for everyone who has tried turning their bass into a cello

[genocide roach]

how did it go?
~gR~

[DistantTremor]

What exactly do you mean by this?

If it's taking a fretless and tuning it like a cello, then that's an idea I'm willing to work with when I get the money to buy another fretless.

[lunarpollen]

I just use my Digiverb pedal at a very particular setting for startling cello-like effects. I don't know if any of my bass guitars would take well to an actual bow. I guess it would depend on the particular instrument. My old guitar could be bowed surprisingly well, but my current guitar can't be...

[stedtale]

so tune in 5ths.....

C G D A

You'd need some different gage strings....or a truss rod adjustment....but, it could work just fine.

[bassbully]

[genocide roach]

ok, let me back up. many people in the past have brought up the idea of tuning in 5ths and using ligh guage strings to replicate a cello on a bass guitar (at the same pitch, not an octave lower). its somthing i want to try, so i wanted to know what the end result was.

lots of threads discussing the idea, but not much conversation on how it went.
~gR~

[pickles]

Could be cool, it gives a 4 string a huge range.

Just have to figure out gauges.

The C would be like a .125, the D would be like a .060 ... not sure about the other two.

And then you have to learn how to play it

[Slax]

Originally Posted by pickles

Could be cool, it gives a 4 string a huge range.

Just have to figure out gauges.

The C would be like a .125, the D would be like a .060 ... not sure about the other two.

And then you have to learn how to play it

Do you think they'd have to be that high to handle it?

After playing cello for a bit, I was and still am, completely curious of this option. I hear the guy from Manowar tunes his piccolo bass like this? Is this true? (Not a huge fan of his solos though... no offense to anyone out there )

[pickles]

Well, thats low C, just above the B on a 5 string bass. So on a 34" scale I'd say .120 minimum, .125 probably ideal.