Who owns the same bass in both 4 and 5 string?

[InhumanResource]

Who out there will also buy the same bass as a 4 and a 5 string?

I picked up at Schecter Stilletto Studio in 4 and 5 used. Thought I would sell one and keep the other. Now I want to keep them both!

Anyone else out there look do this and think, "I don't know why I did it but I did and damn happy to do it again!"

Cheers.

I don't. I thought about it as I have been playing a jazz for like twenty years and recently decided to try fivers again. There are things I want to hear that my jazz can't do (though what it does do is fantastic) so I started looking at precisions, Ray's, and G&L.

Went with a tribute L2500 after trying all three and couldn't be happier. I don't really want the traditional tone my jazz does with the fiver, which I got to tackle more modern tunes anyway. Best quality for the money that I have seen in a long time.

 

[FatStringer52]

A 2012 AS 4-stringer and a 2013 AS 5-string . . .

. . . and each with their own unique sound.

 

[AudioTaper]

Sure do! They are all Peavey Cirrus.
Left to right
Wenge/Walnut 4
Maple/Alder 5 (Peacock blue tint)
Maple/Alder 4 (Natural)
Maple/Alder 4 (that I'm modifying)

I want a Claro Walnut/Walnut 5, but you know...
The different body materials give the wenge and maple top versions different characteristics. So it's not totally redundant.

 

[Jefenator]

Interesting topic.
They're not the same make or model but I do have 4-string and 5-string iterations of a passive Jazz bass with dual single coil pickups.
The 4-string is set up for old-school with flatwound strings. It made sense to me to use the 5-string for more "modern" applications, so it has rounds.
I tend to aim for diversity and avoid redundancy in my arsenal so I probably wouldn't go for two axes being almost exactly the same. YMMV.

 

[Spects01]

So I'm not the only one!

 

[ZedLepp]

I own both the 4 string and 5 string version of the Variax bass.

 

[Ric5]

I don't own a 4 ... my daughter has a Ibanez Mikro 4 string ... very cool little bass

The closest thing I have to a 4 is this

and I also have 5 string SG basses

 

[Slade N]

4 and 5 Hamer Cruise w/2tek

 

[Flaked Beans]

Not 4 and 5 but 5 and 6 they are (the 5 is fretless though) Yamaha TRB5IIF and TRB6II.

 

[Holdsg]

I loved my Sadowsky Verdine White 4 so much, I had Roger build me a 5.
I owned both for roughly a year, then a pandemic-induced panic led me to sell the 5er and keep the 4.

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

I loved my Sadowsky Verdine White 4 so much, I had Roger build me a 5.
I owned both for roughly a year, then a pandemic-induced panic led me to sell the 5er and keep the 4.

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[dabbler]

Sure, why not?

 

[InhumanResource]

Sure do! They are all Peavey Cirrus.
Left to right
Wenge/Walnut 4
Maple/Alder 5 (Peacock blue tint)
Maple/Alder 4 (Natural)
Maple/Alder 4 (that I'm modifying)
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I want a Claro Walnut/Walnut 5, but you know...
The different body materials give the wenge and maple top versions different characteristics. So it's not totally redundant.

These things are so nice!

 

[Steve Slate]

Sorry no pics, 73 Jazz Bass (Bought new while in High School BTW)
97 MIA Jazz Bass standard 5 (In My Profile Pic)

 

[shwabilly]

I have a 4 and a 5 String Stingray. I had the 5 for a number of years, and got a great deal on the 4 that I couldn't pass it up.

 

[fauxtoe]

I have a G. Gould GGi4 and a GGi5. The 4 has two EMG JVX pickups, and the 5 has Geoff's proprietary EMG pickup and an EMG MM style humbucker. Same model, but different overall tone.

I also had a Modulus FB4 and FB5 at the same time and they both had the same paint and pickguard color. The preamp and pickups were different (Aguilar/Duncan, Bartolini/Legacy Lane Poor), but they were essentially equal in tone. Sold the FB4 and I don't think the FB5 will ever have a 4 string "twin" again.

 

[BrentB]

Loved my 4 string Bongo and 4 string Steinberger Synapse so much, I had to have the 5'ers as well.

 

[ClusterFlux]

I have both the Ibanez SR650 and 655.

I was hoping they'd sound the same, and they're close, but the 4 string version sounds a little better (and less noisy) than the 5. I've been primarily playing the 4, so the 5 is more like a backup bass at the moment.

 

[Pings Bass]

Not me, all 6 of my BGs (4x4string, 1x5-string, 1x6-string) are completely different models. At this point if I were going to do it all over again, I'd probably only have 5- and 6-string BGs, but I don't mind having a couple classic fours.

The whole family together

• Pings Bass
• Sep 17, 2020
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[Sam Dingle]

I'm considering it. I have a fender elite 5 string jazz and once I get a few other basses (my moollon, a 4 string jazz for flats and a hollowbody) I kind of want to pick up a 4 string fender elite and MAYBE tune it BEAD