I am looking for a six stringed bass . Any suggestions.

[honduranjazzman]

As I said before I am not an expert. I would apreciate any information about six stringed basses. I have a low budget but I can sacrifice anything for good quality. I compose flamenco, jazz, brazilian and classical music, but would like a bass that can be versatile to any other music gender.

 

[darknailblue]

if u want a bass that can play anything, from jazz to rock and everything in between look into warwick basses.... theyre pricey but theyre the best and worth every single cent...

~dn

 

[DeadPoet]

I'm personally not too fond of the Warwick basses (play Ken Smith myself), but have a look at the Yamaha 6-stringers. I dig the John Myung sig model, has an ebony fretboard for only about 800$ (798€ in Germany). The TRB6 II is ok, but more expensive, and I don't like the rosewood fretboard on it. The Patitucci model is basically the same as the TRB6, but more expensive.

Herwig

 

[clifchamb]

I'm personally not too fond of the Warwick basses (play Ken Smith myself), but have a look at the Yamaha 6-stringers. I dig the John Myung sig model, has an ebony fretboard for only about 800$ (798€ in Germany). The TRB6 II is ok, but more expensive, and I don't like the rosewood fretboard on it. The Patitucci model is basically the same as the TRB6, but more expensive.

Herwig

Yes, I have to second this one. The John Myoung bass is Beautiful, sounds great and is the most Bang for your buck at that price. I play an Alembic epic 6 string myself.


clif

 

[Bass Freak]

i dont like warwicks, they just suck. i havent played that many 6 strings and i dont plan to. for me a bass should have 4 strings, 5 is pushing it, and 6 is just mad. but i guess if thats your bag go for it.

freak

 

[zer0sig]

i like schecter for price/performance.

 

[DeadPoet]

Yes, I have to second this one. The John Myoung bass is Beautiful, sounds great and is the most Bang for your buck at that price. I play an Alembic epic 6 string myself.

Yikes, that's a lot of money for a bass... I know my Smith is expensive, but Alembic is waaaaay beyond. The store where I bought my Smithie had like 15-20 Smiths and about 30 Alembics in stock.. including basses that went over 10,000$ ...
But I guess it's worth it for you

Bass Freak: playing a six is something that came kinda natural for me and once I touched my current bass I immediately fell in love with it, wether it had 4, 6 or 29 strings, it just *sounds* good.

Don't know Schecter ...


Herwig

 

[clifchamb]

Yikes, that's a lot of money for a bass... I know my Smith is expensive, but Alembic is waaaaay beyond. The store where I bought my Smithie had like 15-20 Smiths and about 30 Alembics in stock.. including basses that went over 10,000$ ...
But I guess it's worth it for you

Bass Freak: playing a six is something that came kinda natural for me and once I touched my current bass I immediately fell in love with it, wether it had 4, 6 or 29 strings, it just *sounds* good.

Don't know Schecter ...


Herwig

Actually your Smith (nice by the way) is probably more than my Alembic was. I scored the epic for around 1800.00 US, not bad considering it an Alembic. It is their lowest line if there is such a thing for Alembic. 10,000 for a bass just seems Ludicrous to me I mean how much better can they play than their lower lines that average around 3K?

Funny story, I actually sold a Fender Custom Shop American made '62 reissue bass to help fund the purchase of the Alembic (thats right bass freak , I used to own a P Bass!) that I won as first place in a bass solo competition in Vancouver BC back in '95.


Bass Freak: as you grow as a bass player, you may find that 4 may not be enough for you anymore. 6 string basses are excellent for tapping and playing chords. They are just different. fanatstic for solo work.


I still think 4 string is the easiest and the most comfortable for me to play though (especially after playing the 6 string consistantly). Lately I have settled on a 5 string since with my cover band I do a lot of slap work and frankly slapping on a 6 string night after night has really started to get on my nerves. I also like the 5 (or 6 for that matter beacue the low B can add so much depth to the sound spectrum. Most guys I see play them never use them enough.


I know I will never buy a conklin 7 or 9 string bass. Just too many strings, although I would love to mess around with te Hammer 12 string bass (4 string with two piccolo strings tuned an octive higher per string) Doug Pinnik from King's x uses one once in a while. Not practical for me but I would love to add one to my collection. If I could find one......




clif