five-string?? i'm just wondering cuz i'm going to get one [hopefully soon]...i'll prolly move on to a six-string too but i'm not sure if you do play a five-string, any advice on which one to get??

what the fuck do u need a five string bass for

oh i know why

cuz you're cool metal bands have them....

no because i want to have a heavier string. i dont need to be like my kick ass metal bands, my favorite bassist played a four-string. i just want heavier stuff. so no you dont know why :lol:

I was going to say that nobody really needs a five string bass unless they're in a metal band. :P

 

If you want a heavier sound, just find the little knob on your amp that says "bass" (or 100-250 Hz if you've got a parametric EQ) and crank it up! :P

lol no no no i need more!!! more more more!!!!! :P :cool:

When I wrote "k n o b" it showed up as "doorhandle." :confused:

 

Let's try it again: knob

strange.

:lol:

If i wanted six strings i'd be a guitarist, not a bassist.

 

you should keep playing your four strings bass.

haha no doubt no doubt

If i wanted six strings i'd be a guitarist, not a bassist.

 

you should keep playing your four strings bass.

 

two very different things. a six-string bass gives you more range, but OBVIOUSLY its still a bass. i just need lower tones than people who want to do the lighter stuff. if your tones aren't low enough, it'll just be impossible to hear with the guitars tuned so low.

you dont even know what the fuck you are talking about

of course i dont

Play nice, children.

you wouldnt even know what to do with a 5 string bass, metal girl

of course i wouldn't pretty-boy

oh snap.

 

YOU SUCKAS GOT SERVED!

uhh....who snapped??? have i?? no dear me i just dont do that. i dont break but he can if he wants to :dozey:

haha ill break your shitty 5 string bass over your back

lmao!!

you know, today i went to a jazz concert and this guy was playing a five strings bass.

maan, he totally sucked. his bass solos were so lame. and he was like, 60 years old. ha if he spent 1/10th of his life learning how to play the bass, he'd be like, god.

haha ill break your shitty 5 string bass over your back

 

lmao dont you wish

:embarrased: to be human sometimes

ok.....

ugh

 

5-string basses are not only for "shitty metal bands"

 

Lots of amazing musicians in other forms of music use 5-string basses (and even 6-string basses.)

 

Marcus Miller plays 4 and 5 string basses, and he is probably one of the best bass players in modern music.

 

To put it simply, you have more range in tone with them.

 

Personally, I don't like them, but that's not to say someone is stupid for wanting to get one.