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#308,701
Ringhammer said:
I only have one 5 string and it’s the Rickenbacker 4003S/5. I had tried a few over the years and never cared for them much, and since I’m very comfortable with the use of a Hipshot extender, and have them on almost every 4 string bass I own, I didn’t see the need. Most of them had a dead sounding B anyway. The Ric 5 has what feels to me is a perfect size neck and the string spacing is really close to my ‘70 Jazz, so it works for me. Also with fresh rounds on it, it sounds close to what you would expect a typical 4003 to sound like and even the .130 B has a good ring to it.

All that being said, I rarely use it. lol.

The last time I used it was to record parts in a yet to be completed recording of a new Bad Lemon song. Just playing part of the main riff at the lower octave to add a cool effect, naturally, instead of using a pedal.

I’ll likely keep it as a tool, but if I ever actually find the need for the low B in a song that would be played out regularly, I would probably just make a 65-125 set up, put them on my ‘bird that is normally used for D-Standard and drop C and tune it to BEAD.
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My Ashdown ABM has a Sub-Harmonic Generator. Kind of means I have an 8 stringer! And I don't haven't keep up with or buy a bunch of strings. Brilliant!
 
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Well, managed to get Der Stier up and running. Now I just need to do all the internal wiring. Going to have a built-in 12vdc adapter inside so the outer switch will power everything on and eliminate the need for multiple wall warts rigged into a power strip. Then rewire all the midi connectors to the external ones. But I did run into a little snag. after wiring the pedals to the Doepfer MKE unit and plugging it into the Toro, the low C pedal doesn't sound, and all the notes are off by 8 semitones. So the E sounds as the C, etc. I'm guessing it's an error with the adapter board they provided, which would be easy enough to redesign and build my own, but neither Fatar nor Doepfer provide the pinout schematics for their equipment, so I'm in a holding pattern until Doepfer comes back from Christmas break and can provide some answers. So close...
 
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#308,715
TBird1958 said:
I don't think Cream was really meant to last, I do think it was three guys that came together at the right time in their lives to make some truly great music.
They all made each other better, especially Ginger Baker. The guy that suffered the breakup the most was Clapton, he lost his best influences.
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Frankly, I don't think Clapton did anything afterwards nearly as interesting as his work with Cream. There's some good songs, but never the same intensity or fire. Both Baker and Bruce went on to produce some really cool work afterwards, Baker with the Ginger Baker Airforce and Baker Gurvitz Army, and Bruce with his solo work, Tony William's Lifetime, West, Bruce, and Laing, and BLT.
 
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Speaking of 5s and drop tuners, most of my 4s have drops on them (every one I would gig with). I have 2 5s I won't get rid of for sentimental reasons, and various new C strings. So thinking of stringing them up E-C with drop tuners. That way I won't have to relearn positions on a B string.

Has anyone tried a 5er strung this way? What was your experience?
 
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Chucky Stiletti said:
didn't know about Wilco till recently.....
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Wilco was one of the main reasons I started playing again. Guys pumping out a mix of alt, alt country, rock, and pop. Sure. A Dad band. But they spoke to me. Enough to make me live again. And then I bought my dream Thunderbird. And well, I guess you all are stuck with me and my nonsense.
 
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Thumper said:
Speaking of 5s and drop tuners, most of my 4s have drops on them (every one I would gig with). I have 2 5s I won't get rid of for sentimental reasons, and various new C strings. So thinking of stringing them up E-C with drop tuners. That way I won't have to relearn positions on a B string.

Has anyone tried a 5er strung this way? What was your experience?
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I haven't played a fiver, but that sounds like it would work.
 
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#308,720
dagrev said:
I tend to learn a song I tend to find where it's comfortable to play--and try to stay as low as possibly. The G string is for nuance and effect. (Yeah I know....)
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The singer picks the key. If the song wants low end, it wants low end. This is why I have a ADGC (BEAD a whole step down) bass! Just tuning DGCF for my other basses helped.
 
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