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I’m about to start learning bass guitar. I wonder if the UKC collective wisdom could suggest best app to learn from. 

Thanks in anticipation 

A good friend of mine started learning in his 40's about 3-4 years ago. He goes for a lesson every few weeks which should help him to avoid learning bad habits.

Start with the Blues, 4 notes a bar, same pattern, 16 bars.

you can listen to Cery’s Blues show and play along.

no experience of apps i’m afraid but YouTube has a lot of help out there....

I was thinking a few one to one lessons along the way may be a good start.!

I appear to have recently gained a ‘dislike stalker’ on all my recent posts. Does this mean I’ve finally arrived on the UKC scene!

It does Welcome to the scene bro!

I learned 40 something years ago when it was a case of watching what your heroes did and copying them (in my case, Chris Squire, John Entwhistle etc were 'en vogue').  Nowadays folk on the basschat forum seem to be in awe of Scott Devine's bass lessons on youtube.  Should be a simple enough google but I can't access youtube from my work PC.  I'd also recommend joining the forums on www.basschat.co.uk  There's a zillion years of accumulated wisdom on there and most of us don't bite. 

https://www.amazon.com/Play-Electric-Bass-Carol-Kaye/dp/B00321GXBO

I'd forget cheating the difficulty with apps and so-on and learn the old-fashioned way. Reading music and everything. This book -- from the world's greatest least-known bassist  -- is a good starting point.

I taught myself to play when I was still at school (after a fashion).  However, what I discovered was that, although I have pretty good pitch and melody (and played guitar), I was hopeless at rhythm. 

I think it's probably easier for someone who plays drums to become a good bassist than it is for someone, like me, who is always drawn to the melody and harmony. 

One could always model oneself on someone like Phil Lesh or John Entwistle, both really among the melodic centres of their bands. There are worse models!

Yes.  It wasn't by accident that we used to play Pinball Wizard!

I'd second this, I've watched a few and they seem to be good. Sound advice and friendly, down-to-earth presentation. Find his youtube channel ("Scott's bass lessons") and then check his playlists to find stuff that interests you.

Thanks for the advice all, so much stuff on u tube it gets confusing.

I am a big fan of Roxy Music’s Alan Spenner (now deceased). The sounds he produced in numbers like ‘Rain, Rain, rain’ and ‘Running wild’ on the flesh and blood album, were incredible. It sounded like the base was talking and really expressive.