Gwilym

Prince was never as good after this either, sadly.

Funnily enough I saw him pop up on the FBass insta feed the other day. Didn't know whether to laugh or what.

Thanks finding it difficult to do whilst multitasking cooking my dinner 😁

The Mighty Burner Charles Earland... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-E6hetnUbzQ&si=CIujFSlpg2CGq2Zq Ffs, how do you embed the link?

more thoughts from a sample size of 1 (me), I found transitioning to a 5 string fairly easy, but found trying to navigate a 6th string was a much bigger deal for all sorts of reasons which would have required me putting in a load more work in to adjust my playing technique to get the best out of it, which I wasn't prepared to do. Especially annoying because the 6er I had briefly was a very lovely instrument (MTD 635) So, a cheap 5er strung E to C is IMO a good starting point for your experiment. Also, if you decided to move it on for whatever reason, I think a 5er would be easier to sell/trade than a 6er.

All the frets would be slightly further apart.

If you're not sure i would recommend investing in a cheap second hand bass/basses to figure out your preferences. Edit, also if you want to do more chordal playing, 35" will make it harder, depending on how large your hands are. 24 frets probably better for that upper range, and a 19mm string spacing also would be a physical push. Sounds like youre happy with narrow spacing. and also perhaps avoid multi scale basses too. I think a used fretted ibanez gwb35 would be a good bet you you can find one.

There is a photo on this thread on TB, which might be helpful: https://www.talkbass.com/threads/yamaha-trb-4p-circuit.383919/