Recent content by RJjr.

This is the reply on 9.02.2011 that I got from the seller on Ebay after I asked whether he could discount the strings if bought in bulk. Hello, To be honest the prices are as low as we can sell for it's kinda hard to go lower than 12.95 for a 5 set. We also own Bass Mods . We just launched our...

That's real considerate of you there, Lemon. Is this an etiquette thing?

Please bear with me here. I know this post has a lot of words but I wanted to make sure I gave all the information I have in order to be clear. I found a set of strings on Ebay with the following specs 40-60-80-100-125, steel wrapped, extra long. I got these from a store called Al’s...

Wow, it's amazing to me how people will just read what they want and ignore the rest just to make a point. The negative comments that I've seen so far all seem to operate under the assumption that I am not practicing very much and lifting weights all day. I specifically stated that I practice...

Thanks to Waynobass, Iri5h_punk21, and Staccato for your insightful and encouraging answers. The rest of you guys don't seem to understand that the finger muscles are connected to the forearm muscles and that the better developed these arm muscles are (not quite like Popeye's though) the less...

I tried that too, but not being amibidextrous it's only good for the one hand.

I thought about that. My basic problem is that the muscles are not healing enough overnight. Would this solve the problem or are you being facetious? Also, I forgot to mention that I practice 3 hours a day which I think is enough. I just can't keep up the tempo in my exercises before my...

My dilemma is this: I need to workout my upper body with weight training to get the chops to play the bass the way I want to. I'm talking forearms (extensors and flexors), biceps, deltoids, and maybe triceps. I also need to practice my various patterns each day with an incremental...

Thanks to George Martin. He taught Lennon and McCartney everything they knew with the exception of how to write a great song and sing it the way it should be sung. Could you imagine the Beatles, post Sgt. Pepper, without George Martin? Well, I suppose you could, but I wouldn't want to. By...

Couldn't the F chord be thought of as a G 11 with a flat 7 (GBDFAC)? In other words a substitution chord to break the monotony of one long tonic to the fourth then back to the tonic? Basically a plagal cadence which has a very church like quality. I'm sure McCartney wasn't thinking in terms...

I'm trying to wrap my mind around what you're getting at here. You're saying he could play the G sharp phrygian over the III (maj) chord in the key of E? In other words play a B when the rest of the band is playing a B sharp? Is there something I'm too dense to understand here? Oh, well, it...

How about these changes similar to the original here: I-IV-III-VI-ii-V-I. The I to the IV and the III to the VI is a nice little harmonic sequence I think although some ears might prefer the diatonic vi chord.

I couldn't figure out how a G sharp major chord would fit in with the tonic, six, and five chords so I went and played it and it sounded pretty good although it would be nice to hear some other chords between the six and the five (unless it's a turnaround I guess) The G sharp major chord is...

Sometimes what people think is carpal tunnel syndrome is really tendonitis in the fingers. I have cts in my left hand and it makes it feel like my thumb is out of joint. If I tweak it, it hurts like hell, but usually it's not that big a problem. Tendonitis in the fingers is the worst. You...

Thanks people. I still can't decide if the Prestige model is worth that much more than the 676/776. I guess I'll just have to scoop up the first good deal that comes along. Today I'm going to buy a new SR506 with straplocks and an SKB case for $400. That'll get me through until I can find...