Well, all set on practice amps now. This is the Peavey Max 158 Bass Amp, which is a 20 watt amp. It wasn’t the steal that my little mini-me guitar amp was (puh-lease, as if I was going to find another $20 amp? lol), but it retails at about $100 and I got it for $60, so I did okay.
What I have noticed though, now that I have the amp, is a complete lack of any direction without Rocksmith holding my hand. With guitar, it’s easy to figure out what to do without Rocksmith. I’m horrible at chords, I need to practice wrist position, forming chords ,etc etc etc. But, since I’m not doing so atrociously bad on Rocksmith with the bass, I have no goals to work on without it. So I have my amp, I’m set to noodle, and I have absolutely no idea what to even do. I guess the googling of online bass lessons is in my future, something with a progression that I can follow.
In any case, I think I’m set on ‘stuff’ for the moment. Now, I just have to figure out what to do with all of it.
Until Next Time, fumbling blindly…and reorganizing to make room for all this music stuff!
This might be helpful if you’re looking for videos. I came across it a few months ago, but I’ve only watched the 1st video. Its structured and divided into beginner, intermediate and advanced.
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Thanks. I’ll check it out. It’s going to be a weird balance to strike, since the absolute beginning few lessons will be redundant for me, probably, but a general sense of direction and purpose is important. I guess picking a song to work with on bass would be a good idea, too. Funny how that works. I plugged in and then thought ‘ok, so, what now?’ Lol. Proof that I’m still a newbie. 🙂
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I go through the basics all the time when I look at new materials. The only stuff I tend to skip are the things where they go over the parts of the bass, but everything else – even playing open strings and holding the bass, get reviewed again.
I just pick an exercise to do while I watch. Usually its just me going through scales or chords along the Cycle of Fourths or something.
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