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+1 I gave up 5's all together in 2008, and I use a Digitech Drop now whenever I need it. I have a need for a 5er, but I'm way too comfortable on a 4, and way too old and stubborn to try and change. If someone wants to convince me that there's a better way... the floor is yours.
Lol... I've already tried to brainwash @Kriegs with this, but the demon has a hold of his mind. The power of Christ compels you! Get out of my friend you five string and go back to Hell! Your too-close string spacing is not welcome here!
What did you play it through? I couldn't get my SB2's to work for me unless I ran them through the Orange AD200
My pedal board into the store's Aguilar Tone Hammer 500 driving 2 x Aguilar SL112's
It's the best day, though! The bass guy (he's a guitarist but he knows basses better than most bassists) and pedal geek guy (name a pedal he doesn't know EVERYTHING about. Nope, you were wrong, he knew that one too, even though you just invented it 15 minutes ago. He's that good, lol.) both work on that day and we 3 do some really cool experimentation with pedals and rigs and learn new stuff every time and it's tons of fun!
I played 4 stringers for almost 10 years! I had been stringing 34" scale 4 strings to BEAD but the strings were way too clanky for my needs. My last 'main' bass was a 4 string baritone bass (35" scale designed to be strung BEAD) and I loved it, right up until I needed my G string [insert lingerie related joke here]. Thus the need for a 5 stringer. And so my love affair with 5 string basses and G&L began
This is all good news. I can't slap and pop, I can't play anything that wasn't written by a guy named Dee Dee or Sid, and the only thing I know about arpeggios is that it's in a song in Disneys Aristocats... So yeah let's just go around adding more strings on there... Heck why stop there, let's just take off the fret markers and throw away the instruction manuals too!It's the best day, though! The bass guy (he's a guitarist but he knows basses better than most bassists) and pedal geek guy (name a pedal he doesn't know EVERYTHING about. Nope, you were wrong, he knew that one too, even though you just invented it 15 minutes ago. He's that good, lol.) both work on that day and we 3 do some really cool experimentation with pedals and rigs and learn new stuff every time and it's tons of fun!
I played 4 stringers for almost 10 years! I had been stringing 34" scale 4 strings to BEAD but the strings were way too clanky for my needs. My last 'main' bass was a 4 string baritone bass for (35" scale designed to be strung BEAD) and I loved it, right up until I needed my G string [insert lingerie related joke here]. Thus the need for a 5 stringer. And so my love affair with 5 string basses and G&L began
I started as a guitarist 36 years ago and have only been playing bass for the last decade, so the tighter spacing of a 5 stringer is actually easier for me to play than a 4 stringer. I still play guitar for all of my side projects and it I use both a 6 and a 7 stringer, so lots of strings in a small space is just normal to me
You play with a pick? Oh P.U. this is unacceptable.
- I don't even play power chords right. I only play 2 strings for my version of a power chord. Been doing it since I was 13 years old and was shown a power chord but never noticed that the guy as actually playing 3 strings. I've never changed how I play them.
- I have never played an arpeggio. Wouldn't know how.
- I've never attempted sweep picking. Again, wouldn't know how
- I have never played a guitar solo in front of an audience. I never learned because, even as a guitarist, I only ever wanted to play the heavy, low parts of a song. The only reason I didn't move to bass sooner is there was always someone that actually played bass well around when we needed them. Now, of the 5 bassists that I knew/ worked with. 2 are dead. 1 doesn't live locally anymore. 1 doesn't live in the country anymore. The last one just doesn't play anymore.
- Oh, and while we're at it. I only play bass with a pick. I can play with my fingers if it is a very slow song but I don't have the practice/ discipline to play finger style consistently for a full song.
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I dig it.
L-5000?
ah. the black hardware. it's like a sirens call. okay you've convinced me. P.m. me for my address and you can send it out tomorrow
