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Offline MrEdabass

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« on: February 05, 2006, 02:46:17 PM »
Do any of u guys tune or string up your 5 string basses,

B E A D G
?

I've figured that this is what most gospel musicians do to make it sound so DEEP!
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« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2006, 06:04:42 PM »
I don't understand your question, maybe someone else will.


DId you mean to flat those tunings.

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« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2006, 07:38:52 PM »
You don't have your bass tuned-up to E-A-D-G-C, do you? If so, I hope you have the correct strings on there.

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Re: 5 string
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2006, 08:05:43 AM »
Quote from: MrEdabass
Do any of u guys tune or string up your 5 string basses,

B E A D G
?


Isn't this the 'standard' tuning for a 5 String??
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« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2006, 10:14:42 AM »
That's that standard tuning for a 5.

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« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2006, 10:59:02 AM »
:roll: It is? Well, only an American would know the true tuning. Over hear in the UK, I keep hearing stuff about 5-string basses having a high B instead of a low B.
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« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2006, 03:56:27 PM »
i was starting to worry about you and this thread. i'm just messing with you.

glad you explained your position

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« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2006, 06:05:43 PM »
Well there are a few blokes who tune thier 5's E-A-D-G-C, but low B tuning is way more common.
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« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2006, 05:38:24 AM »
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Well there are a few blokes who tune thier 5's E-A-D-G-C, but low B tuning is way more common.



I'm considering EADGC for my next 5 string.

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« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2006, 01:18:05 PM »
B-E-A-D-G is the common tune with the standard strings the bass come with, but you can also tune it E-A-D-G-C but you have to get a lighter string to support the high C's intonation.

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« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2006, 05:43:14 PM »
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B-E-A-D-G is the common tune with the standard strings the bass come with, but you can also tune it E-A-D-G-C but you have to get a lighter string to support the high C's intonation.


At the risk of sounding like a jerk......

My 5 strings are tuned BEADG If I need a high C (and sometimes even when I don't) I pickup one of my 6 string basses, strung BEADGC.

Six string basses are an option.

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Re: 5 string
« Reply #11 on: February 17, 2006, 01:07:38 PM »
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Well there are a few blokes who tune thier 5's E-A-D-G-C, but low B tuning is way more common.


I'm considering EADGC for my next 5 string.

The Nut on the bass is set fo GDAEB so you will have some play on your strings and usually (ugly ) ringing to your open notes. IA new nut will be required.

LOL When I got my first 5 string back 3 years ago or so I thought the tuning was CGDAE and tried tuning it too that.. caboink

Dad take me to the music store I need to buy new strings for my new bass LOL!!!

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Re: 5 string
« Reply #12 on: February 17, 2006, 03:54:57 PM »
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Well there are a few blokes who tune thier 5's E-A-D-G-C, but low B tuning is way more common.



LOL When I got my first 5 string back 3 years ago or so I thought the tuning was CGDAE and tried tuning it too that.. caboink

Dad take me to the music store I need to buy new strings for my new bass LOL!!!


I knew a guy with bout 25 years playing bass and also for money, tried tuning his first 5 string eadgc, his E string oh wait the B string was so tight, when someone asked him about it, "that's the way I like it"

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« Reply #13 on: February 21, 2006, 11:24:18 AM »
Quote from: funkStrat_97
Well there are a few blokes who tune thier 5's E-A-D-G-C, but low B tuning is way more common.


I'm considering EADGC for my next 5 string.

The Nut on the bass is set fo GDAEB so you will have some play on your strings and usually (ugly ) ringing to your open notes. IA new nut will be required.

LOL When I got my first 5 string back 3 years ago or so I thought the tuning was CGDAE and tried tuning it too that.. caboink

Dad take me to the music store I need to buy new strings for my new bass LOL!!!

Wow I said three years ago...lol i meant 13 years ago LOL

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Re: 5 string
« Reply #14 on: February 21, 2006, 03:14:43 PM »
Like it has already been said the standard tuning is with the B at the bottom and the G at the top but now days a lot of guys are flatting the tunnong set up. in other words Bb is the low and Gb is the high string. But I went to s service with a guest choir and the bass player who was an animal had a seven string set up and he tuned his bottom to F# and his high string was the C so his set up was F# B E A D G C it must have been custom made but he made that thing sing and when he dropped the F# open it shook your spine loose. Take care and Be Blessed

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« Reply #15 on: February 21, 2006, 03:19:17 PM »
Like it has already been said the standard tuning is with the B at the bottom and the G at the top but now days a lot of guys are flatting the tunnong set up. in other words Bb is the low and Gb is the high string. But I went to s service with a guest choir and the bass player who was an animal had a seven string set up and he tuned his bottom to F# and his high string was the C so his set up was F# B E A D G C it must have been custom made but he made that thing sing and when he dropped the F# open it shook your spine loose. Take care and Be Blessed

I thought this was standard tuning for a 7 and then an 8 adds a high F
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