Just got a great deal on some 5-string TI Jazz Flats!

that is good-
they are 100 up in Canada new

 

Was this for a 6 string set or something? The 4 string sets are $69 shipped at Bass Strings Online.com after the TB user discount.

http://www.bassstringsonline.com/Th...atwound-Bass-Strings--4-String-Set_p_238.html

 

You need to change your username then

Of course having said that, I haven't owned a Music Man Bongo in over 5 years

 

more than the "tones", the nice thing with the 5-string is the possibility to have more "positions" up the neck, with a lower string, and finding the same notes nearer.

for example, if you're playing an F up on the 10th fret of the G string, going back to the first-fret-F is along trip. you now have it on the 6th fret of the B string.
or you can stay on middle positions (less distance between frets) still having the lower notes such as F, E, plus a D without detuning.

for my point of view, that's why the 5-string bass is much used by professional musicians. you can often change the tonality of a song without the struggle of changing the "geometry" of the part.

I've tried to use a 5 string last year, but it didn't ended well, because I used it not that much, so every time was a bit hard to getting used to the lower string not being an E

 

How do you like them on your bass? What kind of bass did you put them on?