dlloyd

Just to confuse matters, Stingrays come strung with 45, 65, 80, 100.

[quote name='Skybone' timestamp='1497687802' post='3320007'] Exactly what I was thinking. Nicko, are you using Nickel Wound strings or Stainless Strings? Some people have a reaction to Nickel Wound strings that makes the fingers start to peel. I had a similar reaction when I used Nickel's, but since I switched to Stainless Strings, haven't had a problem Must admit that I did think it was a load of old rowlocks, until I actually tried it out. Also the amount of time you play will affect your fingers too. Take more breaks. Stick with it. [/quote] THIS I have a low level allergy to metals that I was unaware of until a few months ago. Switching to stainless steel has made a massive improvement.

[quote name='danonearth' timestamp='1496410233' post='3311218'] All of those things are correct... I play classical guitar the same way - it's just that my pinky cannot sustain the repeated use as much as my larger, stronger fingers on the bass (fretted bass, this is - my fretless is fine... [/quote] Odd. Where are you feeling pain?

[quote name='SICbass' timestamp='1496206712' post='3309497'] I heard that they'd gone out on tour without a keyboard player and all the keys were on a sequencer. I don't know if there was a power failure or what, but somehow the sequencer reset itself to the wrong sample rate (i.e. 'in the cracks' tuningwise). Being as the entire intro is on keys and they were less than a semitone out of tune, no one noticed until the band kicked in, by which time it was too late. You could hardly stop the song and start again on what was probably the last encore. I can only presume that Dave Lee Roth had mostly keys in his in-ears as he seems relatively unphased. Poor old EVH's deperate efforts during the solo make my teeth itch. I feel sorry for the bloke, although I'm sure that after the gig they had a few beers and a laugh over it.......... perhaps after sacking the sequencer tech? [/quote] Comparing it with the recorded version, the guitar does appear to be tuned correctly with the sequencer being out.

[quote name='danonearth' timestamp='1496403436' post='3311099'] Lol! I agree I don't stretch them completely out... I do 'slide' up a bit, but it is still easier for me than using my pinky all the time [/quote] It sounds like a case of tendonitis waiting to happen. If you're feeling pain in your hand playing in a standard one fret per finger way, then you're doing it wrong. Your way may seem easier for the moment but it will probably hold you back. Are you playing with your bass neck angled upwards? The headstock should ideally be somewhere around shoulder height... body around about where it would sit on your lap. Your hand should be making a C shape with the thumb at the back of the neck around about parallel with the second finger. You should not be exerting any pressure with the thumb.

[quote name='danonearth' timestamp='1496371426' post='3310883'] [color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]Good day all, I am wondering how often people use the pinky finger (on the fret hand)? I am experimenting with different scale patterns and it is starting to hurt using the traditional 'box' scale position... -----------2-4-5- -----2-3-5------- -3-5------------- ...so I am favouring a more spread out position (which doesn't seem to hurt my pinky as much, but I have also even just begun playing it with index-middle-ring fingers and no pinky at all) ---------------4-5- --------3-5-7----- -3-5-7------------ Just wondering how much I should be relying on the pinky for fretting on the bass? I use it extensively on a guitar, but on bass it tends to get a bit sore, as I think I might be over-using it a bit? Note: I have been playing for a while, so it is not a 'beginner's muscle development issue... Thanks![/font][/color] [/quote] It sounds to me as if there's something wrong with your technique and you're trying to deal with it by avoiding the issue altogether.

More related to popular music (and not just jazz) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jazz-Theory-Book-Mark-Levine/dp/1883217040

With the fact you're taking ABRSM grades, go for the ABRSM pink book. It has everything you'll need in the format that is correct for passing the exams.

It looks something like an Eko.

[quote name='keva' timestamp='1495555374' post='3304767'] Hi All, Many thanks for all your replies, really helpful. Hi dloyd, the music like to play is rock orientated. Regards Kev [/quote] Some rock music[b] is[/b] modal. While there is a relationship between I = ionian, ii = dorian, iii = phrygian, etc. don't fall into the trap of thinking that when you play diatonically over a Am Dm G7 Cmaj7 progression that you're playing A aeolian, D dorian, G mixolydian, C ionian. You're not, You're just playing C major. Modal music is when the harmony doesn't behave in the normal diatonic sense with regards to the tonality. It tends to hang on chord and not progress towards a resolution on the I. Frank Zappa was a great example of someone who used modality in his composition. Inca roads is a good example... it hangs on a Cmaj7#11 chord, which would normally imply the IV chord, but it doesn't want to resolve to I... It's in C lydian. Listen to the guitar solo (starts two minutes in): [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqp71DOJ3aY[/media]

Modes are a red herring for 99% of the music out there. Think major and minor scales for now. The most appropriate notes to play under (in) a chord is a chord tone... you can go a long, long way just playing the root. Concentrate on playing the root on strong beats of the bar... then bring in thirds and fifths. Then you can think about joining them up with notes that fall between the chord tones. Listen to classic basslines and figure out what's going on on the basis of what I said above... go simple to begin with.

What sort of music are you playing? Do you understand chord tones?

It took 16 days for me to receive my order. This is longer than I am prepared to wait for strings that are listed as being in stock. Won't be using again.

It's a demonstration in the Dunlop booth at NAMM of Dunlop/MXR/Way Huge pedals... so it's a bit unfair for us to expect anything to be played with taste.

[quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1494086695' post='3293169'] It is possible: Mrs. LBM's dad was a fan as I recall. [/quote] Well if there are any, I'll be genuinely interested... I've seen some advertised at as much as £50, but that might not reflect actual value... I was thinking more like £10!

If there's any Django Reinhardt 78s in there, I'll take them off your hands Edit: just had a look at their value... I can't afford Django Reinhardt 78s.

I quite like this guy's videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/havic5

Looks like it will be a blast! I wear a tweed suit for my gigs.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1493814466' post='3290867'] Is all that hippy guff about cosmic frequencies & stuff at the beginning of the clip meant to be a joke or is it serious? [/quote] There's some neat patterns if you start from a "magical frequency" of 3 Hz for a G. The G six octaves above is 192 Hz. A perfect fifth above that is D at 288 Hz and a further perfect fifth is A = 432 Hz. Stuff like that impressed people in the olden days.

Oh yeah, these: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3gEkwhdXUE[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGoWtY_h4xo[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JWTaaS7LdU[/media]

This is fairly bad: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfddYDRIFGY[/media]

[quote name='Oxnard Montalvo' timestamp='1493658244' post='3289797'] Thanks for the tip John. I had a look at his site but it doesn't seem like he does one to one tuition. [/quote] Did you contact him?

[size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]"[color=#000000]When Dean had the bass, Curve made him paint it black before he was allowed to take it on tour (!) but I have had it professionally restored to it's original condition showing stunning bookmatched African Shedua (Ovangkol). The core wood is Brazilian Mahogany, with Indian Rosewood for the fretboard."[/color][/font][/size] [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][color=#000000]Slightly odd turn of phrase, given that he was one of the two members.[/color][/font][/size]

Has this been mentioned yet? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b2T8K2D-ps[/media]

[quote name='Naetharu' timestamp='1488467718' post='3249219'] For me it was a supporting band at the Brixton Academy. It was around 2000/2001 and I was there to see Placebo. People were sitting around on the floor and generally milling about as you do before a gig. I seem to recall they were playing The Beatles over the PA. And then these three chaps came wondering on stage. They fiddle around for a bit and then started to 'check' the equipment. Honestly, I thought it was a sound check for perhaps the first 30 seconds of their first song. The guitar player was making odd and somewhat out of time ambient noises through more effects pedals than I can possibly account for. The bass player was burping away on root notes seemingly in a different key to the guitar player. The drums were ok I guess. And then a funny man in dungerees started bounding around and rapping in cocky rhyming slang. To this day I have no idea who the band were, and never before or since have I come across something quite so odd. [/quote] Was it Mercury Rev?