dont tell that to that guy2DaT wrote: ↑Tue Sep 27, 2022 1:12 amTo play bass, all you need is to reach 2 frets.CapnLockheed wrote: ↑Mon Sep 26, 2022 11:05 pm It's not soley about thing s like taste and budget. A full size bass whether a genuine Fender Jazz or Precision or any other full size bass can difficult for a beginner. Any one with small hands, no matter their age, may find a short scale bass like a Mustang or Jaguar/Jazzmaster might be a better starting point. I've played guitar for years but I find a short scale mor comfortable for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqhNo6FJrek
Billy Sheehan, he spent a day and did a clinic at a music store I worked at on Nashua NH in 2000 and I was a fan of his first band Talas n the 80's, stood right at his feet in probably 83 at a club called The Channel in Boston. He spent the entire day there with us and the clinic was at night and a large NH radio station was there remote, it was a fun day. Somewhere in this house I have the first Talas album with his signature I got that day (vinyl of course) and tucked in it is a receipt from that day, we had a used Apex Bass Pre-Amp (I'm pretty sure it was Apex, that was 20 years ago and I am 20 years older which is 20+20 in my mind
). It was his thing, they didnt make them anymore, we had one in a rack of used gear and he tested it and bought it (that chain was all about used gear). After the clinic a local unknown guitar player (actually the boyfriend of the chain owner's daughter who did promotions for the chain) played a few songs, one was Voodoo Chile and it was pretty good. He had that same Yamaha Bass, he talked about it at length.That day was also cool because I met the DJ from the radio station and he took my CD...a few weeks later (April 1st 2000 to be precise
) one of my songs got played on the radio, that was a first for me and it got played more which surprised me it was actually requested I was told but likely had more to do with the dj.
some chords that seem complicated are not, they might be in the particular tuning you are in but not all are played the same tuning. Sure you can do it with reach but why not simply learn a new tuning and see where it takes you?
) my point is, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend a Yamaha, even a cheapy.
