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Thank you all. After a bit further contemplating, I'm thinking an electric upright might be a better choice for me at the moment. If I'm still yearning for an acoustic after becoming adequately proficient (likely several years from now), I'll probably have enough for a decent 4/4 (or, perhaps...

I've always loved the menacing sound of sustained, bowed pedal notes and am considering getting an upright bass with a $1500-2500 budget. To give me more low end, I would want it tuned BEAD (like the top four strings of a five string bass guitar). I know there is no stock upright tuned like...

I was thinking of a tuning that would allow me to transpose without sounding too "off". If I go F#, rock and violin wouldn't be too impacted, since they would be played a whole tone higher and two octaves and a half tone lower. Cello pieces would suffer more, since they would be played a...

It was a project for an art class several years ago.

I'm considering getting a Mikro 4 string and tuning it in fifths. Since, in addition to playing rock, I would like to learn some classical (mainly cello and violin), I'm considering a "compromise" tuning to accommodate both styles reasonably well. The two tunings that I think would be most...

My short fingers make my 34" GSR205 slightly cumbersome until the third fret, so I reserved a 30" TMB35 at Sweetwater. When it arrives, the GSR will probably become a mod-tester. How do shorties balance when compared to standards, and do strings feel any tighter or looser at the same tension?

I reserved a TMB35 at Sweetwater the other day. Hopefully it'll be back in stock by the end of the month. My shorter-than-normal fingers make my 34er slightly cumbersome at times, so I decided to get a short-scale. Does the shorter scale length make the strings feel any tighter or looser at a...

Decided to get an octave pedal instead of super thick strings and opted for F# tuning.

Basses with such low tunings (and some tuned even lower, to C0), aren't too uncommon. Some lab tests have concluded that, under ideal conditions, humans can hear a 12hz sine wave. With longer scale lengths and capable equipment, even a C0 can be semi-usable, though its fundamental would still be...

Is it tuned E1 (regular bass) or E0 (octave lower)? I want an octave and a half-step below regular E-C.

After a nearly decade-long hiatus from guitar and bass, I recently purchased an Ibanez GSR205. Currently it is tuned Bb0, Eb1, Ab1, Db2, Gb2 with stock strings (.130, .105, .085, .065, .045). Through some research and experimenting, I have found that Eb0 is the lowest pitch I can somewhat easily...