Members RSBro Posted September 14, 2007 Members Share Posted September 14, 2007 How do you guys with 6+ stringers deal with amps? I would imagine not all amps are tuned very well for the low F#'s or notes up high on the C. I'll be doing the 7-string guitar tuning as well. I get plenty done on the low B. If I strung with a low F# I wouldn't pick up the bass nearly as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members coyote-1 Posted September 14, 2007 Members Share Posted September 14, 2007 I paid 1/10 of that for my GT7. My minute of envy is over I had the privledge of playing on John Jordan's (Chris Duarte) 7 string Conklin after a show one night......absolutely the easiest playing bass I ever played. But he paid upwards of 5 grand for it so I won't be getting one like his any time soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brake Posted September 14, 2007 Members Share Posted September 14, 2007 I do not tap AT ALL... nor do I know any video game tunes. This is what I do with mine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YLAxRzyPpcsunburstbasser: hell yeah, 34" scale, 19mm @ bridge, Delano pickup are not negotiable for me in a bass That's a seriously cool groove you've got going on there. Random question, but is 19mm @ the bridge standard for most basses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bassius Posted September 14, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 14, 2007 That's a seriously cool groove you've got going on there. Random question, but is 19mm @ the bridge standard for most basses? 19mm= 99.9% of all 4 string basses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Kindness Posted September 14, 2007 Moderators Share Posted September 14, 2007 Random question, but is 19mm @ the bridge standard for most basses? That is standard 4 string spacing. 19 mm = 3/4" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bassius Posted September 14, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 14, 2007 I'll be doing the 7-string guitar tuning as well. I get plenty done on the low B. If I strung with a low F# I wouldn't pick up the bass nearly as much. if you tune in perfect 4ths your ease of playing sonorous chord voicings ont he bass becomes easier. i tune B E A D G C F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Kindness Posted September 14, 2007 Moderators Share Posted September 14, 2007 and dont you forget it!! What other manufacturer's 7-strings have you played? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Kindness Posted September 14, 2007 Moderators Share Posted September 14, 2007 if you tune in perfect 4ths your ease of playing sonorous chord voicings ont he bass becomes easier.i tune B E A D G C F In what sense is that easier than B E A D G B E? I am open to any tuning, but I am curious why you prefer perfect 4ths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brake Posted September 14, 2007 Members Share Posted September 14, 2007 In what sense is that easier than B E A D G B E? I am open to any tuning, but I am curious why you prefer perfect 4ths. I would think it makes it easier in that it's the same up/down/backwards/sideways/etc... a G major scale is the same shape at the 17th fret as is it is at the 3rd fret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bpocall Posted September 14, 2007 Members Share Posted September 14, 2007 I do not tap AT ALL... nor do I know any video game tunes. This is what I do with mine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YLAxRzyPpcsunburstbasser: hell yeah, 34" scale, 19mm @ bridge, Delano pickup are not negotiable for me in a bass James, that was very bad ass. I really dig the tune, and your tone is quite awesome too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HumptyThumpty Posted September 14, 2007 Members Share Posted September 14, 2007 Bassius, that is an awesome looking bass. Not that I don't appreciate your upright videos on your YouTube site, but I sure would love to see you play some bad ass jazz on that seven or your fretless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Kindness Posted September 14, 2007 Moderators Share Posted September 14, 2007 I would think it makes it easier in that it's the same up/down/backwards/sideways/etc... a G major scale is the same shape at the 17th fret as is it is at the 3rd fret. Good point and I totally get it for scale shapes, but chording is another matter entirely. I guess I'm wondering if Bassius finds the actual chord shapes easier to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members J. Posted September 14, 2007 Members Share Posted September 14, 2007 Agreed. I played a Conk Groove Tools 7 once at GC and ate it up. Didn't want to put it down! Yeah, the Conklin Groove Tools 7 stringer is a great buy. It has the feel of more expensive basses but is friendlier on the wallet (though still a bit spendy at over a grand). I don't know of any other affordable seven stringers that can touch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RSBro Posted September 14, 2007 Members Share Posted September 14, 2007 Yeah, the Conklin Groove Tools 7 stringer is a great buy. It has the feel of more expensive basses but is friendlier on the wallet (though still a bit spendy at over a grand). I don't know of any other affordable seven stringers that can touch it. Well I have the Bill Dickens Sig on the way as posted earlier in the thread. I'll be experimenting with the tunings immediately. People at church are gonna flip out- can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members James Hart Posted September 14, 2007 Members Share Posted September 14, 2007 thanks for the kind words guys... most ERB have tighter spacing than mine. I like going from 4 to 5 to 6 to 7 and having the same string to string gap. I wanted to extend my range and also step out front back in the 80s doing power trio stuff... I took guitar lessons to teach myself the style of bass no one in my hick town could grasp. in 1990 when I ordered my first 5 string, I ordered it with a high B... like a guitar missing it's high E. My "mostly non chorded" fretless 6 has a high C for linearness of scales... but to my mind frets = guitar tuning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super Bass Posted September 14, 2007 Members Share Posted September 14, 2007 So is there any more affordable ERB's out there other than the Conklin GT basses??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RSBro Posted September 14, 2007 Members Share Posted September 14, 2007 So is there any more affordable ERB's out there other than the Conklin GT basses??? I think Galveston makes one, but other than that not really IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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