At the moment I’ve dusted off a guitar and a bass I bought close to 20 years ago, an Ibanez EDB300 bass guitar
and my FrankenFender
a modified/mutilated Fender MusicMaster.
Without more experience then just messing about with a bad accoustic I thought those weren’t to bright purchases, but at least I had a chance on getting to learn to play them, although I just started last month. (after fixing the FrankenFender, the added pickup is dead)
When shopping for some useful additions (tuner, neckband, stand) I however found the Fazley FMB218NT
at a very low cost, so I just added it to the basket before checking out. I think for now, buying a fretless bass when just learning to play tops it (for now), although I hope it manages to force me to concentrate more on the left hand.
I guess I’m not the only one that was a tad to enthusiastic when starting, what do you all consider as your (initially) bad decisions and how did they turn out?
Edit: Layout corrections and used my own pick for the Fazely instead of a static one from the shop (that didn’t work in !liftoff@lemmy.world)
As someone who’s coming back to playing after more than a decade, this made me laugh :D
You’re welcome. ;)
That there are muting techniques I guessed, but I just had to either figure it out or find a vid. I’m glad there is a lot online now, which helps a lot. With piano the muting is done for you, on the guitar it was something I didn’t like not knowing how to do. In hindsight totally logical, but there is a lot to learn at once. Play the intended string, use your fretting hand correctly and muting the rest. Practice makes perfect, or at least less bad. ;)