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Ed, ditto Riccardo.  A very thoughtful and inspirational post. Everyone who ever has difficulty in doing whatever should read it.  Sincerely, Steve Taylor – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->> Ed Cregger > Ed, your post has been just… Great. Encouraging people > to play like you just did is always inspiring, even for > those who already have been playing for a long time. > Riccardo > Thank you, Riccardo. Your post has inspired me to have a > better day. > Ed Cregger

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> Ed, ditto Riccardo.  A very thoughtful and inspirational post. Everyone who > ever has difficulty in doing whatever should read it.  Sincerely, Steve > Taylor

Same here, I saved it to re-read later. Thanks Ed! — Chris "I wish I had a Kryptonite cross, because then you could keep both Dracula AND Superman away." Jack Handey

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> Ed Cregger > Ed, your post has been just… Great. Encouraging people > to play like you just did is always inspiring, even for > those who already have been playing for a long time. > Riccardo

Thank you, Riccardo. Your post has inspired me to have a better day. Ed Cregger

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> Ed Cregger

Ed, your post has been just… Great. Encouraging people to play like you just did is always inspiring, even for those who already have been playing for a long time. Riccardo

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> I’ve been attempting to play guitar for some time now. > Trouble is I’m > not doing very well. So, I decided to buy a relatively > inexpensive > bass and see if it might help me along. Is this a good > idea? any help > and encouragement appreciated. Thanks to all and Happy New > Year. !

The "simplicity" of playing single notes on the bass, will be replaced with the physical difficulty of stretching over a larger scale. For some folks with large hands, this is not a problem at all. But for folks with small hands, it can be as much of a challenge as chording a guitar is for someone with large hands. As Klokomo said, variety is a good thing. As you play the bass, keep learning the guitar, but don’t invest so much emotional stock in your progress. Just plod ahead, going through the motions and practicing religiously (steadily). You will find that in a while, you will be proficient at both instruments. The bass guitar is a little easier on which to make to early significant progress. It is not an easy instrument to play, but by the time you discover this, you will have already progressed far enough along to play at basic levels in a band. The electric bass and the guitar are cousins. Learning one will help you learn the other. Play both of them. It is okay to become discouraged from time to time, but it is not permitted to sell off the instruments. Just keep plodding along like a sculptor. The sculptor knows that there is a statue in that chunk of rock somewhere and all the sculptor has to do is to keep chip-chip-chipping away. The same goes for you. There is a musician in there somewhere, just keep chipping away at it. Never give up. If you never give up, you will learn to play the instruments. There is no alternative outcome. Ed Cregger

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I’ve been attempting to play guitar for some time now.  Trouble is I’m not doing very well. So, I decided to buy a relatively inexpensive bass and see if it might help me along. Is this a good idea? any help and encouragement appreciated. Thanks to all and Happy New Year. !

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> I’ve been attempting to play guitar for some time now.  Trouble is I’m > not doing very well. So, I decided to buy a relatively inexpensive > bass and see if it might help me along. Is this a good idea? any help > and encouragement appreciated. Thanks to all and Happy New Year. !

Hey, you’re not giving up, you’re following a passion… how could it be bad?  As long as you don’t go back to guitar ) Variety rocks, it can only help.  Happy Year! -rob

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