4 string or 5
 

So guys what do you like better a 5 string bass or teh good old classic 4 string?
For me im all about the 4 string.

4 string.
The 5 string tends to attract douchebags.

I've only played a bass once in my life but, four strings does seem to be enough.

5's are nice, but that low B should be used sparingly for the best effect.

I just like basses. I'll play any bass I can get my hands on. 4, 5, 6, 7, 11. Doesn't ****in' matter.

I learned on a fret-less 4, but I primarily play 5 now. If that makes me a douchebag, then I challenge... TO BASS OFF!!! DunDun DUUNNNN!!!!

12 ?
http://www.gopromusic.com/get.php?id=1235

That's a SuperAxe! I haven't seen one of those in years.

How aboot one of these, eh?

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2340/...45639aa1_o.jpg

Warr Guitar.

seems like a pointless question to me. whatever gets the job done.

i think the real question here is active or passive pickups. that has a definite impact upon the sound a bass guitar produces.

i mostly play a fretless 5. it got to the point where i was playing my 4 string and reaching for notes that simply didn't exist. for me it's not about extra low end so much as extra range and deeper tone. i somewhat disagree with Satchmo about sparing the low B for max effect - maybe the open B, but not the string itself.

as for 12s, i'd really like to try the variant Jeff Ament from Pearl Jam had during the recording of Ten. it was a conventional 4 string but each string was in turn tripled.

I see a lot of 4 string players switch to 5's and just use the low B as their "root string" out of habit. I admit, i do kinda' see the low B as the "ace in the hole" so to speak.

yeah the Colin Marston uses in Behold....the Arctopus


as for me, i'm happy with my 4 string Washburn

I'm a big fan of the slap n pop, which I simply cannot do on more than a four string

yeah it's a cheap way to get 'really' heavy. like how dropped-D tuning changed the way power chords were played for a while in the 90s.

i like my B string because it allows me to drop melodies or patterns by simply moving down a string instead of having to move down the neck. i'm lazy. haha

Whats the point of the Arctopus, to me its a dumb idea.

in all honesty, if you look at Colin's other projects, like Dysrhytmia, it's basically his vision of music being played out. while it may seem hard to believe, they plan out every note, every key change, with insane precision and accuracy

Is it still pretentious ****e?

I dont think so. But, its all about personal taste.

I used to be totally against active electronics after the first time I played a show with an active bass and the battery died half way through the set, and I had no idea what the hell had happened to my sound?! But just after educating myself on the situation, I primarily play active now. My Schecter Stilleto Custom 5 is my main bass and its active, as is my main 4 string, a Cort.

same

if you want more notes, go for the 4 strings. They are really the same except for the added notes as the number of strings go up. Also, if your fingers are adjusted already (if you're a pro), you can have the 5 strings

wow, cool!