To Five String Or Not?

[Chad]

Re: To Five String Or Not?

I'm late to the party, but going on the info you provided, I'm thinking a BEAD-tuned 4 string would be the best choice.

I disagree about 34" scale B strings always being loose and floppy. There are many fine 34" scale 5 string basses on the market. And 35" doesn't really make all that much difference IME anyway, but it does make a noticeable difference in fret-spacing that my hands don't like (especially on the lower frets). If you want more tension on a 34", simply bump the B string gauge one notch (for example, from 125 to 130) to roughly match the tension on a 35" scale.

With that said, that Spector is a killer looking bass!

 

[JOLLY]

Re: To Five String Or Not?

Well, I've already bought the five string Spector. It's no big deal because I will only be using it for recording on certain songs. It won't be my main player.

 

[Demanic]

Re: To Five String Or Not?

Can't wait to hear a clip!

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[JOLLY]

Re: To Five String Or Not?

Can't wait to hear a clip!

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It took me about 4-5 different strings to figure out what was my new bass tone, and what I thought went best with my Spector Legend 4 Classic. With the music I'm playing now, I came to the conclusion that Dunlop Super Bright Stainless Steel Strings are my sound now, and that really has a lot to do with my Spector Legend 4. It's funny now that I look back. I knew I was going to buy a Spector Legend 5 just because I bought a couple of sets of 5 string Dunlop Super Bright Stainless Steel Strings before I even bought the bass...lol. Hell, I got the strings sitting next to me right now. They're just waiting on their "home" to arrive....lol

 

[Demanic]

Re: To Five String Or Not?

I bet that setup will sound sick! I love stainless on a bass. I used D'Addario stainless on my Johnson P-bass copy. Until I swapped them for EB Cobalts.

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[JOLLY]

Re: To Five String Or Not?

I bet that setup will sound sick! I love stainless on a bass. I used D'Addario stainless on my Johnson P-bass copy. Until I swapped them for EB Cobalts.

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I think these were the last songs I recorded when the strings were still new sounding. Sooooooooo, I can't wait to hear that low B, which I already know is going to be tuned to A.

https://soundcloud.com/atomic-punkk/invisible

https://soundcloud.com/atomic-punkk/the-race

https://soundcloud.com/atomic-punkk/the-mad-man-is-sane-you-are-not

 

[Aceman]

Re: To Five String Or Not?

This was really insightful about 5 strings. I always think I want one.

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: To Five String Or Not?

This was really insightful about 5 strings.

How so?

All that I have really learned from this thread is that JJ knows what he likes. This, we pretty much already knew already, already.