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#123
embellisher said:
Why 5? Why NOT?

Here is my stock reply for this question, which I have posted many times in the past.

For me and a lot of other 5 stringers with a low B, the B string is not primarily about the low notes, nor is it a thumbrest. The low notes are nice, but the main reason that I love 5 and 6 stringers is so that I can play in Eb, so I can play in E without using an open string, so I can play in F, F# and G without having to play in first position, so that I can do two octave runs(two and a half on a six) without shifting my hands, so that I can can grab a root and a tenth on the B and D, E and G, and on the six, A and C strings. The low notes are cool too. But I spend 90% of my time between the fifth and fifteenth fret.

Want to ask 'Why 6?' Got a stock answer for that one too.;)

If I want to pedal a note on the B or E string, and pop a tenth, or the second octave, it's necessary. I don't have to do that, but if I want to, I need that sixth string. If your fingers are six inches long, you won't need it for that situation. Mine aren't. My hands are small. One of my solos requires the sixth string, I go up to the 22nd fret on the sixth string. Also, on another original, I slap chords on the intro and during the guitar solo. You can do that with a four or five stringer, but you get mud on the ADG strings. DGC works great for chords.

Again, why NOT?:bassist:
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I pasted this into a thread in Basses asking about a 5 string.:smug:
 
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#137
katri said:
Having personal time?
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Not quite...

Wikipedia told me that her middle name was 'Erhard', which I thought was a completely bizarre name. So I googled it to find out. Honest.









My bass is a 2003 Warwick Corvette Standard (Ash) 5 string. It is going straight into a Line 6 Toneport GX, using the 'Modern' pre-amp.
 

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