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Country players..

#21
I play country with Link Removed and you can see some of my gear on our website and MySpace site. I use a '51 P-bass, a Lakland Duck Dunn, a Dillon, and a Mark Hoppus strung with flatwounds. I'm able to do anything required with four strings, and though I used a Jazz five for awhile, I didn't really use the b string enough to make it worthwhile. I use an Orange Tiny Terror Bass with an Orange OBC115 and an Orange SP212, and a Phil Jones Roadcase BG800. We do alot of "old" country, so a nice clear tone with plenty of bass works best. There are some tunes on the MySpace site, old and new both.
 
#22
THAT is what I really want.. :hyper:

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#23
Thanks for the equipment list.. Checked out your site, you guys are pretty good!

countrybass007 said:
I play country with Link Removed and you can see some of my gear on our website and MySpace site. I use a '51 P-bass, a Lakland Duck Dunn, a Dillon, and a Mark Hoppus strung with flatwounds. I'm able to do anything required with four strings, and though I used a Jazz five for awhile, I didn't really use the b string enough to make it worthwhile. I use an Orange Tiny Terror Bass with an Orange OBC115 and an Orange SP212, and a Phil Jones Roadcase BG800. We do alot of "old" country, so a nice clear tone with plenty of bass works best. There are some tunes on the MySpace site, old and new both.
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#24
I play in country-rock group, and wouldn't be without a 5 string for most of the reasons above. If I was playing mostly 90's and older country, I could get by with just my P-bass, but most of the newer stuff I find having the 5th string is great for throwing in the occasional lower octave D (or C), plus for playing some tunes in E and A in a more comfortable position for me.

PS rig is in my signature...gets the job done every time!
 
#26
Like most of us here in Nashville playing with legit country artists, you'll notice we all do kinda the same thing. You'll rarely see a 5 string. You may think its a 5 you're hearing on the record, but its normally a 4 tuned down either a whole step or a whole step and a half. The sound you get when doing this is a lot different from a 5 string. In some circles you will be made fun of if you pull a 5 string out...just a word of warning :)
Amps are normally used just for looks or stage monitoring...you will almost always go Direct. I never leave home without my Aguilar ToneHammer. Others use a U5, but I prefer the tone of the Aguilar...
Just my opinions and thoughts from the Country Music Capital of the world...
 
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NathanTbass said:
Like most of us here in Nashville playing with legit country artists, you'll notice we all do kinda the same thing. You'll rarely see a 5 string. You may think its a 5 you're hearing on the record, but its normally a 4 tuned down either a whole step or a whole step and a half. The sound you get when doing this is a lot different from a 5 string. In some circles you will be made fun of if you pull a 5 string out...just a word of warning :)
Amps are normally used just for looks or stage monitoring...you will almost always go Direct. I never leave home without my Aguilar ToneHammer. Others use a U5, but I prefer the tone of the Aguilar...
Just my opinions and thoughts from the Country Music Capital of the world...
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Spot on. I really don't think I would have gotten the gig with Little Big Town if I pulled out a 5 string on the audition. I also really do like the sound of the tuned down fender once you get the set up right.
I lost my tone hammer in the flood and our FOH insists on the U5, so that is what I use with them. My SVT/8-10 is mostly for looks. It doesn't go to front of house and I only have a small amount in my ears even though it does move the pant legs when I'm in front of it. I keep the volume @ 9 o'clock and all EQ @12. I was the only one getting the amp in the ears but the drummer just added some this weekend. I really need to get another tone hammer. I only had it for a month, but I used it on some Matt Nathanson sessions and it killed.
 
#29
I play in a country band now and most of the stuff I do requires a 5 string or a detuned 4. Lots of the stuff needs the E flat and D.
I play either my Warrior Studio Plus 5 or my Stingray 5 through my VT Bass, Opto Stomp, Shuttle 6 rig into an SWR Goliath Jr 2x10. I'm beginning to need a bigger cab, however. I might be building a Fearful cab soon. :bassist:
 
#30
I play in a Country band (New Country originals and lots o' covers).
So far I haven't had any trouble with my 2000 MIA Fender P (4 string), my D.B., and very occasionally my Squier J bass fretless.
I'm running through a 250 1X15 Fender Bassman, with a 4X20 aux cab. (the amp is mostly just for looks as everything is D.I.)
 
#31
NathanTbass said:
Like most of us here in Nashville playing with legit country artists, you'll notice we all do kinda the same thing. You'll rarely see a 5 string.
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Wow, this is interesting.

I'm going to have to watch closer next time a country music awards show is on TV. I could have sworn I spotted a couple of fivers the last time.

I wonder if Mike Chapman (Warwick Streamer II 5-string) and Mike Brignardello (James Tyler 5, Sadowsky 5, Vigier 5, Roscoe fretless 5) are getting made fun of in their "circle."
 
#32
electracoyote said:
Wow, this is interesting.

I'm going to have to watch closer next time a country music awards show is on TV. I could have sworn I spotted a couple of fivers the last time.

I wonder if Mike Chapman (Warwick Streamer II 5-string) and Mike Brignardello (James Tyler 5, Sadowsky 5, Vigier 5, Roscoe fretless 5) are getting made fun of in their "circle."
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I've heard that Mike is usually taking two 4 string jazz basses and two 4 string precisions to sessions now. I heard that from a drummer friend of mine that has done some sessions with him. That might have just been his flavor of the month.

Jimmie Lee Sloas uses tuned down 4 strings and sometimes uses a capo so he always has open strings for the key. He play's on all of the Little Big Town stuff (and just about everything else), so I have gotten to really know his playing. Lots of guys use 5 string basses but you should use your best judgement if you are going for a gig here in Nashville. There is a bit of backlash to the 5 string bass/ Paul Reed Smith guitar thing in some circles. None of this matters outside of Nashville, but it is happening here.
 
#33
As a PRS guitar player (I have all the others too), I've noticed more and more PRSs showing up with the headliners on tv. One of Carrie Underwood's players even used a Dusenberg Mike Campbell model on the CMA concert show (I lucked into one of those this year as well). For a while, it looked like tons of Les Pauls, SG's and Jr.'s into Marshalls... or a tele..., but Gibson seems to be losing its hold.
 
#36
Craig_S said:
That's so odd to me. There was a time when you couldn't get a Country gig without a 5 string. That's why I bought a SR5.

To be made fun of for a fiver? That's high school mentality... I'm glad I'm out of that scene, now.
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OK, I'll bite and ask the obvious: How is, "...made fun of for a fiver?" any less mature than, "...a time when you couldn't get a Country gig without a 5 string?" Is it the "fun" aspect?
 
#37
gm2_in_co said:
OK, I'll bite and ask the obvious: How is, "...made fun of for a fiver?" any less mature than, "...a time when you couldn't get a Country gig without a 5 string?" Is it the "fun" aspect?
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It had nothing to do with fun. I'm not even sure I understand that part of your question. It had everything to do with how common it was to hear notes lower than E, in Country. Five strings were the way to get there. I had a four string Jazz with a Hipshot at the time, as well. The Fiver was always easier to handle, as far as I'm concerned.

The fact that people would give someone a hard time about a five string strikes me as being rather silly. The only reason I can gather for it is looks. But then Nashville has been more about looks and retro style than about music for a long while, now. I'll bet your detuned four banger needs to be beat up, as well.

Maybe I'm the stupid, closed minded one...
 
#38
NathanTbass said:
Like most of us here in Nashville playing with legit country artists, you'll notice we all do kinda the same thing. You'll rarely see a 5 string. You may think its a 5 you're hearing on the record, but its normally a 4 tuned down either a whole step or a whole step and a half. The sound you get when doing this is a lot different from a 5 string. In some circles you will be made fun of if you pull a 5 string out...just a word of warning :)
Amps are normally used just for looks or stage monitoring...you will almost always go Direct. I never leave home without my Aguilar ToneHammer. Others use a U5, but I prefer the tone of the Aguilar...
Just my opinions and thoughts from the Country Music Capital of the world...
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Let's play count the strings:

Michael Rhodes on a Sadowsky 5

Trisha Yearwood's bassist on a Yamaha 5 (NE2?)

Jake Willemain ... is that a six?

Shania Twain's bassist on a Warwick 5

Martina McBride's bassist ... looks like a Lakland 5

Looks like they run in different circles. I think you overstated your case.
 
#39
I've been hearing for years about the bass prejudice in Nashville, has to be a Fender, has to be a four, has to be a five, has to be a pick, has to be fingers, blah blah blah.

I've never experienced it. I play a 6 string Tobias. Never had a problem getting a gig.

I played for one guy who wanted me to play a Fender, he just liked the way they looked on stage. He bought it, I played it.
 

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