Go check out the Snowcat, and the radio, and you'll see what we mean...go check it out!
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How far are willing to push your strings
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Go check out the Snowcat, and the radio, and you'll see what we mean...go check it out!
You're fine with pulling a G string up into your A? I'd be afraid of it getting too close to my D!
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genuinely curious - why tune the bass so high? why not just play the notes as written?
Guitarists get the girls - I think he's just trying to barge in on their turf a bit by tuning up.
Note that it might be easier to just play a 6 or 7 string bass - lots more high notes without fear of breaking strings, and the camera folks will definitely have a hard time deciding if a 7 is a guitar or bass.
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Y'all keep getting had by OP. This is some top tier long troll stuff. Just check their post history.
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Check the one before this. Also, there's the option of not replying at all, or using the ignore button, if one is so annoyed by the OP's threads.
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"Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
"I stare at a computer screen for over 8 hours a day. I'm tired. The statement above makes no sense. What am I missing? Sarcasm?"
DUH> I get it now. I've also pushed pass many g strings in my youth.
"I stare at a computer screen for over 8 hours a day. I'm tired. The statement above makes no sense. What am I missing? Sarcasm?"
DUH> I get it now. I've also pushed pass many g strings in my youth.
Haha yeah. Bending a string where it displaces 2 more strings. What I mean is if you’re pulling that far it’s not any worse than tuning up if you want. They’re just strings.You're fine with pulling a G string up into your A? I'd be afraid of it getting too close to my D!
I'll bite this time.
I'll admit, I gigged my first few months with the lowest four strings of a 5 string set on a four banger. 0.128+/- B tuned to E and ascending thickness of 0.020 across the neck in fourths. While the sustain was great and the strings massy enough to play loudly with the fretting hand exclusively, the neck and setup were difficult to maintain. My notions of "big metal make big sound" and "tighter better" made for high playing effort and negligible benefits. Normal string gauges changed with frequency turned out to be much more useful and less work. It also allowed me more nuance and quicker fingers.
I'll admit, I gigged my first few months with the lowest four strings of a 5 string set on a four banger. 0.128+/- B tuned to E and ascending thickness of 0.020 across the neck in fourths. While the sustain was great and the strings massy enough to play loudly with the fretting hand exclusively, the neck and setup were difficult to maintain. My notions of "big metal make big sound" and "tighter better" made for high playing effort and negligible benefits. Normal string gauges changed with frequency turned out to be much more useful and less work. It also allowed me more nuance and quicker fingers.
"Are we there yet?" - the children asked dad the 286th time. So dad stopped at a diner, ordered pancakes, headed for the restroom and then left the kids in the middle of central Nevada.
True story, bro.
