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03-19-2005, 03:30 PM
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How to string a bass
hey people...first post and i know its probably been asked a million times, but...for the first time i need to change my bass strings and ive got no idea how to. Can you guys help me? Its a five string if that makes any difference.
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03-19-2005, 04:20 PM
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From low to high, it's going to be tuned B E A D G.
Just pay attention to how the strings come off to figure out how to put the new ones on.
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03-19-2005, 05:18 PM
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i could have swore it was tuned into E A D G E...ah well.
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03-20-2005, 04:43 PM
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After G it would be another B string (in standard tuning).
B E A D G B E ...
(I could be wrong though... I don't play the bass)  |
03-20-2005, 06:05 PM
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Do you really need to change them?They and the fretboard may just need to be cleaned...bass strings sound and play better with age in my opinion.My friends bass hadn't had a string change in over a year and it played and sounded golden once the junk and gunk was cleaned from the strings and fretboard.
That said,rask is correct.
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03-20-2005, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by guitarist101
After G it would be another B string (in standard tuning).
B E A D G B E ...
(I could be wrong though... I don't play the bass) |
"Standard" basses are tuned in 4ths... EADG for four strings, BEADG for five strings and BEADGC for six strings. I believe that Conklin tacks on an additional high F string for the 7 string basses.
That said, Fender Bass VI's and other similarly modeled "Baritone Guitars" are tuned EADGBE like a regular guitar (only an octave lower). Fender Bass V's used to be tuned EADGC, which I've known a few people to do with their 5 strings today. That said, they need a new nut if you're going to do that because modern 5 string basses simply aren't set up that way.
CHUCK: I know a lot of people who boil their bass strings and other such things to clean them off. Personally, I have to change mine every month to three months, depending on how much I use the bass (after that, it's only a matter of time before they break), but I play very hard.
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03-20-2005, 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Raskolnikov
CHUCK: I know a lot of people who boil their bass strings and other such things to clean them off. Personally, I have to change mine every month to three months, depending on how much I use the bass (after that, it's only a matter of time before they break), but I play very hard.
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I've heard that boiling strings really works and makes them sound new, but only for a short period of time. Does it work, Rask?
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