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Devtron
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Joined: Thu Jul 08, 2010 6:13 pm Posts: 6423 Location: Trendyhipstertonville
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So I finally set up my 4-string bass ...
using 130s. Tuned to BEAD of course, a little sumtin' sumtin' I picked up from the frimframtabulous Snaxie. It sounds tremendous. Any of teh bassers on here should give it a whirl for kicks, it are nice.
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Sat Sep 04, 2010 12:34 pm |
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chris_d
Winston Wolf
Joined: Wed Jun 16, 2010 7:32 pm Posts: 11362 Location: ruining everything.
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Re: So I finally set up my 4-string bass ...
I do not even have any idea what strings are on my bass at all. Whatever it left the SX factory with, er, several years ago?
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Sat Sep 04, 2010 12:36 pm |
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Devtron
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Joined: Thu Jul 08, 2010 6:13 pm Posts: 6423 Location: Trendyhipstertonville
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Re: So I finally set up my 4-string bass ...
That is what I had on it as well. Yeah, they are pretty damn light gauge, but not bad strings at all. These feel like POWAHLIENS!
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Sat Sep 04, 2010 12:39 pm |
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chris_d
Winston Wolf
Joined: Wed Jun 16, 2010 7:32 pm Posts: 11362 Location: ruining everything.
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Re: So I finally set up my 4-string bass ...
Hmm. I don't know if i would be into that. I have a weirdly light touch on all of my instruments. I used to be a brute, 12s/13s on the guitars, drumcorps sticks on the drums, breaking bass strings one a week, etc... But now, not so much. Whatever the ghettochinese SX strings are on the bass i have now, i get along with pretty well. I suppose gaugewise, they are likely to be some sort of sissylight.
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Sat Sep 04, 2010 12:44 pm |
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knope
The guy from the place with the thing. The one with the stuff.
Joined: Thu Jul 08, 2010 8:37 pm Posts: 1400
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Re: So I finally set up my 4-string bass ...
That is a very interesting concept.... a 4 string tuned like a 5 string.... whenever i get a bass in the distant future I just might have to try that
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Sat Sep 04, 2010 12:48 pm |
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Devtron
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Joined: Thu Jul 08, 2010 6:13 pm Posts: 6423 Location: Trendyhipstertonville
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Re: So I finally set up my 4-string bass ...
Yeah. Well these are not really very thick strings, considering I am tuned to BEAD. They would be considered your medium gauge 5-stringers. There are always lighter gauges for the tuning. I think you might like to mess around with it just for the awesome bassy punch. Then again, bass strings are fucking priiiiiicey. Goddamn.
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Sat Sep 04, 2010 12:55 pm |
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chris_d
Winston Wolf
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Re: So I finally set up my 4-string bass ...
How much of the nut did you have to ream out for that B string? Would going back to the previous gauge mean low E buzzing or a new nut?
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Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:04 pm |
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Devtron
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Joined: Thu Jul 08, 2010 6:13 pm Posts: 6423 Location: Trendyhipstertonville
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Re: So I finally set up my 4-string bass ...
I took a little bit out of the nut, the B sits nicely but it could be a little more snug. I didn't take any more out because I thought about that as well, but I figure I might file it out to fit the 130, etc and grab a new nut if I decide to go back to standard (which would mean I bought a five string.
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Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:20 pm |
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Snaxocaster
Simethicone
Joined: Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:00 pm Posts: 11625 Location: McMurdo Research Station
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Re: So I finally set up my 4-string bass ...
The A (E) string was an issue on my Jazz; the 100 kept popping out of the nut. I might keep the thing and replace the pickups. Maybe MECs like what's in Warwicks. But I digress. Also, clips nao.
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Tue Sep 07, 2010 11:57 pm |
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Devtron
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Joined: Thu Jul 08, 2010 6:13 pm Posts: 6423 Location: Trendyhipstertonville
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Re: So I finally set up my 4-string bass ...
I'm hoping to get some recording done tonight or tomorrow. School is whipping my ass all over the place.
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Wed Sep 08, 2010 1:38 pm |
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