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Gospel Instruments => Bass Guitar => Topic started by: newbasspl on August 26, 2010, 04:41:52 PM

Title: 8 string bass
Post by: newbasspl on August 26, 2010, 04:41:52 PM

who know how to play a 8 string bass? wats the difference?

Title: Re: 8 string bass
Post by: Steelpulz on August 26, 2010, 06:15:41 PM

I play a 7-string bass. Some 8-string basses are tuned B, E, A, D, G, C, F, Bb or it could be tuned F#, B, E, A, D, G, C, F. It's up to you. My bass is tuned from F# to C. One difference between a 4-5 string bass and an 8-string bass is the width of the neck and the closeness of the strings. The bass is bigger and ususally heavier.

It takes a while to get use to all of those strings, but basically it is played the same way as a little baby 4 or 5-string is played :-)

Title: Re: 8 string bass
Post by: 6stringapprentice on August 27, 2010, 12:05:22 AM

Are you talking about 8 paired strings.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/ba/Wash_1.jpg)
Or 8 non paired strings
(http://www.nehp.net/~coe1/Basses/Stambaugh/stambaugh_med.jpg)

Title: Re: 8 string bass
Post by: B3Wannabe on September 08, 2010, 03:47:07 AM

has an 8-string, but that one that 6string posted is way more prettier than mine!

Title: Re: 8 string bass
Post by: phbrown on September 08, 2010, 07:59:18 AM

Quote from: 6stringapprentice on August 27, 2010, 12:05:22 AM

Are you talking about 8 paired strings.

what are paired strings?

Title: Re: 8 string bass
Post by: ddwilkins on September 08, 2010, 09:20:36 AM

Quote from: phbrown on September 08, 2010, 07:59:18 AM

what are paired strings?

Paired strings. Look^^^^ at the picture posted by 6stringapprentice.^^^^