XxBassMastaXx Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 welcome fellow 4 string fans! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MoJo Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 No it doesn't but sometimes they're just necessary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardHimself Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 (edited) [quote name='XxBassMastaXx' post='590531' date='Sep 5 2009, 11:59 AM']welcome fellow 4 string fans![/quote] nobody said they did i think you're just developing a bit of an inferiority complex here. To be honest i hear a lot about this idea that playing a bass with more than 4 strings somehow makes you less of a player, it goes back to this idea that the only reason people develop improvements to instruments is because they can't play them properly, which is bulls***. You ought to go find out what playing a 5 string bass actually means before posting crap like this. Edited September 5, 2009 by EdwardHimself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 [quote name='XxBassMastaXx' post='590531' date='Sep 5 2009, 11:59 AM']....4 string fans!!!, playing 5 strings doesn't make u a better player. welcome fellow 4 string fans!....[/quote] What's your point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceguyhomer Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 I like both - am I bi-stringual? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee650 Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 [quote name='niceguyhomer' post='590554' date='Sep 5 2009, 12:30 PM']I like both - am I bi-stringual?[/quote] Brilliant +1 me too!!! horses for courses!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 I want either a better 6 string or a 7 next what does that make me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 [quote name='XxBassMastaXx' post='590531' date='Sep 5 2009, 11:59 AM']welcome fellow 4 string fans![/quote] Thanks for the welcome ... but why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosebass Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 [quote name='charic' post='590565' date='Sep 5 2009, 12:44 PM']I want either a better 6 string or a 7 next what does that make me [/quote] Greedy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 [quote name='EdwardHimself' post='590538' date='Sep 5 2009, 12:09 PM']To be honest i hear a lot about this idea that playing a bass with more than 4 strings somehow makes you less of a player[/quote] It's usually the other way around in my experience - 'five strings makes you more of a player'. It's b******s either way. At a gig, drummer introduces me to his old bass-playing friend. We chat a little and friend leaves. Drummer says 'He's a proper bass player, five string and everything'. Yawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MoJo Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 [quote name='Prosebass' post='590569' date='Sep 5 2009, 12:47 PM']Greedy [/quote] and affluent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MoJo Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 [quote name='EssentialTension' post='590571' date='Sep 5 2009, 12:49 PM']It's usually the other way around in my experience - 'five strings makes you more of a player'. It's b******s either way. At a gig, drummer introduces me to his old bass-playing friend. We chat a little and friend leaves. Drummer says 'He's a proper bass player, five string and everything'. Yawn.[/quote] I once had a chap lead his Son to the stage following a sound check. He pointed to my Artisan A6 and said "He must be good look ... a six string bass" as if that made me a bass playing genius ... I only ever played 3 of the strings anyway (hence I no longer have it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest johnzgerman Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 [quote name='XxBassMastaXx' post='590531' date='Sep 5 2009, 11:59 AM']welcome fellow 4 string fans![/quote] i dont understand, how does the number of strings relate to how good or bad a player is? thats like saying people who drive reliant robins are better drivers than people who drive mondeos. in my experience they are just as sh*t as each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 I really have to admit even with my 4 string I use the entire neck with songs I write. The solution, I need more strings! Got the acg soon covering the 4 so soon ill get more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 [quote name='charic' post='590589' date='Sep 5 2009, 01:03 PM']I really have to admit even with my 4 string I use the entire neck with songs I write.[/quote] Hmmm... I tend to have a a rather dusty area that begins around the seventh fret. And next to the first five frets I have written the word 'money'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray5 Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 [quote name='niceguyhomer' post='590554' date='Sep 5 2009, 12:30 PM']I like both - am I bi-stringual?[/quote] ...in which case, can I be tri-stringual? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 [quote name='Stingray5' post='590596' date='Sep 5 2009, 01:10 PM']...in which case, can I be tri-stringual? [/quote] What? You've only got three strings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest johnzgerman Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 [quote name='EssentialTension' post='590597' date='Sep 5 2009, 01:12 PM']What? You've only got three strings?[/quote] the presidents only had 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 [quote name='johnzgerman' post='590598' date='Sep 5 2009, 01:13 PM']the presidents only had 2.[/quote] Only two to share between them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray5 Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 [quote name='EssentialTension' post='590597' date='Sep 5 2009, 01:12 PM']What? You've only got three strings?[/quote] Ouch - ya got me there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest johnzgerman Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 [quote name='EssentialTension' post='590601' date='Sep 5 2009, 01:15 PM']Only two to share between them?[/quote] maybe 4 then, i cant remember how many guitars they had Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MoJo Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 [quote name='EssentialTension' post='590594' date='Sep 5 2009, 01:09 PM']Hmmm... I tend to have a a rather dusty area that begins around the seventh fret. And next to the first five frets I have written the word 'money'.[/quote] Love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutToPlayJazz Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 For me it's a case of horses for courses. The job I'm doing this week and next (a two week run of the "Footloose" stage show), needs a 5-string for only a couple of bits, but it'd just not sound right bringing those parts up the octave, so I'm switching between my two 5-string Status S2's on various evenings. Obviously for faster, funkier stuff, a 4-string is just the ticket. Only one I wish I hadn't sold was my TRB-6. That was so useful in the pit. I'll have to get another 6 made or something soon... Rich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 I was at an open mike night last week & a bloke arrived witha a Yamaha bass case. Came his turn to go up & jam the bass for a couple of people - pulls out a Yammy 6 string - neck like an ironing board. 'Blimey - this is going to be good!!!' thought I! Well. I don't want to do the bloke down, but he really was a disappointment. The two artists did a 12 bar variant & BassPlayer was totally lost. Same in next number which was a proper 12 bar. Maybe he's really great at the stuff he plays, but maybe shouldn't be jamming. The Yammy sounded great by the way - through a Peavey TNT 150. G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 [quote name='EssentialTension' post='590571' date='Sep 5 2009, 12:49 PM']At a gig, drummer introduces me to his old bass-playing friend. We chat a little and friend leaves. Drummer says 'He's a proper bass player, five string and everything'. Yawn.[/quote] Now come on. A drummer who can count past 4? You're fibbin' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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