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Down to B

  • 17-10-2008 10:59pm
    #1
    Seraphicblue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 349 ✭✭


    I've dropped my bass down to B but the strings seem too slack and I'm getting a horrible fret buzz
    I know this can be solved by heavier gauge strings but which ones should I get
    I've got an Epi Goth T-bird 4


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  • #2
    Darkstrike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 476 ✭✭Darkstrike


    Buy a five string set, chuck the G string in a drawer.

    I love BEAD, its the way my No.1 is set up! :)


  • #3
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    Darkstrike wrote: »
    Buy a five string set, chuck the G string in a drawer.

    I love BEAD, its the way my No.1 is set up! :)

    Exactly, I was just gonna say this. I don't play BEAD though.

    You'll need to widen the slots in the nut and set up your bass for the new strings as they'll be a much thicker gauge. :)


  • #4
    Darkstrike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 476 ✭✭Darkstrike


    Dord wrote: »
    Exactly, I was just gonna say this. I don't play BEAD though.

    You'll need to widen the slots in the nut and set up your bass for the new strings as they'll be a much thicker gauge. :)


    Oops, I forgot to mention that bit, I actually keep two nuts, one for EADG, and one for BEAD, with a quickloading bridge, you can be swapped in 15 mins, if need be.


  • #5
    universe777
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 469 ✭✭universe777


    You don't necessarily need a 5 string bass, just a bass with a 35" scale length as opposed to the 34"? of the Gibson.
    Try heavier strings if you don't have the €€€ for a new bass. Try a 5 string set with a .130 E string, leave off the G string. You'll need to get the truss rod adjusted and bridge intonated & a new nut (sounds painful :eek:), most guitar shops will do that, Musician Inc & Musicmaker maybe.


  • #6
    Rigsby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,457 ✭✭✭Rigsby


    Slightly off topic I know, but what is the advantage or attraction of tuning BEAD ? I've been curious about this for some time. :confused:


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  • #7
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    Rigsby wrote: »
    Slightly off topic I know, but what is the advantage or attraction of tuning BEAD ? I've been curious about this for some time. :confused:

    The advantage of having the B without the thicker neck of a 5'er.


  • #8
    Seraphicblue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 349 ✭✭Seraphicblue


    pricing for those modifications?
    cause i'd not risk the bass by doing it myself


  • #9
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    Seraphicblue wrote: »
    pricing for those modifications?
    cause i'd not risk the bass by doing it myself

    Give Derrick Nelson a call. His number is in the resources sticky at the top of the forum. ;)


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