Terry M.

I'm patiently waiting for one of these to turn up in a colour I Iike and at a price I also like. They are simply amazing creations.

I personally would be pleased to ask a question on here and get this many responses 😊

I recently was in The Bass Gallery and they had two used Fenders I wanted to try. One was a £1.6k American Elite Jazz V and the other was a £0.8k Player Plus Jass V. There was nothing I could do on the American one that I couldn't replicate on the Player Plus so guess where my money went? It also helped that the Player Plus was modified with an onboard Sadowsky preamp as it's the type of mod I have done previously and would do again. So for ME that was a bargain package. Oh and the icing on the cake for me was Fender used a 19mm spaced bridge for the Player Plus 5s.

Does their one have less bass?

Totally subjective. It can't be otherwise 👍

Takes me that to drive from my home in north London to Bass Direct. It's really not that far. I go there quite a bit 😊

True. I had a Bongo.

Actually what gig bag would fit that?

It never will due to the lack of a neck pickup and the hot active electronics. They're like chalk and cheese.

Call them or if you're able to bring it in person for Martin to see it. Great chaps but they don't always answer their emails.

He's not on my radar,never has been 😂

I continue to learn. I have NEVER witnessed a bassist using a capo before 😊

This.

Cool. I've heard of none of those artists you mentioned. This forum is always teaching me new things. When I do slap I thumb mainly fretted notes. Now I'm thinking about it I rarely play open strings (low B excepted). I used them more when I was a 4 string player I think. Playing 5s has really changed how I approach the instrument now.

Would you consider funk to be riff-based out of interest? I play funk.

Ah ok. Neither of those genres I play or listen to so this is genuine ignorance on my part.

Appreciate the explanation. Does this apply to certain genres more commonly? I've never heard the song Slither before so I YouTubed it. Admittedly it's a genre that I don't listen to or play so it was all new to me.

Awful or just different? It seemingly still pleased the crowd?

I genuinely don't understand what this means. If every note in the bassline features on the fretboard (of a 5 string in standard tuning) how is it impossible? I'm not being deliberately obtuse here,in fact I might learn something.

The low B is there to be used. I use it in church a lot 😊

Okay but the 6th fret on the A string is nearer?

Can this be explained please? Why would there be reliance on open strings in Eb on a 5 string? Genuine ignorance so please bear with me 😊

Option 2. Bearing in mind I don't play 4 strings anymore. Having a low B isn't just about the 5 extra notes however. It can be used for economic (movement) reasons also.