5 string explorer bass?

[slapdaaria]

Hey im looking at getting my first 5 stringer but i want an explorer is it possible?

 

[azfryguy]

I have only seen customs over the computer never one in person

I dont believe any company makes them you will probably have to to a custom order from warmoth

Though I could be very wrong

 

[GeoffByrne]

Nearest I know of would be a Epi 5er Thunderbird Pro.

 

[stiles72]

Gibson made a 5 string Thunderbird Studio model for a while. They come up occasionally on Ebay - but they arent Exploreres. You might need to try and locate an Epiphone Explorer bass body, and mate it up with a 5 string neck and all of the other necessary mods.

 

[Lammchop93]

Ibanez will be coming out with one later this year. Here is a picture of it:

 

[MarshallLaw]

holy crap that looks cool. so does that guy's beard!

 

[Lammchop93]

I agree. The guy is Matt Snell from Five Finger Death Punch.

 

[MarshallLaw]

gotcha. not a fan of the band but those are some epic whiskers.

 

[Ric5]

A 5 string explorer will be a custom made bass. You could build it out of parts for about $500 +/- depending on the parts used.

It is on my list of basses to build for myself in the future.

I want to do a 5 string Rickenfaker, a 5 string sg bass, a 5 string explorer, a 5 string Mouradian. And a few other projects.

 

[Mike Shevlin]

I want one~ I thought Warwick would come out with something like this first.

 

[AtomicPunk]

And a 5 string Alembic Exploiter.

 

[bothroysnvts]

It's been a while, so I would like to know if anyone has heard anything new about this bass?

Ibanez will be coming out with one later this year. Here is a picture of it:

 

[rihmakallo]

This is how I made myself one out of a brand new Epiphone Thunderbird Pro V:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150352213764300.355039.776019299&type=1&l=596923a215

Captions in Finnish, but you'll get the idea from the pics! Better photos of the finished product coming up. The thing works, and for some reason the sound changed a little from smooth Gibson-like towards more aggressive Musicman-like. Maybe it's the characteristics of the mahogany I used. Already played one gig with it and will be using it for hard rocking!

Might even consider building another one if someone's interested.

 

[Ric5]

I saw a 5 string exploiter type bass on ebay a couple months ago ...

 

[Joe Nerve]

I agree. The guy is Matt Snell from Five Finger Death Punch.

Now being a 69-70 Jets fan, I say that just ain't right.

 

[Jeff Scott]

Hey im looking at getting my first 5 stringer but i want an explorer is it possible?

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Here you go, now call them and order one.

 

[darthplagis]

This is how I made myself one out of a brand new Epiphone Thunderbird Pro V:

Ex-Bird - Kauneusleikkaus | Facebook

Captions in Finnish, but you'll get the idea from the pics! Better photos of the finished product coming up. The thing works, and for some reason the sound changed a little from smooth Gibson-like towards more aggressive Musicman-like. Maybe it's the characteristics of the mahogany I used. Already played one gig with it and will be using it for hard rocking!

Might even consider building another one if someone's interested.

DUDE!
wow that looks sick. Was it a hard mod (technical i mean)? Awesome result though.... Now do a buzzard

 

[Lo end PUNCH]

Dean has a really great sounding one

 

[kbakerde]

Cataldo basses. He has a line of Fenderbirds based off of a lot of stuff John Entwistle had made. One of them is an Explorer body with a Fender neck. He offer's all of them in 4 and 5 strings.