davio Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 Just curious... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basshappi Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 4 Nothing is as it seems but everything is exactly what it is - B. Banzai Life is what happens while you are busy playing in bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATM Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 4 ATM http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/atmofmn/Bass/DeepThoughtsBS.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCunha Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 I'll raise you one for a total of five. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfxj Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 No knock against five, but for me it's four. Push the button Frank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moot Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 All of mine are now 5. I sold my Steiny last week - it was a great 4. "He is to music what Stevie Wonder is to photography." getz76 I have nothing nice to say so . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke73 Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 Four for me http://www.myspace.com/twoshortrocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOWBOY Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 FOUR the only bass ive ever wanted that has more than four is a fender jazz VI ( and its THE CURE's fault) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v736/LOWBOY/goth-T.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnb Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 My "main" bass is my beloved Sadowsky. It has 5 strings and hasn't made me a dime in weeks. My main gigging bass has 4 strings. It's also an upright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoney McRing Ring Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 I use my Marcus and my five Spector pretty equally actually but i went ahead and voted 5. I only crack out the 6(wonderfuly known as "that peice of crap" by my band) on special jazz related occasions. Much Love Dave "I am just an instrument cos the lord is playing this funk"-T.M Stevens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddiePlaysBass Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 Technically I still own only one bass, and that's a 5-string. My fretless should arrive in about two weeks, and that's also a 5-string. And if I buy another bass, it'll most likely be a 5-string. No real reason, I just switched from 4 to 5 when I bought my current bass, and I like it that way. But if I come across a nice 4-string that I can afford, I won't say no Hell, it's pure luck that the fretless bass I bought off eBay is a 5'er ... "I'm a work in progress." Micky Barnes The Ross Brown Shirt World Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc_dup1 Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 Voted 5. It's years since I played an entire gig with a 4. However I've mainly been taking my 4-string Jazz to rehearsals recently. I prefer the looks and feel of a 4. If I didn't need the low B for any songs I think I'd prefer to play a 4 nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATM Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 Originally posted by bc: Voted 5. It's years since I played an entire gig with a 4. However I've mainly been taking my 4-string Jazz to rehearsals recently. I prefer the looks and feel of a 4. If I didn't need the low B for any songs I think I'd prefer to play a 4 nowadays. You know, you can tune BEAD. http://www.frightcatalog.com/images/morris/200B/va246.jpg ATM http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/atmofmn/Bass/DeepThoughtsBS.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikmag Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 i have a four. But ive never really owned a five so i dont know if i would use one as my main bass if i did. There certainly have been times recently where i wanted either a 5, or even a 6 to make lines a lot easier to play. We distort. You abide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groover Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamy ALB Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 6 for the last 3 years. I love my bass. http://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Little-Bitter/185235472447 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stackimo Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 4, someday when I don't suck I will try a 5. "Some people are like "slinkies". They're not really good for anything; but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenstrum Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 Can't vote in this one as my "main bass" changes depending upon the type of music. Tenstrum "Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face." Harry Dresden, Storm Front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddiePlaysBass Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 Originally posted by Stackimo: 4, someday when I don't suck I will try a 5. I suck, and I play a 5 It's just like, one more string, you know? "I'm a work in progress." Micky Barnes The Ross Brown Shirt World Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroXtrem Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 two stingray 5's one fretted one fretless, gonna move up to 6 within the next year Check this out: http://www.lostartmusic.net http://www.myspace.com/lostart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZZ Thorn Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 A bass has 4 strings. If it has more than 4 strings, it's not a bass. You have to add a qualifier like '5 string' or '6 string' in front of it. If I recall correctly Anthony Jackson called his 6 string bass a 'contrabass guitar.' Those things are like playing ironing boards. http://www.myspace.com/themoustachioed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenstrum Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 *sigh* Here we go again... 42... Tenstrum "Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face." Harry Dresden, Storm Front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbn Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 4. I like the feel of a 4-string neck more. All 3 of my current basses are 34" scale, 4 string, passive basses. I used to have one strong BEAD and it served its purpose quite well. I will end up with another bass strung like that or may just get a 5'er. We shall see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMan99 Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 6 - I like the range and flexibility, but if I slapped I'd probably want to do that on a 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeronyne Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 Some related threads instead of just a poll: HERE HERE HERE HERE HERE "For instance" is not proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davio Posted May 19, 2005 Author Share Posted May 19, 2005 Well, 09, I've heard many people's reasoning for their choices before (and I've read a few of those threads before). I was just curious as to what everybody's preference was...not so much why. Just curiosity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddiePlaysBass Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 Originally posted by ZZ Thorn: A bass has 4 strings. If it has more than 4 strings, it's not a bass. You have to add a qualifier like '5 string' or '6 string' in front of it. If I recall correctly Anthony Jackson called his 6 string bass a 'contrabass guitar.' Those things are like playing ironing boards. Sure, yeah, why not. Go for it ... I'm tired of this discussion. I play a bass. Period. It happens to have 5 strings. It's a bass. What you should add when making such statements is the qualifier "in my opinion" because that is just what it is. An opinion. "I'm a work in progress." Micky Barnes The Ross Brown Shirt World Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZZ Thorn Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 Originally posted by EddiePlaysBass: Originally posted by ZZ Thorn: A bass has 4 strings. If it has more than 4 strings, it's not a bass. You have to add a qualifier like '5 string' or '6 string' in front of it. If I recall correctly Anthony Jackson called his 6 string bass a 'contrabass guitar.' Those things are like playing ironing boards. Sure, yeah, why not. Go for it ... I'm tired of this discussion. I play a bass. Period. It happens to have 5 strings. It's a bass. What you should add when making such statements is the qualifier "in my opinion" because that is just what it is. An opinion. Even tho I just got to this site, I know this is a sensitive issue among us bassists. I bet this issue has been hashed and rehashed ad infinitum. I'm not going to get all upset over it. Play what you want and try to play it well is all that matters. I play a 4 string and that'll never change - I'm just old school. http://www.myspace.com/themoustachioed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 I'm just old school. Well, my old elementary school was torn down after I went there. It was just a big pile of bricks for twenty years and then they built some apartments on the site. My old jr. high school got so bad that now there are metal detectors at the doors and I even saw the name of the school mentioned once in a book about ghetto schools. My old high school was renamed. And it too went downhill......their basketball team was nicknamed "The street kids" in the local paper. So much for my "old school" credentials...however I was born in the '40s, is that old enough? Just giving you a hard time, ZZ. The number of strings is a matter of endless debate on the internet. My bass has all its strings on it. Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATM Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 Originally posted by Tenstrum: 42... So Tenstrum, have you seen it yet? ATM http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/atmofmn/Bass/DeepThoughtsBS.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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