Best low B string in the Biz?

[blen dem]

For 35" that I have owned and played I'm going with my previous Roscoes and an insane Modulus Quantum I borrowed from a friend years ago. Also Peavey Cirrus USA has a wonderful B for a 35". For 34"s Zon and Sadowsky's are great BUT a Ken Smith I briefly owned had an incredible B...my fave is my current bass of course which is a 34" as well (Fodera). Very even with all the other strings and its clarity is only rivaled by that darn Ken Smith! Honestly, if Ken Smith's weren't so dang beautiful I'd still have it. I gig all my basses anywhere and everywhere but for some reason that bass made me think twice in fear of banging it on my drummers cymbals or annoying guitar players headstock LOL!

 

[Watchootognbout]

I'm looking at buying a new 5 string for recording and playing a few contemporary jazz funk gigs. Primarily looking for rich, deep and punchy low end. Piano like sustain. I have a couple 5ers with great low B's. (Roscoe SKB and Lakland 5594) but want something a bit deeper. From what I have heard the Ken Smiths low B is pretty killer with the ebony FB, especially for a 34" scale.

Any thoughts?

I play a Wolf WTHB-7W bass.

Wolf 5 String Bass Spalt Maple with $70+ Value Gigbag Free!

The Woodo bass in this vid is NOT my bass.
But KHL.Co. makes both Wolf and Woodo basses.

My bass sounds exactly like the Woodo bass in the video.
Check out that low B!

 

[Bassworship1]

 

[Toolmybass]

The B on this is not too shabby ;-)

 

[Tdub77]

Last I heard, they were only offering it as an import. Not sure how good it will be. As for the USA Cirrus. Good B for the money and perhaps one of the better store brands. A good luthier can still build one slightly better for a higher price tag, of course.

Where did you hear that? There was no mention of any type of import. I assumed I guess that they were talking about another round of US built ones. Let me see what I can dig up.

 

[Bass Viking]

Here's a video I made comparing my B strings. In order: Warwick Thumb bolt on, Sadowsky M5-24, Warwick Corvette $$ bolt on, Ken Smith BSR M5W.



The basses were all recorded direct to a Zoom Q3HD.

 

[Tdub77]

Where did you hear that? There was no mention of any type of import. I assumed I guess that they were talking about another round of US built ones. Let me see what I can dig up.

Nineteen years after it debuted, Peavey reintroduced the Cirrus bass to their instrument lineup at the 2016 Winter NAMM Show. The neck-thru design will once again be available in four-, five-, and six-string models featuring a 35-inch scale maple and mahogany neck.

Its alder body wings will be topped by either red oak or walnut. Similar to the previous versions, the bass’s neck is equipped with graphite stringers for rigidity. The new model also retains an 18-volt preamp though it has been improved with better shielding.

Other features include a rosewood or pau ferro fingerboard, VFL humbucking pickups, Gotoh tuners, and a milled brass bridge with a choice of top loading or stringing through the body. Peavey says more options will become available soon.

The reintroduced Peavey Cirrus basses will range in street price from $1,000 to $1,500 depending on the number of strings and options.

With this price point I would assume US built. My 4 string from 99 or so was around $1200

 

[Bass Viking]

The B on this is not too shabby ;-)

That looks like late TBer Oddio's Wal. If I remember correctly he owned 3 Wals.

 

[Dan Bass]

Best B string I've encountered is with my Benavente SCB5 35' scale. With Flats on this beauty it is thuderous through my new Mesa D-800.

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Sweet Bass, have you ever tried putting that 2x12 vertically on top of the 4x10 it would be a lot closer to your ear's?

 

[Bassworship1]

Actually I have thought of it but not actually tried. I think I will to see how much difference it makes. I normally don't use them both together because the 410 is so much by itself. The 212 I normally use for traveling gigs.

 

[Toolmybass]

That looks like late TBer Oddio's Wal. If I remember correctly he owned 3 Wals.

Correct!...It was Oddio's

 

[Bass Viking]

Correct!...It was Oddio's

I played that one at one of our get togethers but I don't recall much about it. Do you mind if I ask how you obtained it? Was it via Kijiji?

 

[Toolmybass]

Yes, I believe it was kijiji.
My friend bought his black Geddy MKI the same day.
I also bought his TC Blacksmith and TC 2x10 & 2x12 cabs

 

[Bass Viking]

Yes, I believe it was kijiji.
My friend bought his black Geddy MKI the same day.
I also bought his TC Blacksmith and TC 2x10 & 2x12 cabs

I remember seeing some of his equipment on Kijiji. He offered me one of his Wals for sale, I think it was the black Geddy. But I was more interested in his Warwicks, particularly his Streamer (which was not for sale).

Every now and then I drive by his neighbourhood and think about the times I dropped in to check out each other's basses. Miss those times.

 

[Bass Viking]

Correct!...It was Oddio's

By the way, you can read about your bass here: Wal Basses

 

[Toolmybass]

By the way, you can read about your bass here: Wal Basses

Cool tnx
I remember Andrew spending a lot of time straightening up that site

 

[King Kolon]

On the "piano-like tone" thing: I've played bass over 20 years, and piano over 30, and have never heard a bass sound anything like a piano. Seems like a rather odd metric.

Well, the Percussive Sound one gets if you know your Techniques of playing. I do alot of Finger Tapping and Thumb hammering, and finger(walking) playing and Yes Folks, l use a Pick, certain stuff you can't beat it. Piano String Sound on that size of string is as Clear & Sustained as it gets. If you or a person doesn't like that sound, l understand. Strings are No.1

 

[Crystalman85]

The schecter stiletto basses has a good low b string. I've recently put a set of dunlop super bright stainless steel strings on my schecter stiletto 5-string and it sounds awesome. also the yamaha trbx305 has a pretty punchy low b string. I own one myself and it sounds pretty cool.

 

[FunkHead]

The B on this is not too shabby ;-)

Of course it is. The body alone is as big as an Ampeg 810.

 

[MAJOR METAL]

Without a doubt, SADOWSKY!!!!