6-String Bass

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   Hey guys, I was just wondering (for those of you who play 6-String bass) what your axe of choice is. 

Mine: The Ibanez SR706. Fantastic response and tone for a relatively good price. The Bartolini active pickups are great, I can get any sound I want out of them.  

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ExitStageLeft Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: September 27 2009 Location: Magnolia Status: Offline Points: 12	Topic: 6-String Bass Posted: February 27 2010 at 20:56
	Hey guys, I was just wondering (for those of you who play 6-String bass) what your axe of choice is. Mine: The Ibanez SR706. Fantastic response and tone for a relatively good price. The Bartolini active pickups are great, I can get any sound I want out of them.
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SaltyJon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 08 2008 Location: Location Status: Offline Points: 28772	Posted: February 27 2010 at 21:08
	The only 6-er I have is an off-brand I got for something like $270. It's not a bad bass, but it really eats up strings fast, and for what I play anymore I don't need a 6-string, so I generally stick to my fretless 4.


ExitStageLeft Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: September 27 2009 Location: Magnolia Status: Offline Points: 12	Posted: February 27 2010 at 21:10
	I've always wanted a Fender Jazz fretless but I've never gotten around to getting one. There's nothing quite like the tone of a jazz bass, especially a fretless.
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SaltyJon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 08 2008 Location: Location Status: Offline Points: 28772	Posted: February 27 2010 at 21:23
	Yeah, fretless is a lot of fun. If you do ever look for one, try out the Squier VM Jazz fretless. I tried it, and ended up saving myself a lot of money, because I actually like it a lot more than the Fender. Looks the same, and IMO plays nicer.


Petrovsk Mizinski Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: December 24 2007 Location: Ukraine Status: Offline Points: 25210	Posted: February 27 2010 at 22:19
	I'm actually more of a guitarist than bass player, and in the picture is my 7 string Ibanez RG 7421 and a Brian Moore Guitars I12000 series I sold in December. Not a 6 string bass but f**k it I'll post it anyway The headstock got a little cut off, but yeah it's an Ibanez BTB 405 Quilt maple top with Bartolinis. It's a 2007 model, so it was made before the 08 models where Ibanez changed the BTB to facilitate better upper fret access. The 405 sounds huge and plays well. The 35 inch scale really lends itself to much more articulate and clear low B string playing than you would have on a standard 34 inch scale bass Edited by Petrovsk Mizinski - February 27 2010 at 22:22

SaltyJon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 08 2008 Location: Location Status: Offline Points: 28772	Posted: February 27 2010 at 22:21
	I had a 5-string for a while as well, but it ended up doing nothing but collecting dust, so I sold it. Kind of wishing now that I hadn't, but I used the money from it to buy my fretless, so I suppose I'm happy enough with that.


Stooge Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 09 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada Status: Offline Points: 1003	Posted: February 27 2010 at 22:23
	Here's my Ibanez BTB556. Not my exact bass, but the same thing.

ExitStageLeft Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: September 27 2009 Location: Magnolia Status: Offline Points: 12	Posted: February 28 2010 at 00:10
	Very nice. I like these higher end Ibanez basses, especially since the necks are thin and allow better fret access, and that's pretty important in progressive metal. haha
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Certif1ed Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 08 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 7559	Posted: March 15 2010 at 08:03
	First time I saw a 6-string bass was when I saw Clive Mitten of Twelfth Night playing one at the Target Club in Reading (when it still existed...). He was awesome (listen to TN's "Live at the Target" album!). However, a 5-string makes more sense to me - I often want to go a bit lower than E, and when playing with drop-tuned guitarists or baritone players, there's nothing better, as you don't need to drop tune - and chords sound less muddy on a baritone than they do on a bass unless you're Lemmy and cut all the bottom end off. In which case, you lose a lot of what I like best about bass - the earthquake effect! Unless you string your 6-stringer as 5+1, of course...
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