6 string = less funk ???

[Brad Johnson]

If yu can deal with a tightly spaced bass, regardless of string number, it's no big deal. I dislike tight spacing but I could still play one if I had to. Get a bass that's comfortable for you, not just for a type of music or style. The bass itself doesn't dictate either.

 

[JAUQO III-X]

Check out some of these clips of Bill Dickens playing his 7 string.

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[Baryonyx]

Of course you can still funk it up! You'll have to learn to accomodate the extra strings, but the spacing shouldn't be a problem. I slap all the time on my Hohner 4 string which is 16.5 mm at the bridge. Mark King's Kingbasses have 16.5mm string spacing (well, the later prototype models and the ones he uses now do) and they're also 4 strings.

It's not what you play, it's how you play it!