I recommend getting a bass guitar though, because the strings are fatter, harder to press than those of an acoustic guitar, and the frets are wider apart. You can learn on your own, but looking up tabs, listening to songs and individually listening to the bass lines and trying to figure it out.

In playing the bass guitar, one should always take one lesson at a time. Bass playing requires repetition and there’s no sense in hurrying the learning process, one should feel the notes through his soul and through his heart and become one with the bass guitar.

Even if you don’t end up going anywhere major with your new found skills, you will still feel great and be proud of yourself for learning something new. The bass guitar is fun, and adding these skills to your repertoire will help you to begin developing your own unique playing style.

With your thumb in position as described under the Hand Positioning section strike the low E string with the middle knuckle of your thumb and hit it pretty hard to get that classic “thump’ sound and then immediately release.

Save the beer for in between setlists. Drink water if you’re thirsty. If someone offers you a beer just before a setlist, just set it to the side and save it for the next break. Water drinking musicians onstage just look more professional than beer-drinking ones.

NEVER SING if you feel uncomfortable about it. NEVER HARMONIZE if you’re not sure what notes to hit with the lead singer. Avoid “falsetto vocals” if at all possible. Falsetto only belongs when you are driving in the car, ALONE, and with your favorite CD playing

Never play in a club where there’s a “house soundman.” Guaranteed – they will get paid more than the band, in most cases, and the probably have a standard sound for all the basses, without knowing your playing style. He probably eq your bass with an insane volume range.

A tooth-loosening, earth shattering bass sound is attainable at the home studio level through two highly effective recording methods: by micing the bass amp with a quality signal chain, using a direct injection box to go straight to the board/input, or both!

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