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PostSubject: For the bassists here...   For the bassists here... I_icon_minitimeSat Nov 12, 2011 10:50 am

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PostSubject: Re: For the bassists here...   For the bassists here... I_icon_minitimeSat Nov 12, 2011 2:31 pm

That's pretty cool, but that thing he's playing is just not a bass. Too many high notes.

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PostSubject: Re: For the bassists here...   For the bassists here... I_icon_minitimeSat Nov 12, 2011 4:18 pm

It looks like a lute! lol!
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PostSubject: Re: For the bassists here...   For the bassists here... I_icon_minitimeSat Nov 12, 2011 4:38 pm

alldatndensum wrote:
That's pretty cool, but that thing he's playing is just not a bass. Too many high notes.

That's what I was thinking. At what point does it quit being a bass and become some sort of bass/guitar hybrid.
Next they will just turn a piano side-ways and try to play it like a guitar.

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PostSubject: Re: For the bassists here...   For the bassists here... I_icon_minitimeSun Nov 20, 2011 11:02 pm

Looks like someone crossed a bass with a Chapman Stick. I've been playing bass for 31 years, tried 5 & 6 string basses and keep going back to the good ol' 4 string. Anyone that can master an 11 string beast like that is a top-notch musician in my book!
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PostSubject: Re: For the bassists here...   For the bassists here... I_icon_minitimeSun Nov 20, 2011 11:22 pm

You don't like the low B on a 5 or 6 string? When I was still playing in the band, I only used a 5 or 6 string bass. Loved them!

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PostSubject: Re: For the bassists here...   For the bassists here... I_icon_minitimeMon Nov 21, 2011 6:41 pm

I wish I had a 5-string, or a baritone-tuned 4-string.
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PostSubject: Re: For the bassists here...   For the bassists here... I_icon_minitimeTue Nov 22, 2011 11:18 pm

No, I don't really like the B string on a 5 or 6. It requires so much more power to really make a string tuned that low ring out. besides, Before I ever played a 5 string, I had put in 20+ years on 4-strings. Some of the greatest music ever recorded was done so with a 4-string anchoring the bottom. I don't downplay the importance of extended-range basses, I just can't get comfortable with one. Anyone that can make a 5 or 6 talk is a top-notch bassist in my book, but y'all can have 'em-I like my 4!
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PostSubject: Re: For the bassists here...   For the bassists here... I_icon_minitimeThu Nov 24, 2011 8:28 am

Joe, have you ever played a B-tuned 4-string?
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PostSubject: Re: For the bassists here...   For the bassists here... I_icon_minitimeSat Nov 26, 2011 1:05 am

Yep, and I just don't like the tone of the B string because the fundamental note on an open B is between 20 and 30 hz and it requires so much more power to accurately reproduce the open B that it adversely affects the tone of the rest of the strings. In my opinion. Besides, you can get thunderous bottom out of a 4 string in standard tuning and still have plenty of clarity. But as I said in an earlier post, 4-string is my preferred axe. That doesn't mean I'm against extended-range basses. I will spend this lifetime learning the mysteries of my 4 and be quite happy with it and leave the 5's and 6's to those folks that like 'em. I'm a dinosaur.
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