I'm a high fiver!

I'll stick to my phat B thankyou very much! lol whatever takes your fancy. good to hear it worked.



Merls

 

I've just firmed up some plans for a new Frankenbass and have decided that a high five setup is going to be my choice. That low B really throws me off and my style fits the higher register anyway.

 

I did that with a Washburn XB500 I had. Worked pretty good. That was when I had 2 5string basses. But it's not a big priority now, but I did like the other side of extended range bass playing.

 

Two guys with the same head??
Who's who??

 

I have a XB500 too! i lurv it! lolol



*ahem*

Merls

 

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  I had my fretless set up llike this for a while. Very nice. As far as no one making a five string set with a C, I know DR used to. I bought them by accident. At first I thought maybe it was a packaging mistake but the outside package clearly listed the guages as 30 45 65 85 105.
  
  I looked on their site just now and if they did offer this set, they don't anymore.

 

warwick offer a set with 30-105

i've never tried the Warwick branded strings, but i'm also just about to string my fretless as a high C bass

 

I just converted my Stingray 5 to a high fiver and I won't be going back. I play a lot of chords and do a lot of tapping things so it fits my style better. I just ordered a bunch of C strings from JustString.com and that way I just buy 4 string sets when I need to change strings. I didn't have to change my nut or anything. It really frees you up for expression, especially if you don't have a guitar player in your band.

 

6 months ago I picked up an inexpensive 5 to try out the hiC, it has becmoe the other bass I always take to the gig and my Low B bass just gets used in the studio.