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Who really plays anything over 10 strings!?

#121
B-Mac said:
If you can make your 5-er and 6-er sound like a rhythm guitar and bass all at once then wow! More power to you!
I’d love to hear a sound sample.
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Not interested, I guess where we differ is that I don't see the point. . Don't see what this would add, in my view other than in a few applications (solo bass, maybe a prog rock 3-piece band), I think that it would detract from the overall sound of most bands and how I view the role of a bass player (all in my own opinion, of course). As bhloder states, there are diametrically opposed views of whether this style of playing/instrument fits into the role of a bass.
 
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bherman said:
Not interested, I guess where we differ is that I don't see the point. . Don't see what this would add, in my view other than in a few applications (solo bass, maybe a prog rock 3-piece band), I think that it would detract from the overall sound of most bands and how I view the role of a bass player (all in my own opinion, of course). As bhloder states, there are diametrically opposed views of whether this style of playing/instrument fits into the role of a bass.
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It depends on how you play one.
Greg Lake, Chris Squire and John Paul Jones all played one in some form or another as a bass. So for me it is unequivocally a bass

That’s just me
 
#123
bushy said:
Is that true with fretless? I have a fretless guitar and an Ashbory bass (fretless).
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To quote Mark Egan from Invalid Link Removed:

The M.V. Pedulla Octobuzz 8 String Fretless
This is a newer version of the original 8 string fretless. This version has a PJ pickup configuration that gives it a warmer midrange sound as well as a punchier sound if only using the back pickup.

I use it when I need a warm distinctive fretless melody sound. I used it on my most recent solo recording, About Now. Another truly inspiring instrument!
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bherman said:
Not interested, I guess where we differ is that I don't see the point. . Don't see what this would add, in my view other than in a few applications (solo bass, maybe a prog rock 3-piece band), I think that it would detract from the overall sound of most bands and how I view the role of a bass player (all in my own opinion, of course). As bhloder states, there are diametrically opposed views of whether this style of playing/instrument fits into the role of a bass.
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Role as defined by who?
 
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#129
bherman said:
My opinion, of course - all of this type of discourse on Talkbass is completely subjective and reflects only what we believe individually. There are no absolute truths here, unless you ask me to measure a nut width or weigh a bass, for example. Everything else is opinion.
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You play a 5 string
I bet you’d love rattling the windows with this. :-). I know I do
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#132
If it's all you have though, you'd be utilizing it as much I'm sure!

guts said:
I can understand purchasing an 8 string or more, but even though the double course basses sound really cool I can't imagine using them very much.

If I had to listen to someone play more than a couple songs on it I would be pretty annoyed. Doubling every single note an octave up gets old really fast.
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bushy said:
I'm trying to figure out if there's like 2 renditions of these basses because Amazon sells something branded as H8II Retroscape H8. Is it the same thing?
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That's a slightly different model, it's a re-issue of the original, note the different controls:

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Different pickups, slider switches instead of knobs, different tuners. Hard to say which you'd like better, up to you.
 
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I was wondering why it's $100 less on Amazon. Isn't the other one also a reissue or more like a remake or sequel?

I don't get why Hagstrom labelled it the same thing now I don't know which is which. Both are short scale? The one in your pic is the new one for $899, the $799 on Amazon is the reissue?

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That's a slightly different model, it's a re-issue of the original, note the different controls:

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Different pickups, slider switches instead of knobs, different tuners. Hard to say which you'd like better, up to you.
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The most recent time I saw David Woodhead (a Canadian multi-instrumentalist who plays with all sorts of folks), he was playing an original Hagstrom 8-string bass fingerstyle. He was deliberately playing single strings, either of the strings in the pair, to move the bass line up or down an octave, as well as playing both strings in the course.

Not this tune, not this band, but that's David on the bass: .

And, of course (sorry), there's the Mexican bajo sexto and bajo quinto, which are 6- and 5-course instruments. They're kind of like a 12-string guitar tuned down an octave, though usually straight fourths all the way up EADGCF, and the G course is in unison, not an octave. Like this:
 

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