Thanks for viewing my first blog.  Blogging was recommended to me by a coworker who attended a course on resumes in the technical age.  Apparently, blogs are becoming popular as support documents to the standard 1-page resumes that most advisers were recommending when I graduated from college in the fall of 2003.

This first blog will be about music, but I will also mix in some software development topics as I add more posts down the road.

About a year and a half ago, I purchased a Lakland Joe Osborn Signature 5-string bass.  When it came time to change my strings, I settled on Ernie Ball slinkies, as I’ve always used them on my Stingray 5.  One small problem:  The B string tapered off inside of the first fret near the nut–The string was too short!  I tried several different sets, and none seemed to work–all were too short.  No one at our local music stores seemed to understand what my problem was.  They all assumed, after I told them about my problem, “…Oh!  You need tapered strings….try these.”  I kept trying to figure out what was wrong with my explanation of my problem.  I thought my explanation was very clear:  “I’m trying to find strings to fit my bass; for every set I’ve tried, the B strings have been too short.”  That seems pretty clear to me! No?

Finally, someone understood my dilemma.  They recommended DR Long Scale strings.  These are the only strings that I’ve tried that fit the full length of my bass.  So, I hereby recommend those strings to anyone having similar problems.

Please comment below, leaving any similar experiences and any other string type suggestions for the Joe Osborn 5-string.  I’m also looking for an acoustic 5-string set for a Michael Kelly Dragonfly.