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I would advise to just go to as many shops as possible, and try as many as you can. With regard to the string spacing, it's essentially down to technique. I know guys who play 7 and 9 string basses, they don't have 8 inch long fingers.

I think you can say the same about a lot of demo videos. Why the need to slap ?

Sometimes it's eq more than volume. Trace Elliot gear with than horrible, inherent smily face eq may sound nice on its own, but soon gets lost in a band situation. I did 30 or so jazz gigs with a tiny Phil Jones 75 watt combo. Admittedly not huge venues, but still typical of most gigs that guys on here do, art galleries, marquees and pubs. I never had a problem with being heard, possibly because of its ultra clean sound ?

I had a Mayonnes 6 string a few years ago. Amazing basses.

The TC Hall of fame is about the best that I've tried. You can download various tone prints too, such as the Steve Lawson one.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1459083853' post='3013376'] Ha. I don't even know who they were playing against, let alone the score. [/quote] You sound like me 😊. I sat in the corner reading my book last year while I waited for the rugby to finish at my one gig.

I'd have thought they'd have started you after the football ? I had a gig last year during the rugby thing, we just started afterwards.

There's a copy at Birmingham library. [attachment=215516:Screen Shot 2016-03-26 at 23.22.19.png] I can borrow it and copy it, if you can't get it at your local library.

Personally I've only heard of 2 of them. Namely Tina Weymouth and Carol Kaye. That's probably more to do with my musical tastes, than their lack of talent or lack of influence. I just saw it on Facebook and thought it may be of interest to others.

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Bass direct used to stock their stuff.

[quote name='Dazed' timestamp='1458842046' post='3011499'] Roscoe? [/quote] Yep, just a Century Standard, but still very nice, and extremely well made. It looks darker in real life.

I use my right hand thumb, and fingers 1, 2 and sometimes 3 depending on the voicing. Stanley Clarke uses a flamenco style strum. It all really depends on what you want to achieve by it I guess.

[quote name='mimsy89' timestamp='1458803316' post='3010942'] Keep having to talk myself out of buying a 6er... [/quote] A 6 string bass is an amazing instrument, it just seems to me at least, to make more sense than a 4 string bass. Try one, you may be surprised by them.

I think I was meant to own this bass. I originally tried it back in December last year. I really liked it, loved the sound and feel of it, but couldn't decide whether to make a fretless my only bass. So I ended up buying a different bass. Fast forward 3 months, the other bass has gone, and this is now with me 😊. It's now string with a set of TI flats, and if anything it's actually better than I remember it being. Probably my favourite bassist is Steve Lawson, this gets me his trademark fretless sound that I love.

If you were a guitarist then I guess I can see the logic. As a bassist then it's not something I'd do, the rest of the strings would be tuned in 4ths, then you'd have this odd major 3rd. I play guitar too, but just mentally adjust when it comes to playing notes on the B string.

The best budget is without doubt the Ibanez Gary Willis bass.

[quote name='4stringslow' timestamp='1458651648' post='3009411'] Libraries were indeed great places but time have changed and there are now better, faster and more convenient ways to access the font of human knowledge. Forget politics and austerity, it's the internet that has caused problems for libraries as we used to know and love them. [/quote] But remember not everyone has access to the Internet, or the abilities to use it. A lot of people rely on computers in the library to access the Internet.

What do you want to know exactly ? I've tried possibly every conceivable string since starting to play 6 string about 8 years ago.

I get mine from Amazon. You can just type in whatever you're looking for on there and include 6 string set. Bass direct have 6 string sets listed separately. I tend to just make my own set using singles off amazon. Just start with whatever 4 string set and then add a single B and C string. That usually works out cheaper than buying an actual 6 string set. You can also then build your own custom set.

I don't usually use a system at all. I've been experimenting with using the above, simply because I have to compose a piece that shows clear and structured planning as part of my course.