Not yet, not with that bass.
Now I have something to try tomorrow!
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…'cause you have friends…
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Thus MY problem…I’d love to be retired but I’m still a couple years away
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Originally, this was my plan too… Just haven’t prioritized that over everything else as of yet…
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I’ve always found picking about the same as plucking; right hand easier, left hand harder, but not by much. Great way to work on subconscious muting too.
I like the attack and tone of picking a lot more than plucking; YMMV.
I’m probably 80%/20% picking/plucking at this point.
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I reward myself with 6 hours of Netflix after I practice 20 minutes. Try it! It works!
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Whoa! . . . 50 years of marriage is quite an accomplishment, @Celticstar 
Good for you, mate!
And congratulations 
Cheers
Joe
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Indeed it is, when I add all 4 of mine up I only get to 18
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Thank you.
I have to say though that it sure doesn’t feel like 50 years. 
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it felt like 75? 
Congrats!
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Hey guys…is there a secret to being able to reach notes on the fretboard? I have a hard time getting my fingers to stretch so I tend to move my hand a lot more, which in turn makes it harder to find the right fret. I have arthritis in my left hand, which makes it tougher anyway, so I tend to play slower songs like I did with Yousician. Also, is there a certain sound I’m looking for with the alternate tuning DADG? I’m debating which bass to use for alternate tuning.
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The secret is…practice.
If you can’t stretch, you shift.
Hitting the right spot comes with time and practice. And loads of it.
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Use them all, it takes seconds to tune down to Drop D and back. It’s not a permanent life choice 
I do it several times a practice session sometimes. Some artists can do it mid-song.
You only need to devote a bass to an alternate tuning if you need to change the bass, like for BEAD where you need new strings and might have to file the nut. But for Drop D, you just turn the peg. If your A string is in tune, you don’t even really need a tuner.
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@John_E now that I have a little more time I should be able to practice daily
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Playing Down on the Corner the other day, using headphones. My son comes by though and just hears me by myself. Says the rhythm is off. Is slight enough I can’t/don’t notice it with the song playing in my headphones. Through the conversation, we pick up that maybe I can’t gauge how often I am or am not in sync.
I was thinking I could make a drum beat in garage band that’s similar and then record over that and see how often my playing matches up with the waveforms…but then thought maybe there’s already an app for this- to play particular rhythms over other beats and grade you on it.
And this would be the place that would know about something like that…
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Not exactly what you asked for, but something you can try: use groovescribe to set up a simple 4/4 beat with kick and snare, and add the hi-hat playing the rhythm you want to practice. Then you can use the hi-hat as your crutch.
Would look something like this for the main 2-bar riff of Down on the Corner:
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Woh Groove Scribe is really cool! This’ll be a great tool in the practice aresneal. Thanks for sharing.
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You can, and it’s trivial to do.
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Here is what I am currently struggling with…
BAD TABS
I am finding Ultimate Guitar’s “Official Tabs” are even really really bad for bass a lot.
Not even close sometimes.
And really really bad for the beatles.
Why call it official if it is nowhere near accurate.
Even the very simple “The Long and Winding Road” tab is a train wreck.
Youtubers got a lot closer.
Do you think this is a copyright thing that the Beatles do?
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