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POLL: Please vote/help me win a bet 4, 5, or 6 strings

What are you?

  • 4 string player exclusively

    Votes: 252 39.3%
  • 5 string player exclusively

    Votes: 73 11.4%
  • 6 string player exclusively

    Votes: 15 2.3%
  • 4 and 5's are all I need

    Votes: 180 28.0%
  • 5 and 6's are all I need

    Votes: 16 2.5%
  • I'll play anything with strings regardless of how many

    Votes: 70 10.9%
  • I play 7+ stringers

    Votes: 1 0.2%
  • Jaco only needed 3 strings and so do I

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • I'm too good for bass, Chapman sticks or bust!

    Votes: 4 0.6%
  • I play 4 & 6 strings only because odd numbers are for the birds

    Votes: 31 4.8%

  • Total voters
    642
  • Poll closed .
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I voted cuz of the Paulie Walnuts reference you laid down.

What would Paulie play? He's a no frills "I got your extended range right here" get the job done guy. Definitely 4 for Paulie. Me too.
 
I played 4's back in the day, then when I came back to bass I got a 6 just to be self-indulgent. After playing both (I currently own two 4's and the 6) I now have the desire to settle on a 5 because: 5 fingers, 5 strings, human, organic, makes sense. Of course I am both crazy and poor.
 
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