2002年10月18日 · I just bought a 1980s Kramer XL-8 8-String Bass that came with only the four primary strings on it. The alternate (octave) strings are strung backwards from the headstock down past the main strings to the tuners on the very bottom of the bass. My question is: where do the octave strings go through the bridge to get to the tuners?

2015年12月13日 · Nolly Getgood from Periphery owns a 6 string bass guitar tuned F# B E A D G to match the 8 string guitars. Dick Lovgren from Meshuggah owns a lot of 5 string basses (like said above), but he is tuned to a drop tuning : drop Bb (Bb F Bb Eb Ab).

2005年5月27日 · Chris Squire tunes (or used to tune) his 8-string bass eE aA aD dG and uses that tuning at least on "Changes" off 90125 album. I've sometimes toyed with a similar tuning with my 12-string, tuning D and G strings with one and octave string (adD, dgG) and it sounds fun but I prefer the normal tuning since usually play a lot of power chords using ...

2012年1月22日 · When I first got mine, I tried tuning the top two courses to fifths rather than octaves. I think I read somewhere that Chris Squire did this. But I like playing chords, especially on the 8-string, and it messed up all my voicings, so I went back to standard pretty quickly.

2007年7月13日 · Hi everyone, I have recently bought a very nice ESP LTD B208FM 8 String Bass which, as usual, is tuned E-e-A-a-D-d-G-g with a set of Rotosound string with gauges of 20, 30, 35, 45, 45, 65, 80, 105. I do play quite a lot in drop C (C-G-C-F) and I …

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2009年12月28日 · Yep, I saw him pull out an 8-string bass for the encore of "Roundabout" in 1979. I believe it was a Rainney (sp?). That song was originally recorded with his Rickenbacker 4-string (and then double-tracked 8va with an archtop hollowbody acoustic guitar...so I suppose one could argue that he used the 8-string live to recreate that tone?)

2018年3月28日 · Custom built in March of 2011. Same concept as an 8 string bass/12 string guitar with an octave string for each primary. Can be both plucked and bowed. At some point I upgraded both the drum stand it attaches to as well as the drum stand mounting point to much more heavy-duty hardware to...

2009年10月28日 · Tuning in fifths gives a four string bass the range of a five. It also gives five string bass the range of a 6.6 string and a six string bass the range of an 8. This was the thing that caught my attention. If you tune your bass in fifths you don't need five strings and if you own a DB you don't need or can throw away your C extension.

2010年10月18日 · The bass is listed as being a 5 string and the tuning listed for it is drop G. I have looked at pictures of their bassist for that album (Scott Clendenin) and he indeed has a 5 string bass on stage. On this song "Scavenger Of Human Sorrow", drop G tuning was simply used as a tool to reach some notes that otherwise were difficult to access on ...