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Extended Range Bass (Club??) Thread

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Thanks. It was just something I wanted to get because I was looking for a reasonable 6er to branch out onto and I found a few youtube videos of it and it sounded good. Then I went to the local guitar shop, and by rare luck, they had one in! So after having a quick whirl on the thing I decided that I MUST buy it, and I did. :bassist:

I did like the High C string but all that ended up doing was giving me a taste for the higher range so eventually I got round to switching it from BEADGC to EADGCF/BE. Sounds great and pretty much covers anything I'd want to do in a heartbeat, like going from playing a bass line to busting out a shred. Fun stuff. I'd still check it out, relatively cheap. An absolute steal at £500.
 
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Dooms said:
Thanks. It was just something I wanted to get because I was looking for a reasonable 6er to branch out onto and I found a few youtube videos of it and it sounded good. Then I went to the local guitar shop, and by rare luck, they had one in! So after having a quick whirl on the thing I decided that I MUST buy it, and I did. :bassist:

I did like the High C string but all that ended up doing was giving me a taste for the higher range so eventually I got round to switching it from BEADGC to EADGCF/BE. Sounds great and pretty much covers anything I'd want to do in a heartbeat, like going from playing a bass line to busting out a shred. Fun stuff. I'd still check it out, relatively cheap. An absolute steal at £500.
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Nice! I also went for the higher range with my 9. :bassist:
 
#886
Stacatto said:
Okay, to settle some confusion, the first ERB that I handled (this Summer) had groups of strings in twos with a large spacing between each pair.

Is this unusual for ERB?
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If the bass was an octave 4 string (four groups of two strings), then it wouldn't (technically) be considered an ERB. Typically, an ERB with 8 strings is eight individually tuned strings, i.e., B-E-A-D-G-C-F-Bb, as compared to an 8 string octave bass tuned Ee-Aa-Dd-Gg.

Some octave course basses are 10 strings (Bb-Ee-Aa-Dd-Gg) as well as some twelve strings tune Eee-Aaa-Ddd-Ggg. ERB's are generally single course (non-octave) .... :cool:
 
#888
As of today, I'm the proud owner of a new Warwick Thumb BO 6! :hyper:

I would like an ERB club# please.

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#892
Wow!!! Some beautiful basses count me in on this club. I own a 6 string Zon and a 7 string Conklin Bill Dickens signiture model and I have been looking for a 6 string headless due to back problems. Something along the lines of graphite neck or full on graphite, needs to be light. Any suggestions would be great.
 
#893
Can I have a number? Here's my 2004 Ibanez BTB406QM:

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Was after a new 4 string, tried that one out in the store and loved it so much I got it! I'm finding myself using the C a lot more than the B, which I didn't think I would. I'm having a ton of fun expanding normal lines into a lot of playing around with adding 9ths, 11ths etc. and making chords.
 
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basssuperfreak said:
Wow!!! Some beautiful basses count me in on this club. I own a 6 string Zon and a 7 string Conklin Bill Dickens signiture model and I have been looking for a 6 string headless due to back problems. Something along the lines of graphite neck or full on graphite, needs to be light. Any suggestions would be great.
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"Because of the unique moulding methods developed by Status Graphite, the instrument is surprisingly light and is naturally well balanced.
The entire bass is a one-piece, graphite composite moulding which ensures stability, clarity and sustain."
http://status-graphite.com/status/frames/index_home.html

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#896
basssuperfreak - #101 & Distant Cousin - #102 Welcome ... :cool:


RLK - Loving that LeCompte, gorgeous bass!

basssuperfreak - Having recently had my own serous issues with back problems I can appreciate your situation. Fortunately for me, physical therapy has really helped, far better than I ever thought it would. Good luck with the search :)


Distant - You'd be surprised how many guys feel that same way at first about the C string .... it's a lot more valuable than many people give it credit for! Time to move to a 7, you'll love the F :D
 
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PhiDeck said:
Does anyone make a fan-fretted, headless, 5-string multi-scale (35-32"?), tuned EADGC, with a detuner on the E-string?
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I'm not sure if I've ever seen a headless bass that had a detuner at the bridge. That would be interesting for sure.
 
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