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What year did you get your first 5 string bass ?

#123
1991. It was made by the Guitar Factory in Orlando. Great sounding 5ver with a wide neck (2" at nut). I still use it quite a bit for practicing Bach cello suites, but I haven't used it onstage in almost 3 years, as I hate 5vers onstage with a passion and I only use it when the music demands one. Fortunately, none of the music I've performed lately demands it ;)
 
#126
Just paid for a Musicman Stingray 5 that was for sale on here today. :D Looking forward to getting it in the next week or two. Any advice for getting used to a 5'er when you've been using a 4 for the past 8 years? :)
 
#129
TheMutt said:
Just paid for a Musicman Stingray 5 that was for sale on here today. :D Looking forward to getting it in the next week or two. Any advice for getting used to a 5'er when you've been using a 4 for the past 8 years? :)
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Hiya,
The only advice I can give is practice getting familiar with the low notes available before you use it on a gig (practice your scales & arpeggios).

There will be the odd time that a "bum note" will appear in a song when you first start using it, but once you've got used to the string spacing & the fact that the extra low range is there, things improve in leaps & bounds.

Hope this helps - enjoy!

Cheers,
Essexbass
 
#134
My very first fiver was a Fender Roscoe Beck, in metallic teal. I've been through a whole bunch of fivers since, but still own my RB5. In fact I traded a four string for a second RB5 (shoreline gold), and still own that one too. They are truly amazing basses. :)


I'd already mentioned that I got my 1st fiver in Y2K, but didn't mention which one...
 
#135
A fairly cheap Washburn whose name escapes me in 1995, a month or so before my Original Band's first demo. Somewhat ironically, it wasn't all that great-sounding in the studio and I used their in-house bass... a Fender Jazz Plus V, which I found to be amazing when I recorded with it, fell in love with the line and had to track down one to purchase sever years later on eBay which was The Bass for a ton of work in the 5 years.

The reason I didn't pick one up immediately is due to health reasons I got the opportunity to pick up an Ibanez SR-1206 six-string, an amazing bass, which that day I played for two hours before borrowing what I couldn't cover from my Dad. That became my main player for band recordings, demos and live work.
 
#136
Fuzzbass said:
My very first fiver was a Fender Roscoe Beck, in metallic teal. I've been through a whole bunch of fivers since, but still own my RB5. In fact I traded a four string for a second RB5 (shoreline gold), and still own that one too. They are truly amazing basses. :)


I'd already mentioned that I got my 1st fiver in Y2K, but didn't mention which one...
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Yeah Ken I remember when those came out and they are indeed very cool ! :bassist:
 
#139
Jean Baudin said:
1985.





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Around the same time as me. I own and play two sevens. I just feel that the character of the instrument takes a pretty profound turn at 7, at least in terms of whether you grasp a neck, or play a plank. I can probably play anything or yours, Jean, with reasonable competence, as I've always been good at muting, and have a decent reach and good hand positioning.

I'd say my concept of the neck probably also takes a much more vertical orientation above 6 strings too.

I guess I've also been playing ERBs long enough that I find the 4, 5, and 6s to be all pretty conventional.

What I really want is a triple course 21.

:D
 

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