>>Is there any compelling reason to get a 5 string?<<
I have several four-string basses tuned BEAD. well, I figure that a bass player has no business going above middle C anyway.... :-)
I have a five-string too (a rickenbacker) but seldom use it. it looks nice though. but the scale length is absolutely crucial to the quality of rendition of the lower notes &, while my precisions & musicians can manage this fairly well, the rickenbacker is a mere 1/2" shorter & the B just flaps about.
also, they used the same neck as the regular 4003, so the strings are a bit close together.
duncan.
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