid diretly, pick the ‘picture’ icon, then choose ‘From the web’ and insert your link from Youtube/Vimeo that they give you as the direct link to the video.
This is the only way I have found to get them to embed correctly.
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just testing…
Edit: yeah, that worked… Just put the link text in the message (on a line by itself, maybe?), and it embeds (at least for youtube and vimeo). Can’t tell you why yours didn’t @dave.kaina, but that’s what I’ve done in the past…
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For clarity, not my video. I just reposted @dave.kaina’s as a test of embedding a vimeo link…
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Good job @skydvr😎
Cheers Brian
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Yes, the link needs to be on a line by itself. I think it can’t be on the first line, but I’m not sure.
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Wow @Lanny do I actually have to get involved in this thread to hear from you?
It’s great to hear from you every now and then.
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