The Bass thread (funk, Paul McCartney, guitar)

[mr dave]

Originally Posted by Lateralus

Honestly, how am I going? I still think I suck a lot. I pick up everything by ear so it's probably wrong. And I've only been learning bass for about 7 days! But I have to say I think this is going to be my favourite instrument I've gotten into so far...

glad to hear your digging it. what kind of bass is that? it looks HUGE on you but your 'puny little hands' don't seem to be having a hard time fretting notes

one thing i did notice in the first clip, you play the low string a lot louder than the other strings. not as noticeable in the 2nd clip though, getting a consistent attack on all 4 strings will give you a better sound overall. then again it might have been an amp setting.

there's also a bit of a trick when plucking / strumming chords on a bass. generally speaking you shouldn't strum more than 2 bass strings at once otherwise it just ends up sounding muddy (especially with fuzz). on the other hand plucking 3-4 of the strings at the same time makes a bass chord sound awesome.

but you are nailing those octaves hehehe