cLepto-bass Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Does anyone do a High C 5 string as stock or would it just be a case of buying a usuall one and having a new nut installed to accomodate the strings? Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha-Dave Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 New nut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Maybe not even a new nut - pretty much depends on the break angle. G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleblob Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 For what it's worth I bought a 5 string from the gallery a few months back and asked whether I could restring to a high C without a new nut and the bass was duly restrung for me. No nut change at all. This said I'm sure the guage of strings will matter also. And possibly your playing style - I find that when I play acoustically there's a slight rattle (I do tend to play hard) on the A string that definitely is down to the nut as if I dampen the machine head side it's fine. But not noticed the same problem with any other strings and seems fine when amplified (i.e. I probably play a little lighter ). So what I'm saying is, you may not require a new nut, but you might Sorry, maybe not much help in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Depends on many of the factors people have already mentioned. For example, Warwick Just-a-nut IIs have the same sized grooves in all of the adjusters, and will accomodate any gauges without protest IME. I've strung/tuned my Stingray V fretless EADGC. I've used 30-50-70-90-105 on it without issues. You will, of course, have to look at action, intonation and neck relief. IIRC, a High C string exerts more stress on the neck than the Low B it replaces, so your truss-rod may need a [i]slight tighten[/i] to compensate... As with all set-ups, it's a bit "suck it & see" until you arrive at something which suits you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basshead56 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 (edited) Hi, I bought a Gibson Thunderbird Studio V. When I got it, I didn´t like the whole low B thing, found it too deep and dark sounding for the stuff I play with the bands. So I decided I´d restring it and go with a High C instead. Asked the tech if I´d need a new nut/where do i get a Hich C string?- and he kinda laughed and said get a set of D´Addario 6 string bass and only use the first 5. He was bang on-no messing with the nut required. Didn´t need any real tweakng of the truss rod either- was pretty much ready to go straight away (though he did set it up anyway after that) Hope that helps Edited December 11, 2009 by basshead56 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cLepto-bass Posted December 11, 2009 Author Share Posted December 11, 2009 Thanks alot everyone, your words of wisdom have been very usefull. I'm probably looking into getting one of those Rockbass basses first, just to see how it goes. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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