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So, new bass day for me, a Fender Precision in black/black/maple.

So what’s new I hear you say?

Well it’s a five-string Precision, that’s what’s new.

I’d seen this on here for a while and although never had a fiver before it’s my preferred brand/model/colour scheme, and as I’m not in a gigging band at present should I join one and then need a fiver it made sense to be prepared. Plus it would have really irritated me if that happened and I’d passed on this one and had to get a fiver that didn’t match the rest of my basses (CDO is a terrible thing, I even have to arrange the letters properly/alphabetically).

Here it is, currently strung with flats and they just really work, more than likely I’ll keep them.

 

 

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I think B, E, A & G are Dunlop, D is Fender going by the silks. I prefer the feel of the Dunlop’s, though at home practice volumes I can’t tell any difference in the sound. I don’t know why but this bass just seems to sound right with flats whereas every other Precision I’ve put flats on didn’t do it for me - maybe they’re properly played in.

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Welcome to The 5er Club Lozz.

My advice would be to put away all your 4 string basses - the temptation to pick up what you're familiar with will slow you gelling with the 5er. Expect it to take "some time" to become familiar with the 5er - it may feel like you're going backwards for a while but if you persevere you'll get there.

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15 hours ago, TheGreek said:

Welcome to The 5er Club Lozz.

My advice would be to put away all your 4 string basses - the temptation to pick up what you're familiar with will slow you gelling with the 5er. Expect it to take "some time" to become familiar with the 5er - it may feel like you're going backwards for a while but if you persevere you'll get there.

Thanks Mick

At present I`m tending to play it like a 4 string, only using the B when I need a note lower than open E, but that`s due to it both being new to me so getting used to it, and through a practice amp with 8" speaker anything lower than this isn`t that great. I may well put a round-wound B on it for greater clarity, something that Dave Swift does (or at least was doing). 

Re the 4s - I picked one up yesterday to gauge the action height and it was like a childs toy, how I ever thought a 4 string Precision neck was fat I don`t know, it was like a toothpick!

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On 21/06/2021 at 21:48, Lozz196 said:

So, new bass day for me, a Fender Precision in black/black/maple.

So what’s new I hear you say?

Well it’s a five-string Precision, that’s what’s new.

I’d seen this on here for a while and although never had a fiver before it’s my preferred brand/model/colour scheme, and as I’m not in a gigging band at present should I join one and then need a fiver it made sense to be prepared. Plus it would have really irritated me if that happened and I’d passed on this one and had to get a fiver that didn’t match the rest of my basses (CDO is a terrible thing, I even have to arrange the letters properly/alphabetically).

Here it is, currently strung with flats and they just really work, more than likely I’ll keep them.

 

 

EB2830BD-E159-4BDD-BA9B-9DE053CFB002.jpeg

Very nice. I don't play fivers but this one has always appealed to me.

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10 hours ago, Lozz196 said:

Re the 4s - I picked one up yesterday to gauge the action height and it was like a childs toy, how I ever thought a 4 string Precision neck was fat I don`t know, it was like a toothpick!

I feel your pain!

My first 5er was a SBMM SUB Ray5. Really nice thing, and I played that almost exclusively for a few years while I was in a hip hop band and a function band after that. Then I got my Dingwall and the neck on that is so much wider than the Ray 5 as you go up the neck (still comfy though). Thing is my main 4 stringer is a Mustang. As long as I play them both regularly it's fine, but the Mustang is tiny in comparison!

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On 22/06/2021 at 17:44, TheGreek said:

Welcome to The 5er Club Lozz.

My advice would be to put away all your 4 string basses - the temptation to pick up what you're familiar with will slow you gelling with the 5er. Expect it to take "some time" to become familiar with the 5er - it may feel like you're going backwards for a while but if you persevere you'll get there.

Very good advice. I actually ended up selling all my 4s so I couldn’t do anything but play my 6er!

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