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03-15-2008, 11:44 AM
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| Tremol-no User   Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 1,014
Real Name: Ale(Xan)der Main Seven: RG7321 /w Evo7 and AN7 Rig: Mesa Boogie F-50 Thanked: 15
 | Trying out 5-strings I just came back from my local Guitar Center, where I tried out some 5-string basses. I played a bunch of MM bongos and the like, along with this under $300 peavey millenium bass or however you spell it. On all the 5 strings I tried there was something that bothered me intensely... FLABBY LOW B  What is the gauge a standard low B comes in? Because I want to add .020 to it!  Also, I'm really interested in a 5 string with a humbucker, that's it. Any simple, stripped down basses like that availible for under $500? Thanks in advance for replies!  What a Djentleman! |
 
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03-15-2008, 11:52 AM
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| T'IS MAH KITTAY!  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Norway Posts: 1,878
Real Name: Morten Main Seven: Schecter Omen 7 Extreme Main ERG: Agile 28" baritone Rig: Pod X3 Live Thanked: 70
| i think .120 or so is standard, but i don´t like anything thinner than .130 i think, maybe .135... look for something around .145, i know Conklin sells those through their site. also, they have a .165, you might wanna try that out as well  -------------------------------------- Æn Æppl Æ Dæi, Kiips De Dåktor Awæi |
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03-15-2008, 02:27 PM
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| Mr. Satan  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 3,619
Real Name: Ruarc Main Seven: Ibanez RG8427F FE Rig: PODxt Live Thanked: 30
 | Ibanez BTB405QM or BTB205 That is all... (If you must know the BTB's come with 35" scale necks for higher tension)
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03-15-2008, 02:29 PM
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| Sign Your Neg Rep Posts!   Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: South of the rats mouth.. Posts: 9,230
Real Name: Jason Main Seven: Esp/Ltd H207 :D Rig: Nadda Supreme Thanked: 78
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03-15-2008, 03:31 PM
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| is zayebeited  Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 810
Real Name: Alex Main Seven: some crap. "dimavery" Rig: custom home made Thanked: 6
| this is the problem of the 5 stringers and beyond. i have ibanez sr405 34 scale and i am using diadario 135 for low B its O..k... ( i am also playing half step dropped) it took me couple years to adapt and learn how to pull clean punchy sound out of it particularly on fast playing (i am finger player). i have never tried anything thicker than 135, it could solve my problem or at least help to solve it. maybe longer scale bass would do the trick as well i don't know. i think no matter what instrument you will choose you will have to learn to pull out the nice clean sound out of it |
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03-15-2008, 04:21 PM
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| Happy?  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Kiev (Ukraine) Posts: 6,485
Real Name: Vova Main Seven: Ibanez RG 2127 Main ERG: Ibanez RG 2228 Rig: Epiphone Valve Jr. Thanked: 230
| My bass player use 125-135 for his K5 His currently strings on a k5 is 130 elixir and and backup J&D 135 warwick |
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03-15-2008, 04:37 PM
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| Chief Officer/RHLC ©  Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: AZ Posts: 7,626
Real Name: Max Main Seven: Ir now Sevenless :squint: Main ERG: A Dead Cat Rig: Mesa Rectoverb Combo Thanked: 47
| Ill sell you a double buckered 5 string for 400. and its fretless. Modded yamaha RBX775 Reverse Headstocks or Bust Dude...i just got a spam email that was titled "Funky date rape trick" -Zepp88 I just got another funny email "Her pussy smiled at me" -Zepp88 Don't tell me you haven't heard of Raptor Jesus  It's important that you know this information :headnod: It will decide your fate when we are pwned. -JoeOvChaosI was going KAT KAT KAT KAT and you were going KAT... chk... KAT... chk-die. -TomAwesome |
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03-16-2008, 10:40 AM
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| seven times seven  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas City Texas Posts: 424
Real Name: Dave Main Seven: Schecter A-7, Ibanez 7620 Rig: Randall Warhead Thanked: 2 / 1
| Yeah most 5 string basses come with .125 or .130. Way to floppy IMO and a poor match in tension. Not that most bass string have good equal tension anyways but im speaking relatively. Go to juststrings.com and get a .140 ken smith bass burner. Awesome for a low B/A clear and punchy. Sometimes ill punch it up to a .145 if im recording songs in Low A. If your bass is a 35 inch scale you may be able to get away with a .130-.135. On a 34 scale I find .130 or less just unacceptable for low B/A and .140-.145 ideal. Try to exclude the possibility of suffering which the order of nature and the existence of free-wills involve, and you find that you have excluded life itself. |
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