What's your favorite bass? I'm looking into investing in a 6 string, so I want some opinions.

Noone should play a six string unless you're a pro musician backing up Britney.

5 at the most.

i play a 47 string guitar.

nickpelle said:

Maybe I am her backup musician.

Then I back the purchase after all.

I used to have a cort curbow 6 i liked. peavey cirruses are nice.

The amount of strings don't matter.. If you tune to b, getting a five string will be a little easier to play with because of string tension but there isn't much you can do on a 6 that you can't do on a 5.

I personally like any bass that's a 34" scale without too much fret radius and not too much heel.

LTD's B series basses are perfect for me. They sound good, use good components, look good, and are some of the most comfortable basses I've ever played.

When I had the 6, I barely used the low B but liked the added C string for chording. If I still played bass, had a 5 string, and wasn't playing something really heavy that I would want to tune lower for with a 4 string, I would go the high C route.

I'd try an Ibanez sr506,they sound great and have a tighter string spacing,so it doesn't seem as big as most 6-strings.

The Ibanez SR 5 line is amazing. Definately worth trying out... there's probably a million to test at your local guitar center.

They have the thin 34 scale that I love.

My only complaint about them is the pickups, but it's all preference.

I don't consider feel when I'm trying out basses. All basses feel differently, even ones of the same make, but your hands will conform to the bass after a couple of weeks of playing on it. As long as you are comfortable with it and the strings aren't an inch off the neck, you are good to go.

However, what I do consider strongly is the way the instrument sounds. My personal favorite bass tones have always come from basses made from heavier materials. For some reason, I've always thought that Ibanez's don't have the warmth that I like in their tone. The same goes for Rickenbacker. But, if you want a bass that sounds like its being played out of a guitar amp with a vibrator, feel free and buy an Ibanez or a Rickenbacker. I really dig the tone of a vintage Fender J-Bass, plus the neck is robust enough to handle heavy gauge strings. I play on an Ernie Ball Musicman Stingray 4 string w/ 130 gauge strings dropped to B tuning. It has a really punchy low end with lots of warmth on the A and D strings for noodling.

What are you going to use your new bass for?

DrewBlood is the maaaaan

How are those PA speakers working out for you meng?

How's the band going? etc

Carvins are great for 6 strings. Warwick's are godly if you can afford them.

Spector Euro Series basses are great. I have a 5 string and its the most comfortable bass I've ever played.

Warwick 4 string fretless Corvette.

why waste your time playing basses when you could be playing with other men's penises

fender jazz bass 5 string

DrewBlood said:

Well, I love my four string and will never get rid of it, ever. But I definitely want a 6 string because there are some songs we have that I feel like I could do a fancy tapping part to, but would sound better with the added c-string. If at all possible, I'd like a bass that would at least sound somewhat similar to my bass (ESP C-304, neck-thru with EMG 40HZs), but if I find something else that I'm feeling I'll make an exception. I'm leaning more towards Warwick right now, but all of the ones I've played have sounded decent, but the strings are dead. If I can find one with a fresh set of strings I might be impressed.

Leaning more towards one of these:

I always liked the Streamer and Fortress Warwicks the best, but I don't know if they still make the Fortress.

One of my friends used to have some kind of Alvarez 6-string bass, I always thought the C string was annoying.

ZJD said:

They don't. Only in the Rockbass line. They stopped making real Fortresses in 1997.

And Immortal13, if I was looking to get a new sixer I would get one of those sexy Ibanez Soundgears with the Bart electronics. Alot of bang for your buck.



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niccolai said:

+1,000,000

I just got a six-string cowbell; it's hard to get used to at first, but now I can totally play "Flight of the Bumblebee" on cowbell.

ZJD said:

The Streamers are nice, but I might as well get a Spector instead, cuz it looks exactly the same but isn't the Warwick quality.

immortal13 said:

I know Streamers are a Spector ripoff, but Warwicks still sound different from them. They also use woods I don't see on other non-custom/boutique basses, especially their necks. I had a Warwick when I played bass and loved the feel of the neck (I believe it was ovangkol, not wenge like I think the earlier ones had). I think warwicks are punchy in a way that I don't recall other basses sounding.

ZJD said:

Touchee. When it comes to non-custom/boutique basses that might as well be as said, nothing beats Warwick.

immortal13 said:

I guess so. Their necks are like baseball bats though, lots of people hate that. It's probably a lot different with 6 strings though. If you don't want to drop a million dollars though, I still reccommend checking out the Peavey Cirrus and for even less money, a Cort Curbow.