Hipshot Double Stop

[Delberthot]

Lordy lordy what a lot of fun this is.

I have mine tuned to drop to D then down to B.

Got it on Saturday morning and gigged with it on Saturday night. Took maybe 90 minutes to get it 100% but worth it as I didn't have to adjust anything during the gig except give the bass a tune up as normal

I sold the 5 string at the end of last year and have been using an OC-2 since to add something to the sound for stuff that I was used to playing on the B string but couldn't get a good sound out of it so sold it and bought this.

Quick run over the songs I'd be using it on during the day then off to the gig.

Treated myself to single Chromes rather than a made up set so I could get what I wanted. I've got 45, 60, 80, 110. Sounds like it would be a bit uneven but pretty close as far as tension goes and the heavy E means that I can drop the E to B without it turning into a piece of spaghetti and flopping all over the place. Buying singles actually wound up £1 cheaper than buying a set from Strings Direct.

Tuning to B is more straight forward to me than going for C as I'm used to a 5 string. I've used drop D on and off for years so that wasn't such a shock either.

If you have a detuner or are thinking about it it is well worth going for the double stop purely for the show off value of dropping down during a song, never mind the convenience of being able to play lower notes on a 4 string.