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View Poll Results: Which bass strings are higher? | |
Strings higher in pitch
|    | 110 | 56.70% | |
Strings further from the floor
|    | 8 | 4.12% | |
Strings that had more beer
|    | 15 | 7.73% | |
Strings in a bass played by a taller person
|    | 16 | 8.25% | |
All bass strings are low strings
|    | 45 | 23.20% |
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02-13-2008, 03:58 PM
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What do bassists mean by "higher" strings? |
02-13-2008, 04:01 PM
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02-13-2008, 04:03 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Seattle, WA | | | To me it means one of two things.
1. String action. In other words, how high are the strings off the fretboard.
2. String pitch. As an example, the G string is higher than the E string. |
02-13-2008, 04:49 PM
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02-13-2008, 06:31 PM
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President, HittStreet.com; Endorsing Artist, Schroeder Cabinets | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Missouri, USA | | | I think he's just talking about high strings (G string, for example) versus low strings (E string, or B string, for example). Some people, especially self-taught players, call the low B/low E the "high" string, because it's farthest from the ground, even though it may be the lowest in pitch.
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02-13-2008, 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Dave Muscato  I think he's just talking about high strings (G string, for example) versus low strings (E string, or B string, for example). Some people, especially self-taught players, call the low B/low E the "high" string, because it's farthest from the ground, even though it may be the lowest in pitch. | Wow.
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02-13-2008, 06:42 PM
| | | I think it has to do with price.
When I order Pyramid Gold Flatwound strings my wife says "Why are these so high". They're pert near $60. 
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02-13-2008, 06:59 PM
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02-13-2008, 07:01 PM
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02-13-2008, 07:10 PM
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02-13-2008, 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Alembicplyr Hows about a carrot option?
Me thinks this is missing | My thoughts exactly - it's tradition! |
02-13-2008, 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Dave Muscato I think he's just talking about high strings (G string, for example) versus low strings (E string, or B string, for example). Some people, especially self-taught players, call the low B/low E the "high" string, because it's farthest from the ground, even though it may be the lowest in pitch. | Dave, you just blew my mind. |
02-13-2008, 10:55 PM
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02-14-2008, 12:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Dave Muscato I used to teach; it's a common misconception, IME. | +1
I get that all the time when I teach too. Whenever I refer to higher, I mean in pitch, not in physical position. That's the "proper" terminology in music theory.
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02-14-2008, 12:06 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Maine | | | For me, the highest string is always the one highest in pitch. "top" string on the other hand means whatever the hell I want it to, and varies constantly. I know that in proper terms, the top string is the highest string... pitchwise that is, and sometimes I adhere to that logic, but other times I simply say "top" to refer to the string geographically closer to the ceiling.
What really gets under my skin, though, is people who refer to the 19th fret as the bottom of the neck. I've gotten in many a confusing debate with beginners about this matter.
Also, the other day, my roommate said that a certain pedal was last in his chain because it was connected directly to his guitar. He's completely wrong, right? |
02-14-2008, 12:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Dave Muscato I used to teach; it's a common misconception, IME. | Well, in portuguese we call the high "agudo" and the low "grave", so its sortas of misconception proof.
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02-14-2008, 01:08 AM
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Originally Posted by not_jason ...Also, the other day, my roommate said that a certain pedal was last in his chain because it was connected directly to his guitar. He's completely wrong, right? | Yeah . . . that pedal is the FIRST one in the chain . . .
the whole "output" goes to "input" thing is a pet peeve of mine (probably because of my audio engineering work) . . .
the bass OUTPUT . . . the amp INPUT . . .
you don't "plug the amp into the bass"
Now I've got to try to relax . . . just thinking about this has got me all riled up! |
02-14-2008, 01:51 AM
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President, HittStreet.com; Endorsing Artist, Schroeder Cabinets | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Missouri, USA | | | re: the pedal, that's just silly. It's called a signal chain for a reason. It starts with the source of the signal and goes through all the "links" until it gets to the speaker. The source would be the bass, the next step in the chain would be the cable, then the first pedal plugged in from there, etc.
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02-14-2008, 04:05 AM
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Originally Posted by bass_fish how do you get high from beer? |  |
02-14-2008, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by bass_fish how do you get high from beer? | Fill a bong with it. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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