Re: 4/5 string bass

[ditch wrestler <ditchwrestler@yahoo.com>]

There might be several things that would need to be adjusted when going for string tuning or guages that the bass wasn't set-up for.  The main two are

 

- truss rod as different tunings will put the neck under different tension

- the slots in the nut may need to be widened or narrowed depending on the diameter of the strings

 

 

ted harms.

Andreas Wetterberg <awetterberg@post.cybercity.dk> wrote:

> Charlie, I currently use my regularly tuned 6-string, and I'm quite 
> clueless to these weird tunings- are the F strings readily available? 
> hell, is it just a guitar-string? ;) Also, I'd need to have alterations 
> made in a shop, right?
>
> Andreas

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