Roger Waters using a 5 string?

[Leftybass12]

Hello, please re-direct me if necessary. I have always wondered on Pink Floyds song Another Brick In The Wall, did Roger Waters use a 5 string when recording the song? Or did he use a bass with the E string tuned down to D?

[wateroftyne]

I imagine it would have been tuned down.

[Big chicken]

I have a feeling Waters wouldent know what to do with a five string bass.

[WackoStu]

Drop tune to D.

[kdiggity]

Originally Posted by Big chicken

I have a feeling Waters wouldent know what to do with a five string bass.

LOL

[Bob C]

Does it matter?

[AwkwardLoudness]

It's a 4 string tuned down to DADG. Lots of Pink Floyd songs were recorded with that tuning. Listen to "One of the These Days" from Pink Floyd's Meddle album as another example.

[iamlowsound]

Five string basses weren't around when that song was recorded.

lowsound

[oniman7]

I thought he used a 5 string on Comfortably numb. I read somewhere it was a fretless five that used the Open B...

I wonder if you could find live videos from the time it came out. That might answer your question.

[Big chicken]

Originally Posted by oniman7

I thought he used a 5 string on Comfortably numb. I read somewhere it was a fretless five that used the Open B...

I wonder if you could find live videos from the time it came out. That might answer your question.

Good shot of waters from 0.55-1.02

Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall part 2 (Live) - YouTube