Learning how to play Bass Guitar

tehkensai

I want to pick up my bass again-I've been hanging around the cleveland music scene a lot lately(my roommate is in a band that plays around here a lot, and I always go see them.)

I used to take lessons but never really got too far with it, due to other life issues, work, etc.

Essentially I'm looking for advice as well as good bass guitar resources I could learn from.

Oh, and the bass I have is an Ibanez GSR 200.

Thanks in advance.

DynamiteKid

Get a teacher if it's at all possible. Although this is less relevant with bass (I'm self-taught, after all) in 95% of cases, people who are self-taught will not be as good in the long run.

Oh, and don't take any shit from guitarists.

Hendrix_God

Get into some major bass players. Like John Wooten (sp?) and Jaco.

Also invest in Ernie Ball Bass strings, they have worked well for me, with both guitar and bass.

Line 6 Bass amps are pretty awesome to.

And don't try to break your bass on stage like John Entwistle of the who and break your bass on stage. You could break an arm that way.

tehkensai

DynamiteKid wrote:

Get a teacher if it's at all possible. Although this is less relevant with bass (I'm self-taught, after all) in 95% of cases, people who are self-taught will not be as good in the long run.

Oh, and don't take any shit from guitarists.

Ive been trying to do that, but there aren't really any bass teachers around here where I live, except ones that require like an hour drive...and thats not really something I want to do all the time.

Theungry

I learned from the Hal Leonard book and was pretty pleased with it. Only drawback is that it lets you fall back on tabs if you don't want to learn notes. I wish i'd learned notes first, personally.

Technique-wise it was very good, and cheap on Amazon.