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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Caveat: the bass is physically demanding and after causing tendon damage by overuse on the guitar, I find that playing bass can set it off again quite easily. Be careful while you're enjoying it.
PS Any decent bass has 5 strings :P
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Phil_aka_Pip said:"Any decent bass has 5 strings "
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Of course, everyone knows the proper number of strings is 6, whether that's guitar or bass :P
In general you can get away with a lot less position shifting with that extra string.
I tend to think of poo-poo-ing the 5th string in similar manner to eschewing the electric instrument because only the acoustic is "natural". It has its uses and definitely makes your life easier so woss problem wivvit?
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
Thanks everyone for the advice. I will bear it in mind.
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
This is also how I ended up playing bass. TBH I find it much more fun than playing guitar, s'all about the groove in it.
Oh and 5 string basses are for pussies.
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Putting the pickup along the length of the string is genius though .
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein