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What year did you get your first 5 string bass ?
- Thread starter MAJOR METAL
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93, Ibanez SDGR 505, still is my main bass, I have yet to find another 5 that sounds better to me.
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.
I have this great idea for a new bass... it will have 88 strings, tuned chromatically, it will be fretless and since there are so many strings, we will make it easier to play by giving each string a button to press that will make a little hammer hit the strings for us. It will be great! might be a little hard to have sit on your leg or around your neck though...
So... you want a bass piano then?I have this great idea for a new bass... it will have 88 strings, tuned chromatically, it will be fretless and since there are so many strings, we will make it easier to play by giving each string a button to press that will make a little hammer hit the strings for us. It will be great! might be a little hard to have sit on your leg or around your neck though...
I bought my first 5 string in 1989. It was a Heartfield and I didn't like it. Some of them sound amazing and are now sought after by studio guys but my cheaper model was not one that yielded that great tone.
I sold it soon afterward and continued to play 4 string until about 1994 when I jumped straight to 6 string. A Ken Smith CR model which I played for years and regret selling.
Since 1994 I've mostly played 5's or 6's. Currently I play both 5's and 6's but mostly 5's. I only use my one 4 string to teach on and in the studio when I need a MusicMan!!!
I sold it soon afterward and continued to play 4 string until about 1994 when I jumped straight to 6 string. A Ken Smith CR model which I played for years and regret selling.
Since 1994 I've mostly played 5's or 6's. Currently I play both 5's and 6's but mostly 5's. I only use my one 4 string to teach on and in the studio when I need a MusicMan!!!
I got my first 5-string 1990. A lefty very red Larrivee with narrow string spacing and EMG:s. Was on holiday with my kids in Stockholm and took my 4-string Ibanez with me just in case
After playing 4s from 1976 to 1985, I pretty much got away from playing bass period. Still owned one, but picked it up only on rare occasion. Around 2000 I started recording several songs that I had written over the years and found that I was not always happy with the bass sounds available in my MIDI modules. This led me to buy one of the CIJ Fender '51 P-bass reissues.
In 2003, I was asked by some friends to join a band that was forming, so I went to a local music store shopping for a new bass. The first one that I picked up was a new G&L L-2500 in TSB. As I played that thing, it snarled, growled and shook the floor at the same time. I had never played a G&L before and was hooked. A few minutes later I took it home. That same week, I went to the first rehearsal with only the L-2500 in hand. The extra string had me confounded for about the first hour, but I never went back.
In 2003, I was asked by some friends to join a band that was forming, so I went to a local music store shopping for a new bass. The first one that I picked up was a new G&L L-2500 in TSB. As I played that thing, it snarled, growled and shook the floor at the same time. I had never played a G&L before and was hooked. A few minutes later I took it home. That same week, I went to the first rehearsal with only the L-2500 in hand. The extra string had me confounded for about the first hour, but I never went back.
