Re: 5 string bass with e as lowest string?


"Lars Behrens" <Spam.Buster@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi there,

I'm playing in a small latin combo with one percussionist and one
guitarist as the only co-instruments. When the guitarist is soloing, it
would be helpfull if I did some more chording stuff on the bass than I
do now and so I thought about getting a bass with one more string to
have a bit more headroom towards the top notes.

But as I started researching recently, I had to realize that all the
5-stringers one can get have that fat b-string, and searching the net a
while, I only found five string sets with at least 120-45 or so. Which
means that 5-stringers obviously are intended to extend the bass
towards the low end of the scale.

I'm wondering now: Does anybody here have experience with 5-string
basses? Can one get different string sets? Can I tune a standard bass
string set higher without breaking the neck or the strings (which would
be the last option, because of having to live with that fat
low-string?).

Is my idea so exceptional, I thought I remembered 5-stringers in
different versions, with a low b string, or with a low e?

Any hints are welcome, tia!

Cheerz,
Lars


Status Graphite sell custom sets, so it would be easy to mix and match to
suit. Like this.

http://www.status-graphite.com/status/carts3/frames/frame3.htm

:-)


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