SX 5 string plans

I don't know about the 5'ers from SX. I'd imagine they would have a pretty poor b string, but this is just a hunch. Maybe adding slighly more money to the equation and trying one of these instead would be a better choice:

This Brice is 35" scale, which should produce an overall tighter b string: http://www.rondomusic.net/hxb405natq35.html

This is a neck through model, which would also contribute to a nicer b-string: http://www.rondomusic.net/wpb955t.html

 

both are nice about I would like to get the latter.

 

Don't know much about a SX 5'er. I had a 5 string fretless brice and a 6 string fretted. The key word is "had". I wasn't overly impressed with the pick ups. They look nice....

 

I play a fretless SJB-62, and the low B is fine on mine.

 

I think, as do many here, that a good b string comes from many factors. I think first and foremost, a solid b comes from a solidly constructed instrument. I really don't think an SX cookie cutter copy of a p-bass is going to have this quality. On the other hand, the two SX basses I posted seem to have construction differences that may, key word here is "may", produce a better b string.

 

I had an SX 5-string. The B string was good. I'd say very good considering it was less than $200 to my door. I ended up selling it, but only because I found something else I wanted. It had a great fingerstyle tone; I think it was the SJB-62, the LPB jazz-style 5er.