If only I was right handed

[BassHertz]

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RMI-Cosmos-Headless-8-string-Bass-PROTOTYPE-/141904407044?hash=item210a296a04:g:i7EAAOSwG-1WwbKi"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RMI-Cosmos-Headless-8-string-Bass-PROTOTYPE-/141904407044?hash=item210a296a04:g:i7EAAOSwG-1WwbKi[/url]

[TheGreek]

They got Roy Orbison to endorse it too...

[discreet]

My views on these vegetable-slicers are well known, so I'm saying nothing.

[elephantgrey]

I like 6string basses, i think its usefull to have the extra range. But this is too far. It looks like it will be uncomfortable to play.

[PaulWarning]

all I can say is, be thankful you're cack handed like me

[BassHertz]

Lol...a five string would be nice though. 8 string is a bit too far

[spectoremg]

Looks familiar. Are there a few noughts missing off the price?

[alyctes]

I guess it makes sense to have it headless. The neck dive from eight tuners... m hm.

[discreet]

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1455748115' post='2982166']
Looks familiar. Are there a few noughts missing off the price?
[/quote]

You must be thinking of this...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TENNESSEE-15-STRING-EXTENDED-RANGE-BASS-/291674941903?hash=item43e92e69cf:g:bJwAAOxycgVTixwQ

[spectoremg]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1455752293' post='2982223']
You must be thinking of this...
[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TENNESSEE-15-STRING-EXTENDED-RANGE-BASS-/291674941903?hash=item43e92e69cf:g:bJwAAOxycgVTixwQ"]http://www.ebay.co.u...JwAAOxycgVTixwQ[/url]
[/quote]

[colgraff]

Yummy. That looks fun, but I know my limits.

[Kairyu]

Somebody bid last second!

[Si600]

String it upside down, Hendrix Stylee

[cameltoe]

Who was the famous bassist who when asked about playing a 5-string, said something along the lines of 'you shouldn't play a 5-string until you've mastered a 4-string' how long does that take? 'About 30 years'. Just wondering how old you'd have to be to play this beast.

[discreet]

[quote name='cameltoe' timestamp='1455827588' post='2982839']
Who was the famous bassist who when asked about playing a 5-string, said something along the lines of 'you shouldn't play a 5-string until you've mastered a 4-string' how long does that take? 'About 30 years'. Just wondering how old you'd have to be to play this beast.
[/quote]

Billy Sheehan. And I think it was 20 years (yay), but I could be wrong.

Edit... my OCD drove me to find the quote, I think it's actually someone's sig on here.

[b]Questioner: How come you never play a 5 or 6 stringer Billy?[/b]
[b]Billy Sheehan: "I dont need one, I have my hipshot for lower notes, and I can go to harmonics for higher notes"[/b]
[b]Questioner: "do you own any"?[/b]
[b]Billy Sheehan: " yes I have two or three, though rarely use them outside an ocassional studio set piece" [/b]
[b]"I dont like to use them unless I really have to, as when a guy takes a 5 or 6 string bass into the studio, you see the engineers and producers, sighing and shaking their heads" (Smiles)[/b]
[b]Billy Sheehan: " I have nothing whatseover against 5 or 6 string basses. I just belive that guys dont give themselves a proper chance on the 4 stringer first."[/b]
[b]Questioner: How long is 'a proper chance'? [/b]
[b]Billy Sheehan: " At least 20 years" (not smiling here, being serious)[/b]

Edited February 18, 2016 by discreet

[alyctes]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1455831151' post='2982884']
Billy Sheehan. And I think it was 20 years (yay), but I could be wrong.

Edit... my OCD drove me to find the quote, I think it's actually someone's sig on here.

Questioner: How come you never play a 5 or 6 stringer Billy?
Billy Sheehan: "I dont need one, I have my hipshot for lower notes, and I can go to harmonics for higher notes"
Questioner: "do you own any"?
Billy Sheehan: " yes I have two or three, though rarely use them outside an ocassional studio set piece"
"I dont like to use them unless I really have to, as when a guy takes a 5 or 6 string bass into the studio, you see the engineers and producers, sighing and shaking their heads" (Smiles)
Billy Sheehan: " I have nothing whatseover against 5 or 6 string basses. I just belive that guys dont give themselves a proper chance on the 4 stringer first."
Questioner: How long is 'a proper chance'?
Billy Sheehan: " At least 20 years" (not smiling here, being serious)
[/quote]

It is or was someone's sig here. I can't remember who though.

[Musashimonkey]

I've done my 20 years on a four string and am now really enjoying 6ers!

[cameltoe]

[quote name='Musashimonkey' timestamp='1455860463' post='2983002']
I've done my 20 years on a four string and am now really enjoying 6ers!
[/quote]

After 20 on a 4-string, you need 30 on a 5. No cheating!

[TheGreek]

Something a bit less radical:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RMI-Quantum-P3-Fretless-Bass-New-release-with-leatherette-gig-bag-/141904374407?hash=item210a28ea87:g:D-EAAOSwFNZWwaBs

[colgraff]

I did about 10 years on four strings before moving to 5s. Does that make me 50% of a Billy Sheehan?

That notwithstanding, his comment seems to imply that >4 string players are somehow defective / lesser players because they haven't bothered to learn how to use a four string properly. In my case this is undoubtedly true - I use a five string so I don't have to work too hard when a song is suddenly played in a different key. Why bother to learn how to change key on a four string to accommodate a singer's preference when I can just go down a string?

[Musashimonkey]

[quote name='cameltoe' timestamp='1456060536' post='2984949']


After 20 on a 4-string, you need 30 on a 5. No cheating!
[/quote]

Damn, you got me! Tried to skip that step out!