Five String Question

[Nightsblood]

Im looking to get my first five string, a Spector Rebop, and was wondering, are there any string companies that have a set that goes E A D G C, instead of the low B? Or am I destined to buy six string packs?

[G-Man]

If you don't mind ordering them, some online retailers, juststrings.com for example, offer single strings. You can buy the four string set of your choice, and then add the individual c-string you want. It will be considerably less expensive than buying a six string set.

[JazzBassvb]

I second what G-man said.

I went to 3 different music stores locally and none had any sets with a high C.

I did, however, at the last one, find a bargin box with loose/single strings. I looked and looked and at the very bottom, wouldn't you know it, was a Ken Smith C! I also found a G and it worked out very well.

Online would probably be the best way to go. If you are looking for loose strings, you are looking at somewhere between a .25 and .32 gauge string for a C. The one I found is a .30.

Incidentily, I had a 4 string Warwick set that had a .30 G. I don't know why, but when I tried to tune it up to a C, it had too much tension for my liking.

Anyway, I found the C and G I mentioned earlier, and I go to move the existing strings down and for grins, I thought I'd try the G I had just bought and reuse my old .30. It worked fine in this instant. Go fig. I now have an extra C.

Hope that helps.
JB

[Flatwound]

There are high C sets available. Go to www.juststrings.com, and look through their bewildering array of strings and you'll find them. For instance, they have the La Bella Deep Talkin' roundwound set 760RL-C, which is .029-.106. They probably have some others as well.