Best 5 string youve ever played

[Boombass76]

Love the Lull P5. I've had it 8 years and regardless of the season, temperature, humidity or dryness from central heating, it's never needed a neck adjustment or needed to be tuned aside from changing strings. Solidly in tune and the intonation is always there. Some may not like the 35" scale but all notes up and down the neck are spot on.

I have never tried a Lull. That bass looks absolutey stunning! Bet it sounds amazing, too

 

[abarson]

Pedulla Rapture. Only 5-string I've played that made me think I could play 5-string.

 

[SJLee]

Thank you. It does sound great. It has a custom wound duncan pu and I love the alder body/maple neck combo. Lake Placid Blue is easy on the eyes too.

I have never tried a Lull. That bass looks absolutey stunning! Bet it sounds amazing, too

 

[Scatterblak]

LEJ-5. Unbeatable.

 

[spade2you]

If it's deals that is the key.......

I recommend a used Cirrus 5. should be able to pop one for around 800 on a good day, and sometimes there are better days. It's a starting point and a great bass. PLUS, a killer deal imo.

The opposite obvious approach is a used Fender USA J V for about 600 if you can make it happen.

FWIW the only reason I do play a 35" is that I like to bend notes and can't do so as well on a 35". HUGE difference in bending, the rest isn't a big deal.

I agree that it's going to be tough to beat the low B of a Cirrus in the desired price point.

 

[bass4worship]

The best bass I've ever played and enjoyed was my Carvin XB75. But no one want to give them up. I don't buy new so I have to wait.

 

[scraig]

It looks like this has already been mentioned but make shure you get a 35' scale. If not the B is just too floppy and useless. I also like active PUs. Singel coil or humbuckers sound great on fivers.

Try a contact core string on the B - it will produce a tighter string and better fingering. It feels and sounds great on my Stingray 5.

 

[bass12]

I'm wondering, when did "price point" become such a catch term?

 

[Bochafish]

Lakland 55-02 or the MIA one. So versatile, and have an awesome tone of their own. I couldn't believe how many guys had lakland 5's on the try outs for P Diddy's making the band. If I'm ever rich, I'm getting one built in 34" 18mm.

 

[BassGreaser]

Bee Hybrid 5er...

 

[Bass Viking]

Sometimes a different set of strings with more tension will cure the floppy B. Ernie Ball flats have a lot of tension & have changed my opinion of several of my own basses. I would never have bought them, but that's all the store had. Now I love them on some basses.

True. I've had good luck with stainless steel and prefer them over nickel. I also got a used bass with a great set of strings that I'm still trying to determine what brand they were (each string was taper core except the G). On the other hand, the worst experience I had was with Rotosounds. The bass I put them on didn't have a very good B to begin with, and they made it sound Godawful! I'm not slagging Rotosounds but they just did not belong on that bass!

 

[chubrocker]

No love for the TL-5?? One of the best basses I've ever owned.

 

[CrUiSeR]

Pedulla MVP 5 and 6 string are the best I've laid my hands on.
I am not a 5 or 6 string player but the mvp basses are sweet.
I've only owned two 5 strings:a
Yamaha bb5000 and a yamaha trb5p.
The trb5p is 33 7/8 scale
No offense to any one but, avoid carvin.
Play a carvin then play the MVP and you'll know what I'm talkin' 'bout.
I almost bought a MVP 4 20 something years ago, but the ExFactor beat it out and I could of bought any bass on the market.

 

[Bass Viking]

No offense to any one but, avoid carvin.

Actually, the Carvin SB5000 has a very impressive B string. Which Carvin are you talking about?

 

[boyet]

I'd have to say the Bongo 5HHp.

 

[embellisher]

I'd have to say the Bongo 5HHp.

Probably my favorite mass produced five!

 

[MikeBass]

Probably my favorite mass produced five!

For a reasonable amount of money
SR5 if you can get past the narrow string spacing.
New Fender J5 & P5.

And if you wanna spend a little more:
Sadowsky 5 naturally!

 

[IntrepidCellist]

My Dingwall is "home" for me now, although there was a Nordy VJ5 I played that was absolutely amazing.

Although, my beater ATK305 is a solid choice; great MM-y or P-bass-y tones, 3-band EQ, and not a floppy mess down low.

 

[D-Nut]

The best 5 I ever played was a Warwick Streamer Stage II. You can get something with 4 wheels, an engine and a steering wheel for less than some of those though.

I loved the Cirrus 5 as well, and am somewhat in the market for one. Very comfortable and reasonably priced.

Warwick Corvettes are sweet, and under $1,000 used.

Under $600 you can find Ibanez BTB's with a really sweet preamp and the 35" scale that everyone is so crazy over. Now a days they are coming with Bartolini inspired electronics and neck-through construction at reasonable prices as well.

If you're really trying to stay within a budget, check out the Squier Deluxe Active 5.

 

[trayner1]

I played a guy's Stiletto (Schecter) hith EMG-HZs...soooooo nice.