Why are there no 5 String Explorer style basses?>

[Aceman]

Or at least decent low(er) cost types.

Who has a 5 Explorer style?
Who makes them?

Decent price is in the $500 or less range.

 

[Geri O]

Demand?

Or lack of demand, actually...?

 

[B-Mac]

Or at least decent low(er) cost types.

Who has a 5 Explorer style?
Who makes them?

Decent price is in the $500 or less range.

Apparently Pit Bull makes a kit.
First Kit Build: Pit Bull EX-5

The Explorer Bass Club

 

[KB5]

A little out of the price range.

 

[deff]

Sandberg Forty Eight 5 String Redburst Matte 2017

Uhm?

 

[WillyW]

Somebunny had a 5 string fretless on my local CL for the longest time…

the price kept getting lower and lower and the listing either expired or it got sold.

I liked the fretless part of it but not the 5 string part.

 

[B-Mac]

Or at least decent low(er) cost types.

Who has a 5 Explorer style?
Who makes them?

Decent price is in the $500 or less range.

$1,700 above your price range

Dan Lakin Basses 5 string bass Inspired series 2021 Black | Alby's Bass Boutique | Reverb

 

[B-Mac]

Or at least decent low(er) cost types.

Who has a 5 Explorer style?
Who makes them?

Decent price is in the $500 or less range.

Explorer-ish

ESP LTD Stream-205 in Black Satin

 

[Killing Floor]

Cataldo?

 

[B-Mac]

Or at least decent low(er) cost types.

Who has a 5 Explorer style?
Who makes them?

Decent price is in the $500 or less range.

Explorer-ish
Sandberg forty-eight
$600 above your range

@deff beat me to it!

 

[Mudder]

Jackson Kelly Bird 5 strings are near your price new. https://www.guitarcenter.com/Jackson/David-Ellefson-Signature-Kelly-Bird-V-Electric-Bass.gc

 

[micguy]

Apparently there are some 5 stringer's of that general variety. I will add that a 4 string Explorer is a poor ergonomic design for a bass - inherent neck dive and excessive reach. A 5 string adds mass to the neck, an extra tuner, and a B string (that weighs more than any other string). So, it adds even more neck dive to an already neck heavy design. Not a recipe for success.

 

[Dominic D]

Here’s my parts bass:

 

[ChuckMann]

contrary to popular belief, zero neck dive.
Pit Bull kit build:

 

[ChuckMann]

Here’s my parts bass:
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I love it!

 

[Jazz Ad]

'Why isn't there a ?" type of thread usually generate tons of examples of said thing.

 

[boombloom]

I'm sure Steve Wishnevsky would build one for you in your price range. Gallery ~ Wishbass ~ Custom Built Instruments ~ Hand Made

 

[Rib 13]

i dont think some of you understand what an Explorer is to us Explorer fans ....... a T-Bird isnt 'close enough'

 

[beatdatthang]

Apparently there are some 5 stringer's of that general variety. I will add that a 4 string Explorer is a poor ergonomic design for a bass - inherent neck dive and excessive reach. A 5 string adds mass to the neck, an extra tuner, and a B string (that weighs more than any other string). So, it adds even more neck dive to an already neck heavy design. Not a recipe for success.

If you’re talking “explorers” that are more like T-birds then I agree with you. A true explorer shape tends to have a much larger body “fin” which adds weight and shifts the center of gravity drastically from my experience (I used to own and aria pro zzb). My bass actually had a little neck rise (liked to sit at about a 30-45 degree neck up angle). YMMV.

 

[Vinny_G]

Maybe @Ric5 made one?