once you've played a 5 string what's the point of 4?

[MichaelDean]

3 minutes ago, SumOne said:

 

Top 5 Bass arguments:

 

1. 4 vs 5
2. Plectrum vs Fingers
3. Tonewood
4. Compressors
5. Solid foundation vs technical noodling

 

You've missed out class AB vs valve vs class D watts 😜

[cetera]

17 minutes ago, SumOne said:

 

Top 5 Bass arguments:

 

1. 4 vs 5
2. Plectrum vs Fingers
3. Tonewood
4. Compressors
5. Solid foundation vs technical noodling

Answers:

1: 4

2: Both

3: Nope

4: Nope

5: Solid foundation

 

You're welcome  🤣😂

[Dan Dare]

36 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

I'm a drummer; I also play (modestly...) guitar and bass. When I say 'play', I don't mean that I play 'songs' (although I have done in the past, in bands...); I mean that I play whatever I'm 'thinking', or 'hearing in my head', much of which is chordal. I find a six-string very useful for bringing out the upper chord extensions (9th, 11th, 13th...), in similar fashion to guitar. I play most often a four-string, but my sixer comes out often enough, and the 'C' string gets used maybe more still than the low 'B'. It all depends on what one wants to hear, really; I like to hear full chord tones when playing solo bass, in chord/melody style (not the same as fitting in to a typical pop/rock band riff...). Horses for courses..? 

 

You don't offer creatively modified instruments for sale on eBay by any chance, do you?

[Dad3353]

2 minutes ago, Dan Dare said:

You don't offer creatively modified instruments for sale on eBay by any chance, do you?

 

Hmm... I might have a few left. Anything take your fancy..? 

 

[Stub Mandrel]

4 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

ghost notes

 

Shhh... that's my achilles heel.

 

[Stub Mandrel]

1 hour ago, SumOne said:

 

Top 5 Bass arguments:

 

1. 4 vs 5
2. Plectrum vs Fingers
3. Tonewood
4. Compressors
5. Solid foundation vs technical noodling

 

 

Flats v. Rounds?

 

Frets v. Fretless?

 

Active v. Passive?

 

P v. J?

 

Bongo v. Toilet Seat?

[snorkie635]

3 hours ago, Leonard Smalls said:

 

Personally, I spent about 1/2 an hour playing a five string, plus about the same again being harangued by the chap at Bass Direct saying that I had to buy a five string if I wanted to be a proper bass player.

I decided I was happy with four and that I probably wasn't willing to practice for the thousands of hours it would take to master it to what was possible on that, never mind learning the extra stuff a fiver would entail. That way I saved myself £Loads which I spent a bit on doing the Gary Willis bass course, and the rest on hookers'n'coke.

Damn! I knew I got something wrong: I spent mine on cookers and hoke. 🫢

[tauzero]

1 hour ago, MichaelDean said:

You've missed out class AB vs valve vs class D watts 😜

 

Active v passive too.

[Leonard Smalls]

And the top bass argument which invariably leads to full on fisticuffs and world war:

 

Slap?

[SumOne]

2 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

Flats v. Rounds?

 

Frets v. Fretless?

 

Active v. Passive?

 

P v. J?

 

Bongo v. Toilet Seat?

 

Ah yeah, how could I forget them!

 

Could also throw in:

• Headless vs Head (!?)
• Rickenbacker vs common sense

 

Edited November 28, 2024 by SumOne

[BigRedX]

Amp & Cabs Vs Modeller and FRFR?

[Reggaebass]

a few more that usually don’t end well 

* Should I learn theory 

* fretwraps

* are fenders worth it 

Edited November 28, 2024 by Reggaebass
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[MacDaddy]

5 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

a few more that usually don’t end well 

* Should I learn theory 

* fretwraps

* are fenders worth it 

 

Yes

No

Depends 

 

😜

[MacDaddy]

4 hours ago, Leonard Smalls said:

and the rest on hookers'n'coke

 

At least you didn't waste it! 

[nekomatic]

(checks lists of controversial topics above) phew, looks like I’m OK to start that ‘Jamerson vs Kaye’ thread then

Edited November 28, 2024 by nekomatic

[BigRedX]

11 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

a few more that usually don’t end well 

* Should I learn theory 

* fretwraps

* are fenders worth it 

 

You should know enough to know that it only theory and not the law.

Depends

Not since 1978

 

 

[dave_bass5]

The problem with all these threads is the lack of one person to let another person have their view and move on.
When arrogance appears is when things  turn to BC Jerry Springer. 
 

 

…and i don’t care what you think about the above, becuse i know im right 😂😇

Edited November 28, 2024 by dave_bass5

[tauzero]

1 hour ago, Leonard Smalls said:

And the top bass argument which invariably leads to full on fisticuffs and world war:

 

Slap?

 

[tauzero]

Tab, notation, or by ear?

[Dad3353]

Tort v plain pick guards..? 

[chris_b]

1 hour ago, Dad3353 said:

Tort v plain pick guards..? 

 

I'll not have a bad word said against tort, burst and rosewood.

[Lozz196]

Quite right too, Chris

[Baloney Balderdash]

Was pick vs. fingers mentioned yet?

[MartinB]

We've had all these arguments before - it's time to shuffle them around for new and exciting match-ups:
Pick vs. 5-string

Tort vs. rounds
"Play it like the record" vs. active
etc.

[paul_5]

Three-point bridge vs Transubstantiation