5string exercises?

[zero_380]

I have been playing a 4 string bass for 15years never thought much about a 5 string a month ago my wife bought me a 5 string washburn cool bass I know the strings heavy B what I would like to know is some exercises that would help me get used to working with and around it. I tend to climb up on the B thinking its the E when playing.

[BassTallica]

yea when i first got my 5 stringer i would always jump to the top string thinking it was the E... if ya play alot of songs that consist of almost everything being on the E sting ::cough:: metallica ::cough:: the ya get use to knowing were it is and that there is an extra string on top.... also ya get a little more comfortable if ya play with the lower 4 strings B E A D alot and forget about the G string for a while.. then later ya can throw in some practice with the G string cause that one is always at the bottom and ya already know were it is.... basically practice makes perfect

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[zero_380]

Thanks I will try B E A D and see. I get pissed and go back to my 4 string too easy. Every thing I know is 4 string and Im not sure what bands have a 5 string basses if you know one that would help. Thank for the info.

[BassTallica]

tallica bassist rob uses a 5 stringer in a few songs... newstead used them in a few songs too... most notabley Sad But True
the bassist in distrubed uses one
the guy from alien ant farm.. uses a 5 a 6 and a 7
im tring to think off the top of my... thats the only ones i can think off for now.. but i know a hand full of bassists use 5 stringers

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[zero_380]

I have to go to Ecuador/ my job. I want to practice when I get back in a month I wrote down the names. Happy to have the info

[ibleedmarshall]

The guy from MuDvAyNe uses a five string bass for some songs, and from what I've seen they look pretty complex...

[BassTallica]

Originally posted by ibleedmarshall
The guy from MuDvAyNe uses a five string bass for some songs, and from what I've seen they look pretty complex...

omg that dude is ammazing.. rykor or what ever his name is... i saw em for the second time at the tallica concert... first was at ozz fest 2000..... man he is soo f'in great

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[fortyouncejesus]

KoRn of course only uses the 5th string, even though he sucx (fieldy the bassist not the band i like KoRn) ne ways just get used to playing it like the 5th string wasnt there, only use the B if u MUST, it makes everything sound bad if u use it too much, dont get me wrong i own only 5 strings but i only hit that string like 5-6 times per song at the most. just pretend the string is not there until you need it

[Maurice Carr]

I had some navigation trouble as well going from 4 to 5 string but I just perservered and the trouble went away. One of the biggest problems was (as mentioned in some of the other posts) that with the brand new novelty "the B String" I tended to play it alot and this made my bassline constructions real muddy and low. After a time I played it less until now I play it sparsely compared to the other strings and the more sparsely it's used, the more effect it has.
The B string is great where you are building up the dynamics of the song and if a bass run takes you down past (say G on the E string ) you just keep going down and octave off the B string to A string for effect and it sounds great ( for the music I play anyhow ).
Just keep at it and the navigation problems will go away - tell you what, once you get really used to a 5 str. you won't want to go back to a 4 str.