Few tips for beginner bass players I wish I had known 25 years ago

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[@thereturnfc]

Buy second hand high quality bass is cheaper when you sell it🤪 than buy brand new

[@johnsausage]

- 1) Still learning: How to properly test and inspect an instrument (most importantly check for dead spots)! This can potentially save you a lot of money by NOT buying certain basses..
- 2) Cheap multi effect pedals are much better than the ones made 25 years ago but when it comes to latency they are still lacking (and probably always will): Latency is an issue when you record your bass via DI and in parallel you go into a digital effects pedal.. there will be a delay and you will have phase issues if you use both signals and even if you try to align them, you will likely not be happy with the result).
- 3) Save money by not buying stuff that you might eventually replace anyway.. invest in something better (quality-wise) and live with it for longer :D
- 4) Don't watch videos trying to sell you a "good sounding" DI box and don't buy a "good sounding" DI box unless you know what it's for. Learn the difference between a DI box and preamp!
- 5) Try out basses in a shop if you have the opportunity to test and inspect an instrument and save money :D
- 6) A lot of "reviews" on the more know UA-cam channels are more just demos than a real review..
- 7) "Rent" basses from your friends if possible instead of buying blindly..

[@ObraBass]

All good advices 👍

[@christopherfidler3019]

learn how to sight down a neck and use a string to check for bow and twists. if the truss-rod doesn't work or it's maxed out you got problems.

[@soulstart89]

To the original poster. How do you check for dead spots in a neck?
Thanks for the extra tips.

[@ObraBass]

I've never had a problem with dead spots. I think that is an overrated aspect.@@soulstart89

[@johnsausage]

@@soulstart89 Its “only” a problem if you need to have sustain on the whole fretboard. Fender Precision basses often have deadspots on the 5th or 6th fret on the G-string. If you play a note on a deadspot the “root tone” will fade out very quickly and you’ll hear mostly only the overtones/harmonics of that note. I find those deadspots by listening to the bass without an amplifier (or by putting my ear onto the body 😆). Then pluck the string evenly and play note per note chromatically and listen to the sustain and harmonics. You will notice a real deadspot quite easily..

[@zdravorazum]

Zaboravio si mene da pomeneš u odeljku "basisti koji sviraju trzalicom"🥴😏😊

[@ObraBass]

Nisam imao lepu sliku da stavim 😂

[@cedomirpetreski9857]

Bobby Vega.

[@LadislavKubik]

vaistinu - super desnica

[@ObraBass]

Yes indeed@@cedomirpetreski9857

[@zdravorazum]

​@@ObraBass imam jednu kad sam bio beba. Te su mi jedino lepe.

[@jonathanchevallier7046]

Good advices. ;-)

[@ObraBass]

Thanks 👍