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05-26-2009, 10:42 PM
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Has anyone one ever set a 4-string up with a low B? I love my low B. I have a 4 string project bass...I don't want to loose that low low low end. Any thoughts? besides keeping my 5-er around?  |
05-26-2009, 10:47 PM
|  | Real Basses Have 5 Strings! | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Colorado | | | Get a set of strings for a 5er and string your bass BEAD and see if you like it.
If I played a 4 string I would tune it DGCF. |
05-26-2009, 11:05 PM
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Endorsing Artist: SWR Amplifiers | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sydney, Australia | | | +1.
A student tried this. It doesn't work incredibly well, but that's an overly cheap bass for you. He's now learnt that low B, while fun, won't suit him as much as drop D tuning does. |
05-26-2009, 11:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Champaign, IL | | | It works, might be a bit floppy but you can try different strings.
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05-27-2009, 01:04 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Francisco Bay Area | | | I've done it and it works fantastic! Go for it! |
05-27-2009, 01:50 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: WA State | | Play a bass setup to BEAD. I did, and couldn't get used to not having a G string because I use it as a reference point plus I need those higher notes.
Try it first before you go filing your nut - you might not like it. You can always undo the new setup it will need, but once you filed the nut - you can't go back.
Keep the 5er - they're not that hard to get used to. 
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05-27-2009, 03:06 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Minnesota - Twin Cities | | | Try this with taper strings.
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05-27-2009, 05:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: wisconsin | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Ric5  Get a set of strings for a 5er and string your bass BEAD and see if you like it. | Yep, that's what I did on one of my basses. B string is not floppy at all. I like it. |
05-27-2009, 06:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: La | | | Thanks guys ... I will probably give it a go and see what happens! |
05-27-2009, 07:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Va Beach, VA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Solarmist ... I did, and couldn't get used to not having a G string because I use it as a reference point plus I need those higher notes. | +1 |
05-27-2009, 07:04 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sheffield, UK | | | There are a number of production model 4 strings tuned BEAD.
The Warwick Taranis, Sandberg Terrabass.
I played the former, and I liked it.
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05-29-2009, 09:59 PM
| | | | i filed my nut on my Epi Ripper and it played great...until i plugged it in...should sound good on a good sounding bass. |
05-29-2009, 10:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Jambi | | Works for Tim Commerford (tuned BEAD [can be heard on Gasoline, Shadow of the Sun, etc.]): 
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05-29-2009, 10:17 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Monroe, LA | | | If I was unfortunate enough to have to play a 4 string, it would be most definitely tuned BEAD. |
05-29-2009, 10:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Colorado Springs, CO | | | Ross Valory has been doing it for years as well.
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05-29-2009, 10:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Cincinnati, OH | | | It's definitely do-able. You just have to set up your axe to accomodate the new string gauges.
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