5 strings: superior to 4 strings.

[ObeyGiant]

I just got my first fiver recently. The transition is almost none existent to me, although I have heard of other people having a hard time with it.

I use my 4's still for most of the songs we do (mainly because my CV P is soooo sweeeet!) and break the 5 out for downtuned songs/songs where I just find it easier to access those low notes on the B.

EDIT: I forgot to mention. All of my 4's are P's. And my 5 is a Jazz. I prefer P's. If the 5er was a P, I might be humming a different tune... But for now I think they both have their place.

 

[onosson]

Onosson, keyboards are a different animal. The playability is different, and if played as a bass, far less satisfying than a bass guitar. You're not directly plucking the string. So it's not the same at all. I see what you tried to do, though!

I don't think you really did see what I was getting at, because later you posted this...

Well, basically I was arguing that 5s are superior, and I was curious if anyone could make a truly compelling argument that 4s can do something that 5s can't.

If the "argument" is that some instrument is superior to some other instrument by virtue of being able to do things that the other instrument cannot do, then I suppose most musicians would all be gravitating towards the single "best" instrument! (Arguably, that might be a keyboard of some kind).

Personally, I don't buy that argument for a second, whether you're talking about keyboards > bass guitars, or 5 string > 4 string.

And for the record, in addition to bass I also play keyboards AND guitar (it's got 6 superior strings!)

 

[JimmyM]

The reason you don't see more 5s is because they're harder to play. And people like stuff that's easy!

BWAHAHAHA!!! Good one!

 

[smperry]

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