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Bassflame
07-03-2008, 11:48 PM
Hey i just bought a six string

its not too bad its a Schecter Stilletto Studio 6 model and it has a good sound to it

however im having some difficulty getting used to the massive neck and fretboard as well as the two extra strings:confused:

can someone please help me out with some exercises or songs to build up a familiarity with this beast? any help would be much appreciated

thanks

DocBop
07-04-2008, 01:08 AM
Just play it in about a week you'll be used to it. The one thing to focus on muting when that many strings you get a lot of sympathetic string vibration and need to make sure you are muting all the string. Todd Johnson I believe has a video demo'ing floating thumb muting. Todd has his own forum here on TB he is Mr 6-string bass so he can point you to things to work on.