4 or 5?

i recently made the move frome 4 to6 strings and to tell you the truth i was lost for the first, oh i don't three minutes, the main problems i had was fretting a note and then plucking a completely different string and also the muting is a promblem but i've got to think it's easier to mute one extra than two. as for actually playing things on the other strings it only took me a day before i started coming up with different chord voicings and lines to play instead of just playing the same things i did on a four, so i say just go for you won't regret it.

 

yes getting used to 5-strings are easy. As for 5-string basses I'd go with a modulus quantum, or a spector czech model.

 

I would stick with a 4. You can always go to drop D tuning if needed.

(I rekon in 15 years, I will be one of the few people still using a good old 4 string.)

 

If you've been playing some 5's @ music stores & you don't like it, I feel there is no reason you should buy i=one. You play it for a while & wanna sell it soon.

 

uve answered your own question. Ur say ur not gonna use the extra string, and u say its harder to play. DONT BOTHER WITH IT UNLESS UR GONNA USE IT!

 

I know when I bought my 2nd bass i didn't think I really needed a 5 string. but I got one anyway... It took maybe half a day before I really got the hang of that low b on my bass. but I use it all the time now and I am very satisfied...

 

I find 5's uncomfortable also (prrobably cause im not used to it) but I would stick with four, like agyeman said you can always go drop D.

 

Nah, I'll still be playing 4's.

I don't even ever take my bass out of standard tuning...

I've just become so adapt to my bass, when I think of something in my head, I think of it in standard tuning, and generally can just sit down and in a matter of a minute or so have if all worked out with which string and frets and all.

 

I got my 1st 5 about three years ago,and yes,at 1st it felt kind of wierd,but after about a month I got into it and the funny thing is that now when I pick up a 4 it feels a little strange like the 5 did at 1st to me.

 

that is what JT usually refers to as "Holding a crayon"

 

So does the A-team

 

Another vote for the Modulus Quantum 5. That graphite neck rules, and such low action too!

 

4

 

It takes a while. Sometimes when I'm in a mood to play my four string in my band & it takes a little getting used to. Like a rehearsal or 2 to really realize that there is no low "B".

The biggest problem you'll probably have is you'll be hitting the "B" expecting it to be the "E". It could take a few days or a few weeks depending on how you adapt & how often you play. The way I play my 5's is like a 4 & if I need/want to play a lower B, C, D flat, D or E flat, they're there.

 

Spankbass,

Just try to play something you'd normally play on a four, but higher on the neck, using lower strings. Instead of playing F as 1st fret E string, try it at 6th fret B string and go from there.

You should consider where you expect to play and what types of music you expect to play. I play primarily in church where a lot of stuff is written in E-flat and D-flat. Five strings is the way to go. Try this...100 & Rising by Incognito

G------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------7---5-5------3------------------
A----------------------5---3-3----7------3-5--------------------
E---------------5---6---6-------------------------------------5-5
B--3-3--6-6---------------------------------------3-3--6-6-----

MY FIRST TAB!!!

forgive me father for i have tabbed...

Peace,

James

 

HE was such a nice young man, too