GreeneKing Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 (edited) Here's hoping my poll set up is okay. Edited to add, I think I got there, in the end. I'm wondering whether or not most bassists now play 5 stringers or whether 4 string players are still in the majority. What I'm really trying to establish is whether the 5 string has taken over (yet). So the poll is asking you what you consider yourself to be, regardless of what you actually own. If it's been done before (I'd have expected it to be done before) and a while ago then this can be an updated poll to establish the state of play. Peter - a 4 string bassist till I die Edited April 7, 2009 by GreeneKing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Did you do the poll? I don't see it .. Oh and you'd better have tick boxes for "other" and "both" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Can you make it "Do you have 4 or More?" because I like 6s not 5s but I would like to be included in the statistic to prove that a low B is becomming indespendable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreeneKing Posted April 7, 2009 Author Share Posted April 7, 2009 It's not about what you've got. I think it's functional now. If you consider yourself a cross curricular bassist then, err..... You are the weakest link, goodbye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shockwave Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Poll didnt work, You need to add more then one choice per poll. I modified it. You only need one poll and three answers. Should be correct now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreeneKing Posted April 7, 2009 Author Share Posted April 7, 2009 I think I was getting there in the end. Not at all intuitive to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnylager Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 4 all the way for me. None of me heroes have 'em, none of me favourite bands have 'em and as Silverfoxnik will tell you - I don't have the ability for them. Nik - just 'teaching' my neighbours how to play Levitation by Hawkwind through your 1x15. It is an 1100w driver isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s_u_y_* Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 6 strings and above is a lot of fun... but 4's usually enough for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoker Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 4 strings all the way but i do have an OLP 5 string as a back up bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARGH Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 I play 4 mostly,but consider my best playing is on a 6..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBeefChief Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 4 for me. Always. Everytime I see a 5 string player, his/her hand is in the same position as it would be for me playing a 4 and the B is mostly redundent. I've got more interest in a 6+ than I have a 5. A 5 looks unbalanced and for the added agro it is to play its not worth it for a note most people can't hear in a live situation. I just love the symmetry and balance of a 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnylager Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 [quote name='BigBeefChief' post='456600' date='Apr 7 2009, 05:26 PM']I just love the symmetry and balance of a 4.[/quote] Listen to you Mr La-de-daa. Who has hijacked his profile? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Both since Saturday, when I picked up aj5string's lovely Fortress 5 fretless. But I consider myself a four-stringer. BTW, to all, the 4 stringers out there, try playing a 5 or 6, especially fretless, exclusively for a few days (don't even look at a 4 string), then go back to your trusty 4 string. It will feel like a banjo and you'll feel like a king Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggy Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 4 for me, have used 5's but they just didn't fit with what I was playing. And I'm a bit crap!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Funk Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 My main gigging bass is a 5 but I like to take the 4 out whenever I'm going to a jam or backing a vocalist. I think the number of strings isn't so much of an issue (but I get that that's not what your poll is about). Give most people on the forum a bass with just an E-string and an A-string and they'd manage just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~tl Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 I'm mostly 5-string these days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 I think I'm a 5-string bassist who only has 4-string basses. I do like having the low B but these days I use too many effects for a low B to be practical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 6 for me now, it's like a 4 with a bit more either side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARGH Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 [quote name='The Funk' post='456610' date='Apr 7 2009, 05:30 PM']I think the number of strings isn't so much of an issue (but I get that that's not what your poll is about). Give most people on the forum a bass with just an E-string and an A-string and they'd manage just fine.[/quote] yep +10000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBeefChief Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 [quote name='The Funk' post='456610' date='Apr 7 2009, 05:30 PM']Give most people on the forum a bass with just an E-string and an A-string and they'd manage just fine.[/quote] Yeah. They're the best 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrenochrome Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Currently playing 4s but just as happy on a 5 if needed. (I'd generally be happier playing a 5 with standard intervals than a 4 with weird intervals) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Funk Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 I think if you broke this down into genres, you'd probably find the funk, R&B and metal guys tended to have more 5s or higher than the punk guys, with rock and jazz guys not really following any kind of pattern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huge Hands Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 [quote name='BigBeefChief' post='456600' date='Apr 7 2009, 05:26 PM']Everytime I see a 5 string player, his/her hand is in the same position as it would be for me playing a 4 and the B is mostly redundent.[/quote] I recently explained this (about myself) in another thread. I have trained myself to sit my hand like that so I can go back to my four string bass(es) without needing to relearn each time. I think that's why I've done it anyway! The low B certainly isn't redundant at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootleg Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 If this poll had been 3 months ago I would have said 6, but have recently gone back to 4. Wasn't making the most of the 6, and now enyoying the "limitations" of the 4 even more. Should I sell my 6 string, or hang on just in case the urge strikes again? Never played 5 strings. Good poll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARGH Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 [quote name='bootleg' post='456628' date='Apr 7 2009, 05:45 PM']If this poll had been 3 months ago I would have said 6, but have recently gone back to 4. Wasn't making the most of the 6, and now enyoying the "limitations" of the 4 even more. Should I sell my 6 string, or hang on just in case the urge strikes again? Never played 5 strings. Good poll.[/quote] Keep it,Low Bs are fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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