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Question about 6 string bass !!!

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marcusmiller

Oct 26, 2003
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#1
Hello
I want to buy a 6 string bass guitar but i live in Turkey so i can not have a ucstom made one.
My QUESTION IS :
I want very small frets and strings CLOSE to easch other (like STEINBERGER bass guitars)
What brands do u suggest me ?

PS:--Can i put E-A-D-G-B-E strings like guitar order instead of B-E-A-D-G-C ?????????
---I know 6 strings are great for soloing but would it be cool if i put very light gauge strings and play chords on it like guitar as well ?
 
#2
Depend on your budget, but some basses like Ibanez have a very close string spacing.
Also, more expensive, I heard that the modulus have a close string spacing.
Also, you might consider JP he is in europe and could probably build you a six string with a close spacing (if he is not on vacation yet!).

For the tuning, you can tune it the way you want!
You might need a new nut and a new set up also.
 
#3
The majority of inexpensive to moderately-priced sixers have tight string spacing-it's actually much harder to find ones with wide spacing. And yes, you can tune you bass EADGBE like a guitar, but make sure to use the proper string gauges (not just tuning up the C string to an E), and you may need to do a setup job and have a new nut cut and put in, as the one in the bass you buy will probably be cut to fit a BEADGC setup.
 
#6
Originally posted by RumbleBot
I believe that Fender makes (or at least made) a 6 that was just a big guitar tuned an octave down. Whammy bar and all. Don't know how common they are, though.
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Yeah, the Bass VI. They made them for a few years back in the 60s, pre-CBS, I think, and reissued them from Japan in the early 90s I think. The reissues tend to cost and the original ones are even worse. 30" scale, basically an upsized guitar based on a Jazzmaster.

OLP and a few companies make baritone guitars with scale lengths around 30-- you could get a set of Bass VI or so strings for the E-e tuning and try that out one on of them. I think DR makes the best set-- the actual fender strings are dang near impossible to intonate on the VI, I don't know how good they'd be on the others. The OLP one was IIRC about $200 USD from musician's friend.
 
#8
Who is JP ?
Can u give me the web address of the MODULUS site ? Most sites dont ship to Turkey = (
Does Steinberger have 6 string basses as well ?

In a 2 people makin music situation (one playing guitar - one playin bass and sing ) do u think
its better to use my Steinberger 5 for low end or to put light gauge strings to my fender jazz and solo better on it ??
 

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