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| Hi all,
was just wondering if anyone could help me out on the standard tuning for 5 sting basses. I have just got a Ovation Celebrity 5 string bass, i think CS27 and just wondered what the best tuning would be and if anyone knew much about the bass its self |
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Location: Scotland | Usually the 5th string is a Low B, with the remaining 4 as standard, giving BEADG. |
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Location: Fort Worth, Texas | That's the tuning I've been told by a friend who plays a 5 string - he even has a 6 string bass!
Was just wondering, is 5 strings and option on the B778 model? |
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Location: The Shop | Yes, You can get a 5 string B778. The low B sounds pretty tight too! |
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Location: Waurika OK | On Eric Clapton's "One More Car, One More Rider, Nathan East plays 5 string bass, both acoustic and solid body (Yamaha's I think). If you want to hear some good examples of what that low "B" sounds like. I have the DVD and really enjoy watching and listening. I would guess the CD sounds the same.
Noel |
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Location: NJ | Sue has a 5 string. She rarely plays it. She wanted to try it but the guitar is HUGE is she is rather small. |
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Location: Scotland | I have a spare 4 string bass on which I use a five string set but leave off the 1st string, giving BEAD. Who needs the high G anyway, it's supposed to be a BASS! |
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Location: San Bernardino, California | Yeah! A Magnum sounds really good that way. |
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Help with 5 string bass
