5-string or BEAD?

[Gorilla Fingers]

BEAD. Steve DiGiorgio only needed 4.

Steve plays fives and sometimes sixes now. I follow him on the Gram.

Of course, at one point, he was using a three string!

 

[Runnerman]

Just yesterday I dropped off a 35" scale 4 string Peavey Millennium USA to my luthier to convert it to B-E-A-D tuning. Can't wait to get it back. I only briefly owned a 5 string & felt this was the only way I'd continue to play my other 4 strings instead of buying a 5.

Nice! Perfect bass to do a BEAD conversion on.

 

[MrLenny1]

Get a 5.

 

[Bassiclees]

Taking a break from practicing to double down the Ibanez Six, the 'intro' one (GSR206B) which was $300 new all in delivered, hand inspected, packed beautifully and they added strings (and candy). Least risk, most joy. Yeah, it's not going to have output sound like a Carey Nordstrand special (but could...) but the six string fretboard journey is so killer and this SR neck with La Bella tapewounds is as easy as it gets. This is a findable new in stock instrument at the moment, so there's that as well.

 

[Yahboy]

If you able find an used 35 scale BTB740 ,sure it is great choice for BEAD MOD.

 

[mini-milli]

I ended up buying a Schecter Stilletto Session 5 from the classified section here. 35" scale, 17mm string spacing, about 8 lb, smallish swamp ash body, EMG PJ active PU's. Seems perfect for what I want.

Can't wait till it gets here!

 

[Gorilla Fingers]

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I ended up buying a Schecter Stilletto Session 5 from the classified section here. 35" scale, 17mm string spacing, about 8 lb, smallish swamp ash body, EMG PJ active PU's. Seems perfect for what I want.

Can't wait till it gets here!

A very nice bass, indeed. I have a Stiletto Studio-5, and it's great.

Congrats on this next step in your bass journey!

 

[Nuage420]

I ended up buying a Schecter Stilletto Session 5 from the classified section here. 35" scale, 17mm string spacing, about 8 lb, smallish swamp ash body, EMG PJ active PU's. Seems perfect for what I want.

Can't wait till it gets here!

Excellent choice! My first quality bass was my studio 4. It's a 2007 I've made some mods to over the years. It may not get played as much as my others but I'll never sell it.