The battery went flat (my fault) and I wanted to check active mode worked after putting new batteries in
I knew that the passive mode does a fairly good jazz bass sound but switching to active with it’s totally separate tone control (para mid eq plus treble plus bass) you can get a fairly good p bass tone.
the levels are about the same, so I can switch the two sounds instantly using the active switch
and it’s a 5
Let me tell you a story …
years ago I tried 5 string and I totally didn’t get it. I sold that aria magna 5
i bought a sire v7 5 and it just worked …
but my thoughts also changed to what actually worked
don’t buy a 5 string expecting to use those low notes, that opportunity will be vanishingly rare
use that low string only when you realise that you’d need to use open strings on a four string
example : teenaged dirtbag e a b a
using open strings it is a muting nightmare but playing accross from fret 5 of b string, it is not and you can easily shift up or down to suit the singer
Sire v7 5
i have stopped playing anything else. Gets very low action with narrow spacing
it is jazz-ish but you can get a p sound in passive mode if you fiddle
I’m uncertain, but it’s possible given @Richard R and his gracious offer of a lift
I had been made redundant but am in a grace period for reinstatement so was going to be a NO for financial reasons but if Mondays chat with their recruiter (who contacted me) goes well it may be possible after all
I was in Morrisons and this geezer kept apologising for each time that he kept reaching in front of me. Polite… but he stank like a corpse dipped in brine and coated in liquid dead guitarist with chocolate sprinkles - my thought was “jeez, soap is neither expensive nor a second thought, dude”
Hang on .. you said “irrational”
Never been higher than three, one acoustic and purely for jamming.
4 string is a constant since 2005 (she bought it)
5 string is latest in a fairly short line of jazz bass, p bass, this five string
YEAH I know
#lettingthesidedown
#notaproperBCmember
#hejustdoesnotgettherelentlessaquisitionthing
#heycouldbeworse_leastimnotaguitard
Mine would stop at the first part
“red ones sound better for Motown” wouldn’t work.
She can see one has five strings and has some advantages for playability, ones an acoustic bass and one she bought for me and I won’t sell. simples