Six years ago I decided it was time to make a 5-string bass.
Again I started with a full scale design.
And again It's got a swamp ash body and a wenge fretboard. But this one has a quilted maple top. The pick-up is a Nordstrand MM5.2 , this is the best bass pick-up I've ever heard.
Göldo bridge and Gotoh tuners.
I tried to master the 5-string but I kept hitting the wrong strings, so after a couple of months I decided that 5 strings is not for me. A professional drummer I know from the local music scene, who also happens to be quite a good bass player, was interested to buy it. But being a professional musician he said he couldn't afford it. So I just gave it to him.
"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception"
Groucho Marx
Marcel
I think that a common theme with professional musicians, they have never got any money and usually manage to get things for free because people feel sorry for them. I've just traded a job for free jazz guitar lessons.
Some people call me a tool, others are less complimentary. Tools being useful things.
I tried to master the 5-string but I kept hitting the wrong strings, so after a couple of months I decided that 5 strings is not for me. A professional drummer I know from the local music scene, who also happens to be quite a good bass player, was interested to buy it. But being a professional musician he said he couldn't afford it. So I just gave it to him.
@marcel Again, an amazing bass guitar and such a kind person you are, gifting it to a fellow musician. I had a Honer Jack headless 5 string bass years ago, I had fun with it but I do prefer a 4 string.
Make guitars, not war 🌍✌️🎸
I think that a common theme with professional musicians, they have never got any money and usually manage to get things for free because people feel sorry for them. I've just traded a job for free jazz guitar lessons.
@rocknroller912 I think it goes beyond professional musicians, I think guitar makers can fall into that trap too. I am always skint because of guitar building but I am starting to sell some now. If I’m not buying more guitar bits or woods, I’m buying new tools or materials to make them.
Make guitars, not war 🌍✌️🎸
I had a Honer Jack headless 5 string bass years ago,
i had a Hohner headless 4 string bass many years ago. It was a surprisingly good sounding bass for not too much money (if I remember correctly I bought it second hand for € 275). In this case it wasn't the number of strings that confused me but the absence of a headstock. I constantly had the idea that my left hand was in the wrong position.
"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception"
Groucho Marx