haruki Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Hi - looking for some advice. Just bought a new toy - my first six string (thanks Russ) . I'm interested in trying to string it up as E to E (or F) for two reasons.. 1. I'm playing a piece at the moment that needs to me go so high up the neck I get nose bleeds...seriously dusty 21st fret of C string. 2. I like the sound of simple chords - these work better on higher notes - reckon I dont use the B string enough. Does anybody tune a sixer this way? Any ideas what strings/guages to use - or where to get a high E that will match? All advice gratefully received. Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6stringbassist Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 (edited) E to F would make more sense, kind of like the tuning on the top 6 strings of a 7 string bass missing out the low B . I think overwater do a 7 string set. Or check out this site [url="http://www.extendedrangebassist.com/"]http://www.extendedrangebassist.com/[/url] There's a wealth of information on there. This site has a lot of 4 string bass weilding fuddy duddies who find any sort of ERB an anathema. Edited July 5, 2009 by 6stringbassist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velvetkevorkian Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 I use Overwaters on my 7 string which I tune BEADGBE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haruki Posted July 5, 2009 Author Share Posted July 5, 2009 Thanks guys ...the links looks useful. Must admit not heard the expression ERB before.... Having played my six- er with others for first time this pm (jazz ish stuff) thing I'm gonna explore more. bw Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6stringbassist Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 I think ERB's are cool. I pretty much only use my 6 string bass. I even used it on a gig with a trad jazz band last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardHimself Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 (edited) [quote name='6stringbassist' post='533323' date='Jul 5 2009, 08:11 PM']I think ERB's are cool. I pretty much only use my 6 string bass. I even used it on a gig with a trad jazz band last night. [/quote] That makes sense actually i mean the 7 string guitar was developed by jazz players so yeah. TS if you don't use the low B then yeah good idea tuning it like that. I was thinking of doing it myself lol. If you're looking for strings i should imagine you'd find what you want on thomann they have loads of bass strings and that. Edited July 5, 2009 by EdwardHimself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorris Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 [quote name='velvetkevorkian' post='532984' date='Jul 5 2009, 01:38 PM']I use Overwaters on my 7 string which I tune BEADGBE.[/quote] that's just too many strings ( only half joking :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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