I did a bad thing last night...

[kopio]

BTW....it's not a sin to play a 5 string, but it is a sin to #$&^ up the groove....

 

[MattZilla]

Well....I'm a pastor (and a bass player) and I approve of this message....

I was really scared I may have gone overboard on my jackassery there, thanks!

 

[kopio]

I was really scared I may have gone overboard on my jackassery there, thanks!

I thought it was quite funny....but I'm sure someone would find it offensive. I have learned that if I take myself to seriously, no one else will...

 

[TyBo]

Typo. Started out on the 4 string Squier Jazz, ended up on the 5 string SX Ursa 2... Just kind of hit it in the pocket and went with it... Not sure if it makes sense, I usually don't dig playing my 5, but this just sounded and felt right...

Hey, I got one of those. Love it! Great bass - makes me feel like hitting the pocket on the low B, too. That B string really resonates on that bass, I can feel it through my whole body, unamplified. Bwaauuuuummmmmmmmm ...

 

[Justice]

Let he who is without frets cast the first mwah...

 

[Eidolon0274]

As long as the 5 string was a fender you should be forgiven. Say 10 Hail P-torts

 

[Jamvan]

So wait, this isn't practicing?

 

[mellowinman]

So there was, like, an extra string? That had to be unsettling.

 

[Jim C]

this is something of which you should only speak to your rabbi or pastor.

For your penance, you must play the next 10 gigs with a 3-string bass and a drummer who rushes on the choruses
(you may be doing the latter already)

If Leo, King of Basses, thought we mortals needed a 5-string, he would have made it for us…

 

[staurosjohn]

maybe you should try one of these - for awhile? (it is a Sandberg...)

 

[Sufenta]

So you're out on a 5 string run again? When you've had enough and want what we 4 stringers have, identify yourself as a newcomer and we'll gladly welcome you back.

 

[logicman69]

I expected a story about doing too much cocaine and Jack and ending up in a hotel with 3 strippers... I give this story a 2/10

 

[Big Hoss]

I should mention my first foray into 5 string bass was an abysmal failure. An early 90s Ibanez SR505 that I just couldn't learn to like. The Squier VM Jaguar Bass V Special made me reconsider a 5. I decided on the SX as a good way to go after my 4 string SX turned out so well...

I don't know if I will switch to 5 string fully any time soon but this is a positive step....

 

[Killer Canary]

maybe you should try one of these - for awhile? (it is a Sandberg...)

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Holy chit.

 

[bassbenj]

Typo. Started out on the 4 string Squier Jazz, ended up on the 5 string SX Ursa 2... Just kind of hit it in the pocket and went with it... Not sure if it makes sense, I usually don't dig playing my 5, but this just sounded and felt right...

Well, you are right is IS a bad thing! And now you are aware of the hideous danger that 5 string basses represent. You started innocent enough owning a 5 string but hating it, but the story is supposed to be that were were playing the 5 and then grabbed the 4 and it was like "coming home"! Your case just shows the evil that more than 4 strings can bring down on one's head. I suffer from this evil all the time. One starts with a wonderful classic groove from the now dead masters of bass, but having a 5er in your hands you start playing it anyway. Next thing you know, you are trying to "improve" on the basslines of Jamerson and the other masters. Needless to say this cannot end well. Those masters used their immense talents to overcome the limitations of only having 4 strings and yet still were able to groove massively. You can't duplicate that by simply grabbing a 5er and removing those limitations! Jaco, Jamerson and all other late bass masters who "only needed four strings" are spinning in their graves!

 

[Joybass]

I got tired of practicing songs I am learning for our setlist, and mind you, for the most part, I am a 5 string player, but I started noodling around on the 4 string jazz.

I found a drum loop that i could work with, and just sort of locked in, started walking to "this or that sounds right" until I just found the groove I wanted, but something, was missing....

Before I knew it, I had the 5 string off the wall, and spent the rest of my practice time just sort of walking around the low end with the low B giving me what I was looking for...

Don't worry. It is a natural thing. One day you discover that 4 strings just isn't enough. It is a path of growth. Not a sin. Be happy.

 

[Kukulkan61]

You are are resolved of your sin, that will be 10 Hail Marys and 5 Our Fathers, now go in peace my Son...

 

[Big Hoss]

maybe you should try one of these - for awhile? (it is a Sandberg...)

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Whoah. Now that's one heck of a finish.

 

[Big Hoss]

For your penance, you must play the next 10 gigs with a 3-string bass and a drummer who rushes on the choruses
(you may be doing the latter already)

If Leo, King of Basses, thought we mortals needed a 5-string, he would have made it for us…

Does playing with a drum synth that cuts out and breaking the G string count? (Been there, done that...)

 

[Tim817]

I'm a true 4 string guy but you gotta do what works for you.