TommyK

Welcome along! Constantly looking for new gear you say? You should fit right in here then!!

Hey. Welcome along fellow bass person

Welcome back to the world of bass and Basschat!

Hi from a fellow southerner. Have fun with all your gigs!!

Welcome along Murray, have fun and steer clear of the market place if you are a GAS addict! There is far too much purdy stuff in there!!

No tis your choice anyroad...I just wondered why...open strings seems like a logical argument to me....carry on

<p>[quote name=&amp;amp;#39;thodrik&amp;amp;#39; timestamp=&amp;amp;#39;1334686175&amp;amp;#39; post=&amp;amp;#39;1619807&amp;amp;#39;] I&amp;amp;#39;ve found a five string to be a bit problematic when working with guitar tunings around C, C# and D standard unless I dedicate the bass to that tuning. For those kind of tunings I generally use my old P bass. I know that with the correct fingering I could play the &amp;amp;#39;correct&amp;amp;#39; notes with a five string, but usually I&amp;amp;#39;ve found that the music I play in these tunings tends to rely on a lot of open notes. Playing on a five string just doesn&amp;amp;#39;t really feel right, or even sound right to my ears. Also sometimes I just like playing a passive Fender without the extra bells and whistles of an active five string. Anything around standard tuning or needing low B or lower tends to be done on the five string, hence the reason I don&amp;amp;#39;t want to permanently have the 5 tuned to C etc. [/quote] Why do you need to tune the 5 string to C? Am I being thick or something....+ I assume you mean tuning it up 1/2 a step??

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' timestamp='1334645576' post='1618918'] oh... does that mean you're about to join the "dark side"? [/quote] Yep....I am coming on over to join ya....You crazy peeps with yer slanty frets and wonky pickups!!

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' timestamp='1334609288' post='1618597'] In my case 5 strings make my life easier on some songs, and if I was to make a radical exclusion choice between a 5 and a 4 I would go for a 5 but having said that, except for the rare usage of notes beyond the Low E note there are very very few songs that I play on a 5 wich I couldn't play on a 4, mostly reggae tunes. [/quote] +1 To this. I have been without a 5 for a couple of months now cos the pickup is being repaired and it's all fine with the 4's getting used to them again has been quite fun actually.... just on the 2 reggae numbers we do something is massively missing....Super, sub, dub... type low end.. Still hopefully the Stingray5 will be fixed soon and then the Dingwall 5 swap can be completed...Yay!

+1 Brilliant playing Nick. Congratulations!!

[quote name='shizznit' timestamp='1334058709' post='1610203'] I left feeling absolutely buzzed! What an awesome gig! The front of house sound was spot on and Les was on form. A life long ambition that I can finally put a tick next to! [b]Really wished that Herb was on drums though[/b]. [/quote] Really?? My drummer came with me and he said exactly the same... I thought the drumming was outstanding myself....shows what I know!

Right..anyone go last night? If so, which one of you reprebates stole Les' hat!!?? Amazing gig, I cannot comprehend how tight they were and the mix was just spot on..

[quote name='spiderjazz' timestamp='1331502311' post='1573940'] [b] [size=3]Metal bassists - What sort of tones are you using?[/size][/b] [/quote] Def (tones)....?? ....I'll get me coat.....