Basses only have 4 strings

[rap138]

who gives a F... what teens think or do.

 

[the_fonz]

who gives a F... what teens think or do.

JESUS CARES!

 

[i3ear]

hurr ir a teeangur lol bass iz faeld getarrest and olny needs 2 stuhringzzz

Srsly though, I have a 5 string and I do know full whell how many strings a bass can have! (wanting a 15 string myself!)

 

[BassFTW]

I got a 5-string for my 16th birthday, I'll never buy another four string again.

 

[JimmyM]

Sez you! I said the same thing, and two years later I bought another 4.

 

[BassMan250]

Sez you! I said the same thing, and two years later I bought another 4.

Me too ... tastes change over time.

 

[KeithBMI]

Yea... I am also a bass god.

 

[FireArm]

Atleast they didnt say what some 15 year old said to me about a year back "Ha ha ha.. well bass is easy it only has 4 strings!"

hmmmmm

 

[BassFTW]

I don't think so, there's no reason for me to buy another four--unless I decide I want to be a session player, then I'll buy a jazz and a P. But other than that, fives have all I need. As long as I set the strap high enough I can slap without hitting the B string which also acts as a wonderful finger rest when I'm not slapping. I love having tighter string spacing and my four almost seems like a foreign object now. Oh, and the lower notes and higher positions are cool too xD

 

[BassMan250]

Fives are comfortable, I'll give you that. I found that a 4 helps me with learning to do more with less, probably one of if not the most important lesson I've ever learned for bass.

 

[Pstewart]

Atleast they didnt say what some 15 year old said to me about a year back "Ha ha ha.. well bass is easy it only has 4 strings!"

hmmmmm

Haha surronded by guitarists and even some people who don't play anything and i get that daily :scowl:

 

[skidrawk]

Stop being teen-ist

Ima teenager and i know there is such a thing as a 5 string base guitar

All your base guitar are belong to us.

 

[michelle_andree]

........Most teenagers I find aren't that foolish...or maybe we're just smarter in New Brunswick

Ha! That was kind of a smart Alec thing to say, Alec, but +1 anyway. Seriously though, I find kids these days pretty smart, my daughter's friends are really up to speed. They're 17 - 19, one drummer, a couple guitards, a bass player. I can have a good conversation with them anytime about gear and music.

Check my location!!

 

[mattofash]

at least one of them isnt a complete idiot

 

[Stuggi]

It doesn't come near the guy here on talkbass who got a comment from a girl about a Squier being out of tune. She apparently didn't notice that it was a fretless.

 

[mjolnir]

I dunno, whenever I've actually heard the words "What's a bass?..." come out of the mouths of some of the teenagers I've played in front of, this doesn't seem so bad.

 

[perogato02]

Hey, bass guitar is only 2 letters away from basic guitar so ...

 

[Pilgrim]

I didn't know there were 5 string basses until about age 50.

Why? I didn't pay any attention, and wasn't actively involved in music between the ages of 25 and 50.

I only played 4-string styles and didn't care about the others. Still don't.

 

[EddieN]

If bewildering things a teen says is the topic, well...I was goofing around on a g****r the other day & one of my son's friends says, "You should play that Rock Lobster song from Family Guy." I had to laugh. Oh, silly teen.

 

[DistantTremor]

It's funny, when my friends from my old high school see pics of me playing bass, they say "Dude, I didn't know you played guitar!!"

Bleh.