I'm going to be buying a bass real soon, I was wondering if any of you kind folk here had any tips for me about playing?
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Listening to the red hot chill peppers a lot and working out what makes Flea so good will help. Same goes for Steve Harris from Iron Maiden. Will you use a plectrum or will you finger pick. Using your fingers is more versitile as you can slap or pick. But you can get a really percusive sound using a pick and a lot of players will be able to play faster with a pick. Also learn a bit about how chords work on the guitar as you can play around the chords being played on the guitar rather than just using root notes, but some times just playing the root notes can be the best thing to do. And the drummer is your best freind as you will want to tie in with what they are doing more than any other band member. And dont try to play flash just for the sake of it. Work out what sounds best and go with it.