Tenor 6 String Bass

I think I speak for everyone when I say, what?

Edit: In trying to understand what you're talking about I came across this thread:

http://www.talkbass.com/threads/tenor-bass-clever-idea-or-oxymoron.135633/

I conclude that if the tuning is E A D G C F and the low E is still an octave lower than the low E on a guitar, then yeah it's a bass.

 

Well, it has the same 4 strings as a normal bass, just with two additional highs, so why not?

 

Why not? It has the same low range (like every 4 str bass tuned in standard E A D G) to play mostly songs that they are out there.

 

I wonder if you could just get a Fender or Squire Bass VI and tune it that way?

 

Any number of people on TB tune their fivers that way, minus the top string of course. And the very first five string ever to be offered for sale (as far as I know) was tuned EADGC. So, there is plenty of precedent for the tuning and it should server your purposes very well. It is really easy to get strings for this and any other tuning in the US, I hope you find it as easy where you live.

 

My PV TL6 is currently tuned that way and it works just fine.

 

Sorry my 'puter is on the fritz no way from my kindle.