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Unexpected New Bass Day - Seven Strings!!!


Bilbo
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I wanted to try one of these Harley Benton seven strings tuned BEADGBE (not BEADGCF) and did mention it in passing. It was my birthday yesterday and look what Mrs. Baggins had it store!!! I knew she was a keeper!!!

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It ain't a Fodera Anthony Jackson Presentation bass that's for sure but, interestingly, I think it's shortcomings may end up being it's strengths for me. I want to play it as a 'bass guitar' not as a bass, if you get what I mean, so I don't want it to be an 'awesome' sound but a clean one. Anyway, here is a sample I recorded this evening. Direct in with no EQ and only a little reverb. For the record, my wife ordered it from Thomann. It arrived on Monday but, due to a scheduling error, it was left over night at our local Post Office and collected on Tuesday to be left at my in-laws place. I received it Thursday morning. It was still in tune.

https://soundcloud.com/robert-palmer-1/alice-in-wonderland

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  • 3 weeks later...

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1439811326' post='2845881']
The transition was easy. I play guitar which is why I tune the 7-string the way I do so I already know where everything is!
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Exactly what I'm planning to do when my Bass Mods K7 jazz arrives. Looking forward to throwing in some surprise sweep picking during 9 to 5 ;)

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