One of my bands uses drop C for tuning and I'm going to be getting a Schecter Daniel Firth Hellraiser Extreme-5 Bass, which is 35" scale. I currently play a 34" scale 5 string J bass in the same tuning and I just buy a 6 string set and discard the "E" string, which works fine but I'd like to get A Little extra string tension but I'm concerned 35" scale might be too much tension with my standard strings ( DR Hi Beam medium .130-.30). Would a .125 B string tuned up to "C" on a 35" scale be too tight in the sense of warping the neck? I pretty much only use DR strings as they last longer for me than anything else I've tried and the tone is exactly what I want. I play with my fingers with a heavy attack.
Any guidance would be killer!
Any guidance would be killer!