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Old 03-31-2009, 07:24 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ElephantSack View Post
I was just reminded of when I went to a presentation by Steve Bailey, and he said something about when 5 strings first came out, he had a guy in Canada make one for him. He was playing for Dizzy Guillespie at the time, and he mentioned how those deep deep bottom end notes are like a big sofa to sink down into. That's mainly the reason I really like 5s. Can never really get too deep.
True. very true. whenever I have a 4 string i want to detune, it sucks because i have to restring it with these huge mutherf*ck*ng strings and it sounds too crappy. that's why I like 5's.
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