Bass Guitar

[BMAC]

Anyone have or know of some good bass riffs to use as warm-up or finger exercises?I'm trying to learn how to play finally at 49 years old and my hands don't work like they used to but I'm getting there.

[DirtRagArt]

Hey, nice to meet you this weekend, man.

I would suggest you learn the basic (major, minor and pentatonic) scales and play them often.

[davkatreb]

Nah, you don't need none of that Julliard crap. Just get about five or six beers in ya, then turn 'er up to 11. You'll be a'right.

[BMAC]

I found some sites like tabs 911,been trying to learn Tools- the pot,if I can ever play it right life will be complete.It was good to meet you Jeff,but I lost my t-shirt to my daughter.My wife told me it was pink(
I'm color blind) so I let my daughter have it.Dave,ran out of beer so drinking Wild Turkey 101.

[davkatreb]

Dave,ran out of beer so drinking Wild Turkey 101.
Hey, a man after my own liver. Damn, ain't that stuff fine? Well obviously you are a man of impeccable taste.

Seriously, I got my first guitar on Christmas, 1964. I was 13. Ain't been right since.

I've dabbled in bass since-what, 1973? Yeah, that sounds about right. Played some with bands you never heard of in crappy little dives. Loved it, at least until it started feeling like just another job. "Saturday night. F*ck, gotta go to work." Like that.

Best advice I can give-You get better at playing BY playing. Sure, there's scales and exercises and that. Same with bikes; Intervals, hill repeats, one leg drills-but the best training is to get out and ride as much as you can.

So jam along with records. Find some folks to jam with. If they're better than you, that's a plus. If they suck, well so what? Music is supposed to be fun. If it ain't, take up golf. Or channel surfing. Or mountain biking. That's what I did. The biking thing, I mean.

[bdee]

When I was learning to play bass, so I could play with a friend's band, I used tab sites and played along like Dav suggested. Misfits/Nirvana stuff was pretty easy and good for timing. My big problem was that I had taught myself to play guitar and I really needed to learn a little structure instead of noodling around all the time. The time spent playing bass along with songs I knew and playing with a band did wonders for my guitar playing. I almost never play the bass much anymore but I still enjoy playing London Dungeon now and then :D Good luck an have fun with it!

[hawkxc]

As a guitar-turned-bass player, I tend to turn to the same for inspiration: bass players who never felt slighted at being asked to not play guitar. Usually that ends up bringing me back to the same three guys: John Entwistle, James Jamerson, and Paul McCartney. All 3 have an incredible understanding of the pocket, were absolute innovators, and were capable of astonishing song development through an instrument previously thought to be incapable of such.

Learn My Generation, You Can't Hurry Love, and Rain, and you'll be astonished to find how quickly you pick up even the more complicated d'Amour licks (Schism, etc, especially: full treble, full volume!).

[BMAC]

Thanks for the help,this is something I've been thinking about learning for the last 20 years but just got around to it.I have been playing along to music but sometimes the wife gets annoyed when the walls rattle.

[rattlecan]

i love playing guitar and bass. im not very good at the guitar so i got a bass to learn scale with. also it is fun to watch my friends who are really good at guitar do their thing while i keep time on the bass.

my friend mike is really good at guitar and trials bike riding. here is his custom steel fender and his custom steel ground up trials bike.

[wigger thomas]

Nice picture.

I bought a bass a couple of years ago. Can't seem to pick it up though. Just playing a lot of classical guitar lately.