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I've taken many bass lessons from several Berklee & New England Conservatory alumnis (teachers & students) over the years. I usually paid between $40-50/hour depending upon the topic ... some instructors are very lax with time and just focus on getting you some useful information that you can work with until the next time you get together ... other's are clock watchers. It also depends if you are working from existing books or they are teaching their "own methodology" from notes etc ... I am currently studing Jazz Arranging and pay $40/lesson, but we usually have a 1-1/2 to 2 hour session every other week ... very loose on time, which is great since we usually have a lot of material to cover. My private bass lesson with John Patitucci in NYC was $125 a few years ago ... we hung out for about 2 hours and a drummer (Drummer Collective student) sat-in for a while. To me, that seems to be "industry standard" ... FWIW, well respected and talented "known" players are not necessarily good teachers ... and many unkown, but talented players have a lot of great, organized materials to help you become a better player ... so keep an open mind and get together with several people until it clicks ... possibly get personal references. ----- Original Message ----- From: Looping9string@aol.com To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 10:37 AM Subject: Lesson scale For those of you who give and or take lessons... How much do you charge or pay? How long is your usual lesson? So again, if I may, how long are your lessons on average and how much do you charge and or pay?