Poll
Question:
4 or 5 strings?
Option 1: Real men play 4-stringers, Uwe!
votes: 20
Option 2: It's spelled "bass" - with a "B" as in B-string.
votes: 3
Option 3: Just buy anything and don't bother us with this ghastly abomination ...
votes: 3
Option 4: That sure is a fugly mofo, but a B-string would be at least one redeeming feature.
votes: 4
Option 5: Real bass playing starts from the 10th fret on up, what is a B-string for exactly?
votes: 0
We need a democratic vote!
Personally...I love the thunder of a good B-string.
I voted B String, but since you collect you know that you'll end up with one of each ;D
I have a new rule: No collecting for B-strings, Sir!
Quote from: uwe on May 08, 2015, 04:49:31 AM
We need a democratic vote!
So that it can be promptly and soundly ignored. ;D
I'm guessing most of the music you play only requires a 4 string. If that's the case, stick with what works.
Quote from: uwe on May 08, 2015, 12:07:49 PM
I have a new rule: No collecting for G-strings, Sir!
I think you meant G-Strings, I've fixed it for you :-*
After todays voting results for Scotland, it's nice to see I voted with the majority...! :mrgreen:
I've found the extra real estate of neck width NOT to be worth a couple of low notes.
Quote from: Highlander on May 08, 2015, 01:25:05 PM
After todays voting results for Scotland, it's nice to see I voted with the majority...! :mrgreen:
From the somewhat scrambled reports we got in Yew Ess of Ay, I think that election probably turned out for the better.
Get a 4 string and string it BEAD from a 5-string set. Keep the G-string. G-strings are always handy. You cannot have enough G-strings.
I don't think it's an innocent coincidence that the horizontal bar graph resembles a phallus.
Quote from: Pilgrim on May 08, 2015, 03:49:46 PM
From the somewhat scrambled reports we got in Yew Ess of Ay, I think that election probably turned out for the better.
Especially if you are planning to sell property and moving north... ;)
4 string.
I think a B string on a bass is overrated. I seldom hear a band where it really fits well and actually adds something. Most of the time there just a huge gap between the (poorly amplified) low B and the rest of the band.
Just my two cents.
Quote from: 4stringer77 on May 09, 2015, 08:36:14 AM
I don't think it's an innocent coincidence that the horizontal bar graph resembles a phallus.
Well, that certainly isn't a bad thing :-*
I voted 4-string. Only reason for buying that model in 5 string version is, if you want to avoid trying to answer the hard question why it is called a V bass when it only has 4 strings. Well, to us the answer is of course easy. It's a Gibson!
"Most of the time there just a huge gap between the (poorly amplified) low B and the rest of the band."
Amen, that is EXACTLY how I hear it too - unless the band plays the appropriate downtuned stuff to it. But it is unlikely that I will ever end up in Slipknot. In the bands where I play the low D of a 5er is often enough already too low, anything lower still doesn't make any sense at all.
I voted ugly mofo, but if you have no need for the B, I'd change my vote to the top choice and say buy the 4 banger. And for the record, I don't think it's that ugly.
It seems that a lot of female vocalists have 5 strings in their band.
More than one G string...?
I have a hunch that I might have hit a pocket of resistance to 5-stringers judging from the current outcome!!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: