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[quote name='pete.young' post='410505' date='Feb 15 2009, 10:58 PM']Any other B-E-A-D users want to come out of the closet?[/quote] Makes perfect sense to me. I play thrash metal with bases tuned C-F-A#-D# (yes I know its wierd, but it works for me...). I used to play a 5-string for this, but didnt really like it. Tried B-E-A-D as well, but C is as far down as I need to go. AND more important, a C-F-A#-D# does'nt need really heavy strings. I use a 115-110-90-75 setup. ( I cannot stand drop variants, btw) More recently I have started using the same setup for a blues-sidekick I am doing. We'll see how that goes, but a number of blues songs are easier to play with this tuning. And a few ones are harder. Best of luck to you and your efforts! Regards, Henning - Norway

Hi Basschat. I play a 5-string Warwick in a Metal band, but I never use the G-string, just the 4 lowest B-E-A-D. So, I figured (since I really enjoy the Precision 62 re-issue I use for blues), what if I set up a 4 string with 130, 110, 85, 70 or something, and tuned it B-E-A-D? Will it work, and will it be any good? regards, Henning

[quote name='Machines' post='242849' date='Jul 18 2008, 05:16 PM']This was an ABM500 right ?! :wacko:[/quote] Yes, the ABM 500 EVO III

[quote name='SteveO' post='242818' date='Jul 18 2008, 04:44 PM']hei henning, where abouts are you?[/quote] I am in Tananger, outside Stavanger, on the beautiful west-coast ...

Hi all. What a great forum?! I've read some threads & topics, and really like the tone, attitude and conversations. Anyhow, this is my introduction: I am 37 (male) from Norway, playing bass for 4 years. I have no background in playing any instrument since I gave up on music in school at age 13 ... I am an blues, rock and metal enthusiast, traveling to various festivals and concerts the past 20 years. And during all my experiences with live music, I always found the bass very fascinating. Then I decided to just start playing myself, life is to short to watch it from the sideline... Practicing a lot at home, having some professional guidance from time to time, and I have friends that a seasoned musicians helping me out. I am not really good at it, but trying to keep it simple, steady, modest and basic --- to support the rest of the band, and not shine through too much. So, I can make it work on a descent level. And more important: I enjoy it a lot! Last year I started playing with a blues/rock cover band, and earlier this year I joined [url="http://www.myspace.com/escapetor"]http://www.myspace.com/escapetor[/url] . I also play at home with my 14 year old son on drums, and a friend on guitar - we play classic rock & blues covers. For blues/rock I play a [b]Fender Precision 62 re-issue[/b] and for metal I play a [b]Warwick Corvette 5 string[/b]. My amp+cab situation is kind of frustrating at the moment: I have used the [b]Ashdown ABM EVO III - ABM410 - ABM115[/b]. This equipment has a delicate tone for the blues/rock stuff I play, but the Ashdowns totally failed upon me for playing the Escapetor stuff with two very loud guitars. Its far from loud enough, cranked up full, I still couldn't hear a thing of what I was playing. And I ended up blowin up all 4 (!!!) elements PLUS the horn in the 410... got it replaced by a new one, and gave up on cranking the Ashdowns up to far... I will probably keeping my Ashdowns stuff for blues/rock. To fulfill the need for loads of volume playing metal with escapetor, I recently bought a [b]Ampeg 810 and a SVT-CL[/b] for that purpose. Which really solved the issue, but hurt a bit money-wise. And my body + head hurts a bit from the massive sound it produces... regards, Henning