ez_willis
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because bass guitars have 4 strings, not 5. a 5 string bass has 1 extra string that doesn't need to be there.
because bass guitars have 4 strings, not 5. a 5 string bass has 1 extra string that doesn't need to be there.
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Greg_L
Banned
And that one extra useless string sounds like flabby ass.
philbagg
Just Killing Time
yeah, it doesnt need to be there, but it is. what's the harm?
someone might use it and do something good with it
someone might use it and do something good with it
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Greg_L
Banned
Spot on
You wouldn't know a bass if I beat you over your cro-mag head with one. You're a faggy singer that occasionally makes noise on a fucking flute. Get real, non-musician!
philbagg
Just Killing Time
I like what this guy has done:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMLzOLguZn4
The only other way to get that sound is tuning down 2 and a half steps... and THAT'S flabby sounding... this is brill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMLzOLguZn4
The only other way to get that sound is tuning down 2 and a half steps... and THAT'S flabby sounding... this is brill
rayc
retroreprobate
The BDI21 is a clone of the Tech 21 - try it for the few dollars it costs & if you don't like it spend the lots of dollars for the non generic one.
I can't think of a rock song I truly love that has a 5 string bass playing on it. I do know a couple of songs I like at lots that have 8 & 12 string basses but hey're just octave fiddles of mud around the basic 4.
Hey, they have their fans & players who swear by them BUT...it always remains BUT doesn't it!
THe 5 string bass is the SUV/4WD of the bass world.
You've gotta have one, it's rugged, it goes off road, it'll save you when the apocalypse comes, it goes up to 11 etc. BUT, (there's that word again), it gets 99.9% of it's use doing the mundane things that 2WD/4 strings do & for that 0.1% you have to create the circumstance/excuse - UNLESS you're in a Death Metal band who'd have a stretch black Jeep because it matched their occult jewlery anyway. (sorry to all DM players/fans - I was lost for a conclusion to the analogy so whipped up that perposterous one to fill in the gap).
I can't think of a rock song I truly love that has a 5 string bass playing on it. I do know a couple of songs I like at lots that have 8 & 12 string basses but hey're just octave fiddles of mud around the basic 4.
Hey, they have their fans & players who swear by them BUT...it always remains BUT doesn't it!
THe 5 string bass is the SUV/4WD of the bass world.
You've gotta have one, it's rugged, it goes off road, it'll save you when the apocalypse comes, it goes up to 11 etc. BUT, (there's that word again), it gets 99.9% of it's use doing the mundane things that 2WD/4 strings do & for that 0.1% you have to create the circumstance/excuse - UNLESS you're in a Death Metal band who'd have a stretch black Jeep because it matched their occult jewlery anyway. (sorry to all DM players/fans - I was lost for a conclusion to the analogy so whipped up that perposterous one to fill in the gap).