I thought Leo Fender did make a five sting bass, called the Bass V. Saw a thread about them yesterday. Wasn't very commercially successful at the time.
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i tried some 5ers and 6ers! my thoughts...
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I thought Leo Fender did make a five sting bass, called the Bass V. Saw a thread about them yesterday. Wasn't very commercially successful at the time.
Come again? There are plenty of fender 5 strings
yeah thats what i mean. tried three MIM fender 5 string basses today, the tone was pretty nice... the playability was not!
Don't discount a 6er until you give it a few hours of trying..
Test a Peavey TL5 for the money it's the best consistant 5er value out there.
Test a Peavey TL5 for the money it's the best consistant 5er value out there.
Strange....
The best B's I've ever encountered were on a Godin, and a lowly Fender squier!
I would never consider buying either of these junkers on account of their lousey playabillity though.
The best B's I've ever encountered were on a Godin, and a lowly Fender squier!
I would never consider buying either of these junkers on account of their lousey playabillity though.
i played this nice ibanez 6er for like half an hour at the store alone, it was noon time so there was no else trying guitars drums etc, so anyway i was thinking its wide but i am ok until i grabbed a 5 string and then a 4 string. ripping on the fretboard of a 5er was a breeze but playing the low b and fast stuff on the 6er was hard indeed, i didnt really feel i could get around such a wide neck.
anyway on sunday two bassists (one with 5er and the other with a 6er) and i have decided to meet up and jam for fun. i'd get to play the 6er and the 5er for a nice long while. will post back on what i find then
Correct. The floppy B thing is rarely the bass - I've never played a bad B on any 5 or 6 I've tried. It's virtually always the technique used instead.
Fix is simple - pluck closer to the bridge, over the bridge PU if there is one and with a lighter touch. Cleans it right up....
LS
Actually there IS. Just because you play a huge necked bass dosen't mean everyone can/should/wants to.
You do not equal everyone.
On topic, a good B is not so easy to find, but when you do find it, bliss.
I have a 5 Carvin Custom and an Ibanez SR 406 (6'r). The Carvin was good from the get go and the Ibanez just needed a minor adjustment and both are 34 scalers and both are awesome! Both are monster low end boomers with clear mid's and highs. The only caveat being the the Carvin was upgraded to an 18 volt Aguilar pre and mid boost swtich. Both these basses cut through the mix like laser swords!!!!
Of course, the amp also has a big impact, which hasn't been mentioned so far in the thread(maybe it has, I just glanced over some posts).
i love my washburn taurus 5 string. i resisted 5's for years due to every bass's B sounding "dead" to me. then my current band began tuning to B and it made sense to get a 5. i researched and the taurus had a great rep for having a tight B, so i got one on ebay, and i love it. it's my go to now.
He did make one:
"During the 1980s, the 5-string bass began to soar in popularity since it effectively stretched the range of the instrument. In fact, the 5-string bass is considered by many to be the new standard in bass guitars. G&L saw the need to have a 5-string bass in their line-up and Leo Fender designed the L-5000 to meet that need. The L-5000 was a short-lived and rare bass that featured a unique Z-coil pickup. It was not a very popular 5-string, not because of any lack of sonic capability, but because the neck width was not very comfortable compared to other 5-string basses on the market. In 1993, the L-5500, an entirely new model, was released to address the deficiencies of the L-5000 string spacing, and to further expand the tonal diversity of the instrument."
http://www.ggjaguar.com/l-5000.htm
The L-5500 evolved into the L-2500 (which is killer by the way):
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yup I made a big mention if it earlier comparing sound from 2X10 to 4X10,... 2X10 = not so good for the low B on my ashdown mag cab at least...
