Switching to a 5-String Electric Bass Guitar?
Is the extra string the right choice for you? 🤔
THE GOOD
- Extended range (Extra notes!)
- Overall tuning of the bass doesn't change
- New tuning possibilities that you didn't have with a 4-string
- Low-B string can be used as an anchor or thumbrest
- Strings aren't spaced as far apart
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Prepares you for future opportunities
(playing music that requires the low-B string)
...AND THE NOT-SO-GOOD
- Unwanted string noise
- It's weighs more
- Extra string adds some maintenance
- Will take some extra time to get used to it
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