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Best budget 5 string

#61
Jim Carr said:
+1

However, they are hard to find, and you may have to bid high and fast to snag one. I tried nearly a half dozen times, and finally did "the buy it now" dance for $550. Ouch. I guess it's all in the fingers.....LOL!

Pics coming as soon as it arrives.

Here is a taste of passive MTD 5er tone:

This features Anthony Nembhard, who is also on GospelChops vol. 1 :D
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+1 also.
The new MTD Kingston Saratoga (J-bass) will come in a 5-string, I don't have a sense of retail pricing yet, but I heard the 4-stringer supposed to street around $550.
 
#65
This thing looks hella sharp for $290 new.
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#67
So lots of good inexpensive 5'ers mentioned as per the OP's question. I'll be looking at them myself.

Not meant to hi-jack, but which one truly has the least wide neck? Are not most in the 1.65" - 1.75" at the nut range? Which is less than that? And does racheting it up to E,A,D,G,C change the tensions so much it will tweak the neck?
 
#69
haven't seen one under 1.65 [metric equivalent thereof... call it 40-45mm]. i don't see the point in the tuning change, but you would want to change the string gauge... not sure they make a complete 5''er set for that purpose. someone else here will know

MEKer said:
So lots of good inexpensive 5'ers mentioned as per the OP's question. I'll be looking at them myself.

Not meant to hi-jack, but which one truly has the least wide neck? Are not most in the 1.65" - 1.75" at the nut range? Which is less than that? And does racheting it up to E,A,D,G,C change the tensions so much it will tweak the neck?
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#70
MEKer said:
So lots of good inexpensive 5'ers mentioned as per the OP's question. I'll be looking at them myself.

Not meant to hi-jack, but which one truly has the least wide neck? Are not most in the 1.65" - 1.75" at the nut range? Which is less than that? And does racheting it up to E,A,D,G,C change the tensions so much it will tweak the neck?
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The former question, I'd like to hear the answer to as well.
 
#72
I've recently bought one of these, I'm so impressed with the deep & high tones you can get out of this bass! I own a Peavey Millennium BXP 5 string, which sounds great loaded with decent strings, but this bass kills it. Go check it out, you will be impressed with the build also!
 

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