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Would Like To Learn Bass Guitar
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03-12-2010 9:18am#1
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Your best bet for picking out a bass, is to visit as many music stores as you can and try out as many basses as possible within your budget. The one that feels and sounds right to you is the right one. I don't know much about the bass in your link, but I'd advise checking out the "SX" basses and the Fender Squier. Bear in mind that you can get a great bargain second hand, if you want to go that route. I'd highly recommend a G&L Tribute, though it might be a bit outside your budget if you are buying new.
You are right to seek lessons, especially in the early stages. Make sure the teacher's first instrument is the bass, and not a guitarist who teaches bass on the side. Get him/her to show you good technique. You can look it ( bass right hand/left hand technique ) up on You Tube. Nothing wrong with playing with a pick, though ideally it would be a bonus to master finger style also. A great all round web site for bass is : www.studybass.com In the illustrations, if you put your mouse over the notes, you can hear how it sounds.
Best of luck with it.
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I would also echo efla and Rigsby's advice about neck size. Definitely try out as many instruments as you can. Personally I love the thin necks of Ibanez basses. To me they are far easier to get to grips with than other chunkier brands. I have small hands so to play 5 and 6 string bass I need all the help I can get. 0
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Good point about neck sizes. Some people like the narrower jazz necks, while others prefer the chunkier precision ones. This is the advantage of "try before you buy".
It's completely down to preference and nothing to do with hand size. I've got large hands and I prefer Jazz style necks.
Definitely get into a store and check out a few different basses in person.0 -
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Well, I know a small female bass player who plays a 70's P with a baseball bat neck.
+1.
The legendary female bassist Carol Kaye, by her own admittance, has fairly small hands and has used all types of basses down the years without any problems. Good technique is the key.
Malice : A minimum amount of stretching should be enough to fret notes if you use the thumb as a pivot, no matter what size your hands are. You might be interested in this link. The whole clip is worth watching, but he talks about pivoting at around the 06.26 mark.
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I thought Dord meant Tal Wilkenfeld+1.
The legendary female bassist Carol Kaye
Cheers for the link, I'll have a look at it later. It's not that I can't fret certain notes, I'm saying that I prefer the thin necks to be found on Ibanez guitars and basses compared to other brands such as Schecter and Gibson. Without playing a wide-variety of guitars and basses over the years I'd never have come to that conclusion.Rigsby wrote:Malice : A minimum amount of stretching should be enough to fret notes if you use the thumb as a pivot, no matter what size your hands are. You might be interested in this link. The whole clip is worth watching, but he talks about pivoting at around the 06.26 mark.
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