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sabidoo
Number of posts: 1943
Age: 44
Localisation: Gordonsville, TN
Registration date: 2007-04-28
 |  Subject: For the bassists here...  Sat Nov 12, 2011 8:50 am | |
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alldatndensum
Admin
Number of posts: 9545
Age: 42
Localisation: Tennessee
Registration date: 2007-01-30
| | Subject: Re: For the bassists here... Sat Nov 12, 2011 12:31 pm | |
| That's pretty cool, but that thing he's playing is just not a bass. Too many high notes. _________________  I might have decided, or maybe not, that I should or shouldn't, depending on the issue or non-issue, to possibly share or not share, any thoughts, opinions, or facts (that might not be deemed factual by some), due to possible fear of any misinterpretation or retribution. |
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danielbandfan
Number of posts: 1651
Localisation: NOT frozen tundra
Registration date: 2011-03-26
| | Subject: Re: For the bassists here... Sat Nov 12, 2011 2:18 pm | |
| It looks like a lute!  |
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Staybrite
Number of posts: 8653
Age: 44
Localisation: Seattle
Registration date: 2007-02-08
| | Subject: Re: For the bassists here... Sat Nov 12, 2011 2:38 pm | |
| | alldatndensum wrote: | | That's pretty cool, but that thing he's playing is just not a bass. Too many high notes. |
That's what I was thinking. At what point does it quit being a bass and become some sort of bass/guitar hybrid.
Next they will just turn a piano side-ways and try to play it like a guitar.
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"I used to be indecisive.......... Now I'm not sure."
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joe61
Number of posts: 288
Age: 50
Localisation: Sumner, Illinois (AKA the armpit of creation)
Registration date: 2009-05-25
| | Subject: Re: For the bassists here... Sun Nov 20, 2011 9:02 pm | |
| Looks like someone crossed a bass with a Chapman Stick. I've been playing bass for 31 years, tried 5 & 6 string basses and keep going back to the good ol' 4 string. Anyone that can master an 11 string beast like that is a top-notch musician in my book! |
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alldatndensum
Admin
Number of posts: 9545
Age: 42
Localisation: Tennessee
Registration date: 2007-01-30
| | Subject: Re: For the bassists here... Sun Nov 20, 2011 9:22 pm | |
| You don't like the low B on a 5 or 6 string? When I was still playing in the band, I only used a 5 or 6 string bass. Loved them! _________________ I might have decided, or maybe not, that I should or shouldn't, depending on the issue or non-issue, to possibly share or not share, any thoughts, opinions, or facts (that might not be deemed factual by some), due to possible fear of any misinterpretation or retribution. |
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danielbandfan
Number of posts: 1651
Localisation: NOT frozen tundra
Registration date: 2011-03-26
| | Subject: Re: For the bassists here... Mon Nov 21, 2011 4:41 pm | |
| I wish I had a 5-string, or a baritone-tuned 4-string. |
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joe61
Number of posts: 288
Age: 50
Localisation: Sumner, Illinois (AKA the armpit of creation)
Registration date: 2009-05-25
| | Subject: Re: For the bassists here... Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:18 pm | |
| No, I don't really like the B string on a 5 or 6. It requires so much more power to really make a string tuned that low ring out. besides, Before I ever played a 5 string, I had put in 20+ years on 4-strings. Some of the greatest music ever recorded was done so with a 4-string anchoring the bottom. I don't downplay the importance of extended-range basses, I just can't get comfortable with one. Anyone that can make a 5 or 6 talk is a top-notch bassist in my book, but y'all can have 'em-I like my 4! |
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danielbandfan
Number of posts: 1651
Localisation: NOT frozen tundra
Registration date: 2011-03-26
| | Subject: Re: For the bassists here... Thu Nov 24, 2011 6:28 am | |
| Joe, have you ever played a B-tuned 4-string? |
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joe61
Number of posts: 288
Age: 50
Localisation: Sumner, Illinois (AKA the armpit of creation)
Registration date: 2009-05-25
| | Subject: Re: For the bassists here... Fri Nov 25, 2011 11:05 pm | |
| Yep, and I just don't like the tone of the B string because the fundamental note on an open B is between 20 and 30 hz and it requires so much more power to accurately reproduce the open B that it adversely affects the tone of the rest of the strings. In my opinion. Besides, you can get thunderous bottom out of a 4 string in standard tuning and still have plenty of clarity. But as I said in an earlier post, 4-string is my preferred axe. That doesn't mean I'm against extended-range basses. I will spend this lifetime learning the mysteries of my 4 and be quite happy with it and leave the 5's and 6's to those folks that like 'em. I'm a dinosaur. |
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