Michael Jones
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What's the standard, open string tuning, of a 4 string electric bass?
"Ahhhhh..... I see", said the blind man, "Its all so clear to me now!"crazydoc said:Just like the lowest pitched 4 strings of a standard 6 string guitar, but one octave lower.
c7sus said:Lowest note is E1, then tune in 5ths.
E, A, D, G.
tourettes5139 said:Just a minor detail, but it's actually fourths.
lpdeluxe said:And, of course, there's the definition of a minor second interval: it's what you get when 2 fretless bassists play in unison.
Garry Sharp said:
(are we anywhere near the end of page 1 yet )
That's why I play a 5-string!Unsprung said:Maybe the confusion about tuning in 4ths or 5ths comes from guitar tuning - E, A, D, G, B, E - where the G & B strings are only tuned a 4th apart. Although I've never played in a band, I'll sometimes drop my E1 down to D, and play a bit of "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2," but since I've yet to perfect going from D back to E in 1 smooth tweak, I usually don't anymore. Besides, who but another bassist is gonna notice that I'm playing an open E note, for "Another Brick...," instead of dropping to D?
Matt
Hey did somebody just mention a 100 page thread?Garry Sharp said:You know, if we could turn a thread about tuning a bass into a 100 pager, that would be a REAL achievement