I would love to find one and see how it sounds. Im not really big on the feel of a 5 but I would really like to get something with a longer neck. We also tune to drop C and I notice that it gets a little "farty" when Im riding to C. Maybe having that extra length well help?
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does anyone play a 35'' 4 string?
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I play a Warvick Vampyre Darklord. It's a 35" scale 4 string.
I took the original strings off and replaced them with D'addario super longscale nickel round wounds. I really like the feel of a 35" 4 stringer. The strings have a lot of tension in every tuning.
We have 2 songs in drop c tuning, i intonated the bass for DGCF tuning and i feel the C gets a little farty, and really boomy when i tune it to CGCF.
I took the original strings off and replaced them with D'addario super longscale nickel round wounds. I really like the feel of a 35" 4 stringer. The strings have a lot of tension in every tuning.
We have 2 songs in drop c tuning, i intonated the bass for DGCF tuning and i feel the C gets a little farty, and really boomy when i tune it to CGCF.
I had a Peavey G Bass. Between the carbon fiber neck and 35" scale, it was an awesome bass. I'd like to pick up another one to put a Darkstar pickup in 
why not get a lighter gauge 5 string set of strings and put that on your bass? its only a 1/2 step up from 5 string tuning, as opposed to 4 1/2steps down from standard 4 string tuning.
IF you play a lot of drop tunings I am assuming metal. Check out Dean. They make a couple 35 scale 4 bangers that look wicked and are a heck of a lot cheaper than a warwick! Also, the above post on strings is how I used to handle the drop tuning thing with my Modulus, but I after that bass I have used 35" fives for metal.
Modulus Quantum 4's have 35" scale. I have a quantum fretless 4 (see my avatar) and I installed a Hipshot detuner on the E string. I can tune it down to B and it still sounds and feels good.
