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    Please Help! Just bought my first 5 string bass and already snapped a string tuning to G#,C#,F#,B,E.

    Thanks for the extra Dan briggs info and the rest. I'm a big fan of his and the band. Absolutely love them, managed to see them live twice in the UK now. Is this absolutely necessary? If its so much trouble then I'll drop the whole idea of trying to learn the songs from the book. They would...
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    Please Help! Just bought my first 5 string bass and already snapped a string tuning to G#,C#,F#,B,E.

    Very helpful! Thanks dude, really appreciated! The search for a good string source begins.
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    Please Help! Just bought my first 5 string bass and already snapped a string tuning to G#,C#,F#,B,E.

    Thank you Lz4005! Despite playing bass casually for a long time, i am new to learning about extreme turnings and the uses of different strings. The B string went completely floppy, not producing a note at all well before it got down 4 half steps, so I assume thicker strings makes a large...
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    Please Help! Just bought my first 5 string bass and already snapped a string tuning to G#,C#,F#,B,E.

    Plucking ideas out the air. Looking for any info on how to go about tuning to this tuning. My bass has got the factory standard strings on it currently. Only got it two days ago brand new.
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    Please Help! Just bought my first 5 string bass and already snapped a string tuning to G#,C#,F#,B,E.

    Ok, i'm probably an idiot and missing something simple here. I just bought a 5 string Warwick Rockbass and I've owned the Between the buried and Me, Alaska Bass songbook for years. On the introduction page it states: "The tuning for all of these songs is C# standard, and from low to high i...