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Fitting a D-Tuner to a 5 string


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Would be nice for playing stuff in Drop D without the awkward fingering and different tone of a non-open string you'd get on a standard tuned 5-string.

Or using it as a drone note while playing something higher up the neck. I know, you could tap it instead but it doesn't sound the same.

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[quote name='BottomEndian' post='697631' date='Dec 31 2009, 11:26 PM']Probably not enough room for the lever to swing, but you never know. What's the bass?[/quote]

I don't own a 5-string at the moment, I was just wondering if anyone had successfully managed to do it and on which bass as that could influence my decision when I come to buy one. Looking at the back of a lot of bass headstocks there doesn't appear to be any room.

Oh well. Thanks for your replies everyone. :)

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I'm pretty sure it has been done (someone on TB did it a la Michael Manring) but it either needed a custom headstock or custom detuners- can't recall which.

Having done some searching on TB it seems its certainly possible in theory and has been done in practice- the determining factor is how much space there is on the back of the headstock between the tuners; people have tried it on some basses (jazz type) and there wasn't enough space.

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Doesn't really sound worth it. Play an D harmonic on the 12th fret on the D string then an E harmonic on the 5th fret of the E string and detune until the you hear the beats stop, watch how far the machine head rotates while listening and practice that a few times and you'll be able to do it just as fast. Tune back to E harmonics on fret 7 A string, 5 E string.

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