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POLL: Please vote/help me win a bet 4, 5, or 6 strings
- Thread starter IngloriousOz
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HAHAHA! Well I am in the minority......great poll OZ!No one cares how you voted Steve, not one person!
You're making this difficult!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't support gambling.
I own and play a 4-string Jazz, 5-string Soundgear and a 6-string Schecter. My next bass is a 4-string Portamento. If you add a 4-6 option, I'll vote... Anything beyond six is extreme, so I simply can't relate enough to vote!
I played a Portamento recently. I've never felt so at home on a fretless.
well, i don't play 4 strings exclusively, but i'm not sure that 4s and 5s are all i need - i could be perfectly happy with 4 strings, i've discovered.... so how does that work for the poll?
I play a 4-string easily 95% of the time because it's the best sounding bass I have. I play the 5-string as needed for songs that really need that lower string because I hate de-tuning my bass for a song, adjusting my fingering, and then remembering to tune it back up before the next song. Out side of that, I'm really a 4-string guy. So 4 & 5 will do me.
I just stick to 4 'cause I'm lazy and/or not very good. I'm only bashing me, not other 4 stringers. For one song in the studio for a band I disowned, I used my $120 Cort turned fretless as BEAD, and it was completely uncalled for. Not to say I wouldn't do it again, but it's never come up since the mid 90's.
And I've never done it, but there's no option for 2 string slide bass for Mark Sandman admirers.
And I've never done it, but there's no option for 2 string slide bass for Mark Sandman admirers.
I voted for 4 strings. Even though I quit playing bass. I now only play boutique effects pedals. But I only purchase ones that will make people jealous of my acquisitions. Then I quickly sell them for the new flavor of the month. I know it sounds like im being a wise guy, but I found that I dont really like practice because it takes away from "working" the classifieds. @IngloriousOz would it be possible to add a "I play boutique pedals" option on you're poll. Also, who is you're bookie? I'm wondering what kind of odds he gave you on this bet and how many boxes of macaroni are on the line here.
4 and 6, I can't justify a 5 just to not have a c string.
I usually play 4, but the way I play lets me "float" above the strings, so the wide neck of a 6 string doesn't bother me, so when I went to get an extended range bass I went all in with a 6. So yea I'm one of the guys who does 4 and 6, but not 5.
I keep trying to graduate to a 5 string, but for now 4 is plenty for me!
The 4's are winning
Yet, every time there's a bass I'm interested in it's only available as a 5'er
