Tenor Bass - WOW!

[Andy Brown]

Vic plays the same tuning here...

Congrats on the decision. I would have went E-C on a five string to not limit the lows, but if the lack of an E works for you, great!

 

[Lazylion]

If you actually play bass...

Hahahaha!

Oh yes, peekster does indeed play the bass!

Thanks for the laugh! You need to find out who peekster is!

 

[Audiophage]

A lot of people are going to question your decision to be without the E string, and telling you that you might as well play guitar or cello if you want to play like that. If you want that sound, then go for it. Just don't expect to be able to play in most kinds of typical band situations without the E string, and don't force your tuning into those groups either.

 

[Angus]

And playing a 4 string with ADGC tuning is very difference from playing only the top 4 strings of a 6 string bass. The 4 string, I think, is a lot easier and versatile.

It's the same strings, jut spaced differently. Your perception of it being very different is probably true...but it's the same thing.

 

[iplaybassguitar]

"...don't think I'll ever go back to EADG again..."

Congrats (?) on your new career as something other than a bassist.

...and goodbye, yes? I expect you won't be posting here anymore.

You might consider finding--or starting--theTalkBaritoneGuitar forum. Good luck!

i hope you dont mean that stanley clarke is not a bass player, because that he is.

i like the idea of a tenor bass, i have a six string myself, so i dont need to do this to one of my other basses, but if i did....i would only feel comfortable tuning a bass like this if i had a back up tuned standard as well, as liberating as this tuning can be soloistically, youll be hardpressed to find a band or musician looking for a bass player without an e string.

 

[WoodyG3]

I can see some good uses for a bass tuned this way. I do need that E string most of the time, though. I think a 5-string tuned EADGC is a great way to go. I used to have one set up this way, but I didn't like the bass for other reasons and sold it. Maybe I'll try again some day.

I also like 24 frets on a 4-banger for additional range.

 

[Sneckumhaw]

So you're saying a bass player is not a bass player if he uses the C string on his 6 string bass?

I'm not interested in stating a personal opinion one way or another, but I don't think he was saying that. A six string player can still play lower in the so-called "bass range", having the low E and B strings, where the lowest you can go is A.

 

[Sneckumhaw]

i hope you dont mean that stanley clarke is not a bass player, because that he is.

Certainly he is! He didn't kiss his E string goodbye for good, though. (Nothing against the OP, I'm sort of half-playing devil's advocate)

 

[peterpalmieri]

It gives me a higher string while sacrificing a lower one. Which means my range is moved up a bit. My lows got moved higher and my treble got moved even higher. But the major improvement is that, with ADGC tuning, my bass is only on the A string, mids is only on D string, and trebles are on G and C string (string gauge wise, not frequency wise).

Doing this brings my bass's tuning higher (4th), which allows the treble and bass to um... separate more? I don't know how to explain this with words, someone else pick up from here.

I don't understand what you mean by this?

Your A string sounds different then when it was in it's "normal" position?

Bass is only on the A string, mids on the D and trebles on the G and C?

What are you talking about?

I am trying to keep an open mind but I just don't get it, you have a high C instead of a low E. Your "trebles" didn't move, did they?

 

[AmazingGracePlayer]

I don't understand what you mean by this?

Your A string sounds different then when it was in it's "normal" position?

Bass is only on the A string, mids on the D and trebles on the G and C?

What are you talking about?

I am trying to keep an open mind but I just don't get it, you have a high C instead of a low E. Your "trebles" didn't move, did they?

I don't get what I'm saying either...

 

[AmazingGracePlayer]

"...don't think I'll ever go back to EADG again..."

Congrats (?) on your new career as something other than a bassist.

...and goodbye, yes? I expect you won't be posting here anymore.

You might consider finding--or starting--theTalkBaritoneGuitar forum. Good luck!

Hahahaha!

Oh yes, peekster does indeed play the bass!

Thanks for the laugh! You need to find out who peekster is!

Lazylion, from his post, he seemed more like a 10 year old to me who plays the guitar and think bassists have no idea about music. If he actually plays (that's right, I said it again), I'd like to hear how bad he is.

A lot of people are going to question your decision to be without the E string, and telling you that you might as well play guitar or cello if you want to play like that. If you want that sound, then go for it. Just don't expect to be able to play in most kinds of typical band situations without the E string, and don't force your tuning into those groups either.

It's not the fact that I can go higher on my range chart, but it's because the fact that with ADGC tuning, my bass and treble don't sound nearly as muddy as the same bass with EADG tuning.

 

[Lazylion]

Lazylion, from his post, he seemed more like a 10 year old to me who plays the guitar and think bassists have no idea about music. If he actually plays (that's right, I said it again), I'd like to hear how bad he is.

Hahahahaha!! Stop, yer killin' me!

 

[ggunn]

Lazylion, from his post, he seemed more like a 10 year old to me who plays the guitar and think bassists have no idea about music. If he actually plays (that's right, I said it again), I'd like to hear how bad he is.



It's not the fact that I can go higher on my range chart, but it's because the fact that with ADGC tuning, my bass and treble don't sound nearly as muddy as the same bass with EADG tuning.

On the same notes? There's no reason I can think of how having an A through C tuning instead of an E through G would affect the EQ or timbre of the same note played.

 

[peterpalmieri]

I don't get what I'm saying either....

You don't get what your saying so...just say it again....

It's not the fact that I can go higher on my range chart, but it's because the fact that with ADGC tuning, my bass and treble don't sound nearly as muddy as the same bass with EADG tuning.

When you say "my bass and treble" what are you referring too?

I would find it hard to believe that your A,D or G string sound any different then they did previously unless you never adjusted your trust rod to accomodate the reduced tension....

 

[AmazingGracePlayer]

On the same notes? There's no reason I can think of how having an A through C tuning instead of an E through G would affect the EQ or timbre of the same note played.

You don't get what your saying so...just say it again....



When you say "my bass and treble" what are you referring too?

I would find it hard to believe that your A,D or G string sound any different then they did previously unless you never adjusted your trust rod to accomodate the reduced tension....

I don't have the bass-tremble notes played on the E string, I guess that's what I'm trying to say... Not quite, but somewhat. Without that tremble, bass, mids, and trebles don't blend together anymore.

 

[KPJ]

Read down this page a little, Amazing Grace:

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[Tom Howland]

I agree. I also think that more can be done with an extra high string than an extra low string.

I just got a Stambaugh fretless 5.
Tuned EADGC.
As much as I dig the B-string for fretted.
It's all about the groove.
I'm liking the high C for fretless.

I use to play a 6-string. BEADGC.
But, now, I just feel more at home on a 4, or 5 string.

 

[ggunn]

I don't have the bass-tremble notes played on the E string, I guess that's what I'm trying to say... Not quite, but somewhat. Without that tremble, bass, mids, and trebles don't blend together anymore.

Are you saying that you don't mute the E string while you are playing on the higher strings? I don't understand "tremble".

 

[Flongoid]

Has the OP invited a new range lower than bass?
'Tremble'?

 

[Sneckumhaw]

Once again, nothing against those who play it. But the term Tenor Bass makes me laugh. Bass guitar makes sense, a guitar that plays in the bass range. But tenor bass? A bass that plays in the tenor range? Then where does the word "bass" come in? I thought bass was descriptive of the kind of guitar bassists play? I don't know what to call "tenor basses", but they certainly sound interesting and I'm glad you like them so much!