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Two to get you going:
<b>How To Buy a Starter Bass Worth Upgrading</b>
One of the things you can do to save some money at the beginning is to buy a name brand instrument towards the lower end of the product line. Most of the time, manufacturers who have built up significant brand equity on a particular model they make, will seek to maximize on that equity by making basses with the same name and the same look and feel manufactured overseas. Buy one of these for a starter. Then when you 'get good', replace the electronics on the Bass with name brand pick-ups, good potentiometers, etc. The result will be a Bass guitar that plays and now sounds like its more expensive brother.
<b>How to Use Picks to Play Bass</b>
Some bass guitar players, especially rock music bass players, will want to use a pick. This is fine as it gives the bass a percussive, sharp edged attack that's called for in some rock music. If you are going to use a pick because that's your musical style/taste, start by learning to use a pick in alternating strokes, down-up-down-up etc. Playing all down-strokes will rapidly lose its appeal as your right arm begins to tire… |
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