Wall of Mouths

buffalo-boy wrote:

Bass is hard to start with. Thats lesson 1. Pushing a bass string down KILLS, its like a girder compared to wussy guitar strings! I would recommend building strength in your hand by doing simple warm up exercises eg playing frets 1234 with fingers 1234 over all the strings. Start further up the neck like on fret 5 if that is hard to begin with. Do 20 mins a day. And learn some favourite riffs (simple ones!) to get some fun and satisfaction out out of it.
Going Nowhere is a good T? one to start with as it is just following the guitar chords and you don’t have to change real fast. Enter Sandman is a good one for rhythm and is quite simple too. :)

“Going nowhere”…?

Be prepared that your fingers will hurt the first weeks. It will go away eventually. Don’t do too much in the beginning and don’t force it. If you have a good teacher he (or she) will tell you all you need to know. I hope you’re a quick learner,’cos imo bass is the finest and most rewarding instrument to play. Have fun!

Yep, bass rocks. Get a Peavey Milestone (go to a shop and try different brands out, see which one suits you, yada yada. Look, you won’t get a better starting bass. Full stop). I’d recommend practicing for at least an hour a day, but if you don’t know many songs and stuff, it could get real boring. Best thing to do is to try to figure aout scales- what notes go with what, what you like the sound of. Experimentation is always a great way to learn.