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Which also helps you count in the numbers and pisses off the drummeryou could try bass if you have fat fingers, it's a doddle and there's only 4 strings
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[Music] Buying a guitar
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Good advice.
Most new guitars are decent these days, even budget ones. If you could stretch your budget to £89 something like this would probably be far easier to learn on than a random charity shop guitar.
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Good luck.
THis . . . .also, if you buy something half decent and do jack it in . . . . You'll likely as not gert your money back
Ive improved my collection of basses and guitars over the years by picking up unloved grubby things, cleaning, service, re string and set up . . . . A Danelectro U2 (Nothing to do with that Irish band) for £90 for example, 90's Korean, good quality, easy to play, sounds good.
Most drummers can't count that high so it always pisses them off.Which also helps you count in the numbers and pisses off the drummer
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Nope! We don't need anymore bass players. There's too many as it is!Go and see Alfie @ Mudpie music . . . FB market place may work but is full of scammers.
Id up your budget to at least £100 . . . . You'll get something playable . . . Fender made a range of student acoustics which are very playable and sound good too . . . You should be able to find one for about £100. . . Or a semi acoustic electric, electrics are easier to play generally
you could try bass if you have fat fingers, it's a doddle and there's only 4 strings
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Hey…f*** youMost drummers can't count that high so it always pisses them off.
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Nope! We don't need anymore bass players. There's too many as it is!
Bass players are like manure. Get a load in a crowd together and they stink, but spread a few good ones around and they improve everything
Playing Bass is easy, it's not what you play that matters, it's what you don't
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Thats why i only play the root note on the first beat of the barBass players are like manure. Get a load in a crowd together and they stink, but spread a few good ones around and they improve everything
Playing Bass is easy, it's not what you play that matters, it's what you don't
We even have our own support groups.
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Thats why i only play the root note on the first beat of the bar
We even have our own support groups.
I swear I've been in auditions with most of them
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WE INTERRUPT THIS THREAD WITH AN APPROPRIATE JOKE DU JOUR
An English explorer was trekking through a remote jungle with a local wise man he had hired as a guide. Two days into their journey, far from civilization, they began to hear the faint, slow beating of drums in the distance.
Dum. Dum. Dum. Dum.
The Englishman said to the wise man, “Is that anything to worry about?”
“No,” said the wise man, “Drums not bad. Only bad when drums stop.”
As they pushed farther into the jungle, the drumming gradually grew louder and faster.
DUM-pum. DUM-pum. DUM-pum. DUM-pum.
The Englishman felt uneasy and prodded the guide, “Are you quite sure that's all right?”
“Yes,” the wise man assured him, “Drums not bad. But when drums stop...very bad.”
Farther in, wading through the thickets and bogs of the deepest, darkest jungle, they could hear the drumming becoming more urgent.
BUM-chika-chika. BUM-chika-chika. BUM-chika-chika.
Before long the drumming had surrounded them, sounding mere inches away, the deafening rhythm accelerating to a frantic pace.
BUM-bakka-chika-chika-BUM-bakka-chika-chika BUM-bakka-
Now gripped with mortal fear, the Englishman's wide eyes darted frantically in all directions, his heart racing, his body pouring sweat, when all at once the drumming ceased.
...chika-chika BOOOM.
Then silence.
Utterly panic-stricken, the Englishman gushed, “My God, what happens now!?”
The wise man slumped his shoulders, hung his head sadly, and moaned, “Now...bass solo.”
An English explorer was trekking through a remote jungle with a local wise man he had hired as a guide. Two days into their journey, far from civilization, they began to hear the faint, slow beating of drums in the distance.
Dum. Dum. Dum. Dum.
The Englishman said to the wise man, “Is that anything to worry about?”
“No,” said the wise man, “Drums not bad. Only bad when drums stop.”
As they pushed farther into the jungle, the drumming gradually grew louder and faster.
DUM-pum. DUM-pum. DUM-pum. DUM-pum.
The Englishman felt uneasy and prodded the guide, “Are you quite sure that's all right?”
“Yes,” the wise man assured him, “Drums not bad. But when drums stop...very bad.”
Farther in, wading through the thickets and bogs of the deepest, darkest jungle, they could hear the drumming becoming more urgent.
BUM-chika-chika. BUM-chika-chika. BUM-chika-chika.
Before long the drumming had surrounded them, sounding mere inches away, the deafening rhythm accelerating to a frantic pace.
BUM-bakka-chika-chika-BUM-bakka-chika-chika BUM-bakka-
Now gripped with mortal fear, the Englishman's wide eyes darted frantically in all directions, his heart racing, his body pouring sweat, when all at once the drumming ceased.
...chika-chika BOOOM.
Then silence.
Utterly panic-stricken, the Englishman gushed, “My God, what happens now!?”
The wise man slumped his shoulders, hung his head sadly, and moaned, “Now...bass solo.”
Geez! A joke-du-jour that actually made me laugh. Nice one!
BadFish
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- Oct 19, 2003
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yes my band say I play it best, when I play nothing at all.Bass players are like manure. Get a load in a crowd together and they stink, but spread a few good ones around and they improve everything
Playing Bass is easy, it's not what you play that matters, it's what you don't
Ronan Keating wrote a song about it.
BadFish
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- Oct 19, 2003
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said no lady everNope! We don't need anymore bass players. There's too many as it is!
Drummers get to three, sound engineers get stuck at twoMost drummers can't count that high so it always pisses them off.
Most of them can't hear that!