This is why I hate 5 string basses

[@heinrichnatho8572]

We need a NOPE Signature Bass!!!

[@godsinbox]

Why not BEHS as well? But seriously, it will need lacquer or the writing will wear off.

[@MikMech]

With *Yep* under the 4 Standard Strings.

[@Jello-Biafra69]

Correction: we need a NOPE signature behs.

[@Llozstuff]

Yeah that design legit went hard af

[@zacharybinx5443]

I'd like mine with a Paolo Di Canio on the fret boad lol

[@chilly6791]

You uploading a 5 string bass hate vid and featuring the exact same one i got weeks ago got me feeling funny

[@geraldfriend256]

That low B keepin you big as hell

[@jamesadamgleason9471]

I learned on a 5 string. What can I say. I loved Korn. It's was 99' , good times

[@jamesadamgleason9471]

Rest your thumb on the B and your good. It's the slapping on the E that's tricky as to not hit the B

[@jeffh8803]

He never said it was a bad example of a 5 string. He simply said it sucks and he hates it.

[@navygarlic1529]

As soon as you master slap on a five string youve mastered slap on a 4 string!​@@jamesadamgleason9471

[@IndieTimberStudio]

Danny's character development: -Starting to like jazz music (prefer Django's style) -Got a 5-String Bass All left is the piccolo bass.

[@sambderfranke]

Yea right then he could so Joey DeMaios' Behs Tone XD

[@tempatchtheveryweird3665]

he owns a guitar, so he already has a 6 string piccolo bass

[@Homme_Pur]

The piccolo bass is the 8-string guitar of the bass world. I feel like it is mostly for people that want to play the other instrument but don't want to say they play bass/guitar, however I have to agree that yes, string gauge will shape the tone a bit and more importantly I believe it should feel more familiar to play than changing instrument completely (but not wanting to learn to play on the other one is a skill issue honestly), 8-string is also more versatile so it makes more sense than the piccolo outside of a band and allows you to change register easily (like my trusty 5-string)

[@Corn-us74]

Correction 5 sting behs and piccolo behs

[@swingAE86]

Tell this man to check out Charles mingus for god sake

[@mikepartin571]

I mostly agree with you man, I prefer a 4 string short scale if I had my pick, but I found that tuning my 5 as EADGB(C) I got some extra harmonic ability in the higher end without having to really change the way I normally play much. I don't really need that low B for what I do, but the xtra higher end has been pretty handy.

[@spageen]

beginner: 4 string intermediate: 5 string expert: 6 string elite: 4 string

[@datutturugang666]

or metal: 5 string prog metal: 6 string death metal: 4 strings and an obscene amount of notes

[@greedo69]

beginner: 4 string intermediate: 5 string expert: 6 string elite: whatever is needed to get the job done

[@glowco.717]

Beginner: 4 string Intermediate: thinks more strings makes you better or makes playing harder Pro: does what the gig calls for, whether that’s 4, 5, or whatever else

[@havable]

I played guitar for decades and then just jumped to elite with four strings. Its the perfect size and has all the notes I want to use. And it is *so* much more fun than guitar. Just plucking a string is pure delight. There is something tactile about it.

[@havable]

@@datutturugang666 elite metal: does more with fewer notes, see also Black Sabbath

[@NuclearFantasies]

So, the main reason I have switched entirely over to 5 strings now is that my band does songs in a very wide range of keys, and I like having a piano-like range to cover the low end in every key. Also, once you start thinking in intervals, it gets much easier to play. 5th fret and up from the B string to the D string is the equivalent of a 4 string starting open, so you can play every note fretted or open.

[@mailliw2698]

I was skeptical at first, but I love my 5 for these exact reasons

[@adamtate3953]

True that, being able to play a low E fretted gives you so much more control and it gives you more options on sound, as a fretted note has a different timbre than an open string. Like, I get that a Low B isn't gonna be played a whole hell of a lot, but if you're playing covers you WILL get mileage out of the Low D and Low C.

[@Nobody-pc7fq]

I like my basses 6 strings, an octave higher, and with a tremolo system

[@shalabazertheboltstruck8645]

Dude that one shortcircuited something on the way getting where it's supposed to hahaha brainmelter for a sec

[@gumbly4174]

I like a Bass vi with the tremolo for good bass solos. But I still prefer my 24 fret 4 string.

[@julianoncrack]

@@gumbly4174 hes talking about a guitar

[@gumbly4174]

@@julianoncrack Yeah, I know, i put that together before I commented dawg.

[@wbertie2604]

Ultra short scale piccolo bass VI!

[@drumzmad101]

A wise Behs sage once told me...'there's no Behs without B...'

[@NegoClau]

BASS without a B is just ASS!

[@havable]

@@NegoClau That or its an ace!

[@Six3rdy]

This thread is gold. Lol. Both sides are right.

[@Nebriancent]

@@NegoClau lmao

[@EpicBassTime_]

lol

[@AAAA-lt9hq]

About the 5 string beginning at 3:33 1) Small hands are more of an issue for guitar players when you have to hold chords, especially on 7 string guitars (guitarists usually omit the 5th for full 13th chords on 6 string guitars). If you're holding down root notes on bass, it's less of an issue. Bass is like playing guitar one note at a time. So, for me, playing bass is kind of like playing guitar solos all the time. I treat bass like a melody instrument. 2) Low B strings are best for low tunings. I often tune C F Bb Eb G so it becomes like a guitar in C standard tuning with a high G. If you prefer E as a low string, go for a thinner gauge low string and tune E A D G B for more melodic content up high (although bassists might prefer C and F on the high strings). For guitarists, 5 string basses are nice because they feel more like guitars, especially if the strings are closer together like a Jazz bass. P basses can feel huge with high action and strings that are far apart, but the tone (especially a PJ) is great. I agree that playing notes below the root can be confusing and force you to think about intervals (for example, 4ths going up are 5ths going down). This is a specialty of jazz players who determine the identity of the chord by the root they play while the guitarist fills out extended chords beyond the root (in jazz, 7ths, # 9ths, # 11ths, 13ths). Some chords like fully diminished 7th and dominant 7th chords can have their entire identities changed by what root note the bassist plays while the guitarist keeps the same shape. 3) I agree that 5 string bass below A1 can be too low (Korn tuning). Guys these days are omitting bass players and using 8 string guitars and are sludging around in the 1 and 0 octaves. Not for me because it fights the bass and kick drum in the mix. My advice would be to try a 5 with a high string instead. A lot of 5s come in 35" scale length instead of 34". You might like a 34" better. Bassists have their own skills that are hard for guitarists to master as well, like proper intonation on a fretless with flatwound strings. There's also slapping and groove. You can tell a real bass player from a guitarist playing bass, especially in rock.

[@scottgoodson5132]

‘Five string are wrong, f**K off!” Perfect!😂😂

[@1848revolt]

I much prefer 4 string fretless over five string anything.

[@duaneperkins8329]

Too LOW?!?! A BEHS can never be too low. I actually love the low notes that you can feel as much as you can hear. I'm glad you left out the last step (tiny hands, tiny brain, and a tiny...yea, best left out mate. 😜👍

[@Icember1]

Missed opportunity to call it "I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Behsment".

[@DannySapko]

Damn.

[@hellizeo]

🤣🤣🤣​@@DannySapko

[@hellizeo]

Fuckin-A, that was good

[@barondelararie]

The visually impaired owner picks up the poo. The dog is trained to show them where the turd is. My friend has a guide dog and this was part of the training for both dog and owner.

[@havable]

That is so genius.

[@bigmoneymandan360]

Wait what?

[@barondelararie]

@@bigmoneymandan360 I believe the dog circles the turd to indicate its position. My friend then feels around with a bag over his hand until he finds the treasure.

[@bigmoneymandan360]

@@barondelararie is the Treasure worth the hunt?

[@tonymcnamara9368]

"What do you need more strings for, you gonna play bigger chords ?" - Lemmy.

[@hvze9848]

Au contraire, with 5 strings you don’t need to stretch your fingers as much for certain chords

[@jprp999]

@@hvze9848 Chords?

[@joeaddison7120]

That “nope” design is fantastic!!!!

[@paulgabel2029]

Hope this helps....I have a standard 6 string bass. Hate the low B and high C. Screws with my head. Bought custom strings from a company called Kalium, in order to convert to guitar tuning while keeping roughly the same string tensions. SO..... E 110 A 82 D 61 G 45 B 31 E 20 plain IT"S AWESOME, easy to play, and sounds great. I can do chords without sounding like mud. Tapping is easier. Scales and chords are just like guitar. This has totally changed my game. The strings cost a total of $48 for the set, so roughly a few bucks more than a standard set of 6 string bass strings. Shipping took about 6 weeks, so if you have gigs coming up....plan ahead.

[@widdershins7628]

I just saw a guide dog helping his disabled owner earlier this morning. As you expect, no one cleaned up after the dog! Thanks for the bass enthusiasm.

[@daemonspudguy]

Finally. It's here.

[@maurorincon6391]

03:26 start the video, you're welcome.

[@DudeTotally1000]

MISA from Band-Maid made me fall in love with five string. She uses it to perfection.

[@AJ-wh1tw]

Misa is one of the most underrated bassists playing today. Absolutely phenomenal. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a band more locked in live than Band-Maid and it’s that rhythm section of Misa and Akane that are just world class.

[@ImnotgoingSideways]

I, for one, love having a full length thumb rest.

[@toasterstrudel189]

I started playing a 5 string because of Polyphia, now I play a 5 string Jazz Squire and a 5 String no-name fretless

[@effyiew7318]

I remember when I started bass decades ago. I had crossed paths with a famous bassist. I asked him if I should do 5 string as I was just starting and his exact words were, "Every iconic bassline ever written was done on a 4 string. It's all you need." So I never went to 5 string and I'm eternally happy I didn't.

[@michaelwarner5277]

I've got this exact model in orange/copper tuned down to G-C-G-C-F. Those Ibanez basses are monsters in terms of sound for the price!

[@flintsteel]

Hi Danny, fellow small handed behs player from Newcastle here… I struggled to get my head round a 5 for years and made me feel ill when I tried to play… But having been gifted one during the lockdowns, I cracked it. You have to change from playing generally open strings and play much higher up the neck around 5/7 fret, which then feels natural again as on the fifth it’s an E. but you have an extra string at the top. Anyway it worked for me! The behs looked great with the sharpie on 😂

[@SandraPhillips-rc5wq]

Bro, your videos are gold.

[@leelewis4926]

I, too, was not a fan of 5 strings until just before Christmas 2023. Walked into a local pawn shop and saw an Ibanez hanging on the wall. Asked if it was active or passive and the broker had no idea...he just handed me the bass. Passive with a single humbucker. Played a little and the neck wasn't nearly as big as others (in fact not much bigger than a precision bass). Price tag was $200 and he told me there was a 20% holiday discount. Being of Welsh and Scot blood I still balked, since the wife was drooling over jewelry. She finally said "hey dumba$$ you're getting $100 for your birthday and $50 for Chistmas." Yep, I walked out with a gently used bass for $20.

[@mr.logicpants2835]

"Do you think I can still return it?" NOPE!

[@stanwellback]

I come here for the behs… and stay for the comedy. You are a very funny man, Danny! 😂 And a damn fine behsist. 👍🏻

[@RedDed228]

I love Danny's channel and I'm not even a bassist, but Danny is so goofy but also a very talented musician as well so you can't help but love him.

[@krisbang2382]

Why is your voice so calming, I was stressed until now, but this video worked like magic and now I’m comfy

[@lllllllllllllllllllllIII]

I thought I was the only one

[@NelsonMontana1234]

Ode To The Five String Bass by Nelson Montana (My apologies in advance to my 5 string loving brothers) There once was a time, when 4 strings were fine, and an E was as low as youd go. But the desire to go deeper, turned out to be a keeper and they added a B as you know. I too joined the crowd, the mantra was so loud The five is the one that will last. But after many a gig, trying vainly to go big, my love of the B was soon past. The notes didnt speak with the clarity that Id seek. And I found that I'd use it less and less. It just got in the way, I keep thinking an E was an A, till finally asking, "is this for the best?" It wasnt for James or Jaco or Chris. Victor Wooton and Steve Harris never fell. Jeff Berlin said Nay and hoped itd just go away and Sir Paul would eschew it as well. The Ox took a stand, amid the demands. as did John Paul Jones and Flea. Rocco didn't veer and Sting just sneered -- unimpressed -- as was Pino and Geddy Lee. Claypool went back, and accepted the fact -- it was good enough for Bootsy and Clarke As did Osborne and Kaye, heading the way, and forever making their mark. Then again, there was Anthony, who played mighty fancifully -- with even more strings than six! Yet there are those, who still propose...he should stick to a four and a pick. Of course theres a case, within the right space, to add some well placed low Ds But these days if thats needed, Ive finally conceded Ill just play it on the god damn keys!

[@gaspowertoys]

Brilliant!

[@dustybuffalo9973]

That makes sense. As a guy with fairly long fingers, I hate short scale basses for the opposite reason. They feel tiny, like it should be a guitar but isn’t.

[@CM4wsler]

I enjoy 5 string because it gives me more options and I have to downtune less often to play songs. And I enjoy playing low so much that I have to remind myself to lay off the B string a bit. I have small enough hands that a 6 string might be cumbersome, but my Spector Dimension 5 fits me just right I'm a bit surprised you didn't mention how clanky and floppy the B string gets, especially downtuned. That's the reason I went multiscale. Anyways, I respect that it's your personal preference to dislike 5 strings. No one should feel obligated to play one, but definitely try one out to see if its for you before you by - first time I played one I knew i had to buy one. I just remember when I started playing 15 years ago, it was cool to hate on players with a pick, and I let that influence me to the point that now my pick playing ability is far below what I would like. Now that picking is becoming accepted more generally by the wider bass community, I'd hate to see that negative energy focused on the 5 string and scare people away from trying out what could be their ideal instrument.

[@SandraPhillips-rc5wq]

Interesting perspective, got me thinking!

[@GrasslandsG81]

I got my first 5'er in'97... other than a few acoustics, I haven't owned a 4-string since. One thing to do if you're playing songs where you don't need the low B at all is to anchor your thumb on the low B. My playing style was "floating thumb", where my thumb would switch between being anchored at the pickup and anchoring on strings (usually the B, but occasionally on E and A, depending on the songs...)

[@NittyOfTheCosmos]

Good on ya! Even though we finally got to ya with the 5 string BEHS stuff, you gave it a fair shake. And frankly, that's what we love about ya ❤

[@charlesgeber6470]

I have small hands also - the frets are farthest apart at the nut end of the neck, and get closer together as you move up the neck. With a 5-string bass, I can move up the neck and down a string to play bass lines that would painfully stretch my hand at the extreme end of the neck.

[@michaelhopper4545]

good point.

[@steves1015]

I fell in love with my active ibanez 5 string back in 1996. As soon as i picked it up, I knew I was going to get a student loan to afford it. As far as I recall, it was the first 5 string bass produced by ibanez in their soundgear line. Still got it to this day.

[@dophhs]

someday i'll see Necrobutcher's tone... but your behs playing is always da behst!

[@mcswordfish]

Best argument I heard in favour of a 5-string is if you're a session player who often plays with horn-sections and so having Eb on tap is helpful. I like them because I play a lot of loud, heavy, blues-inspired music in E, and hitting a low V for emphasis just as the the music peaks is cool too

[@ROCKNROLLFAN]

I like that rumble sound on that 5 string bass.....

[@lowenbad]

I started playing 5 string about 10 years ago because I got sick of tuning down for certain things and not knowing where I was on the neck note wise. Now, it’s all I play.

[@ThugNerd]

That fckn blue hat is crazy man, I thought it was some sort of cel-shaded animation

[@sidsuspicious]

Four String Righteousness!

[@chickenbobbobba]

i got a 5 string multi scale, because it helps with the low end tone and keeps it at the roughly 34 inch mark at the higher end. constantly having to flick between drop tuning and normal got annoying, and the extra range feels amazing, so i think it was worth it in the end.

[@supercareappliancerepair8538]

That art on that bass looks sick! Ending was hilarious too!

[@greedygringoprospecting6941]

use the B. open. sliding around on the G and A. octave slide in a minor progression. you can get some morbid stuff going on. ,i have a 4 ,5 ,and two 6 string basses its the multi octave is what caught me. have a good day.

[@SidAlienTV]

I bought a Music Man 5 string Behs, just for curiosity, because the guy in eBay made me a reasonable price and oh I am a big fan of Tony Levin. It takes a while to get used like you say, not get lost with the notes position on the fretboard. One thing I discovered is that the 5. string must be played not so........ aggressively (many times a product of the emotion) because the notes goes sharp and makes a peak in the track if you are recording online without a compressor. The other (pleasant) thing - even if you have small hands - is that the wood resonates much more that in the 4. string Behs, and gives more "thump" to the overall sound. Anyway, I return always to my Rick 4001 or a Fender Precision which I love.

[@Kayessee]

I do love the extra depth of my 5 string over my 4.

[@uacce]

I love your energy and your smile

[@CoffeeBurpsTTV]

Barely use that 5th string, BUT its a fantastic anchor point for my thumb. Instead of being locked into wherever the manufacturer decided to put the pickup, I can put my hand anywhere I want on the thing to play it. Plus its really nice not having to re-tune for alot of drop tuned or downtuned songs.

[@PaulHaesler]

My son has 3 basses: 1 fretless 4-string and two fretted 5-strings: one tuned with a low B and one with a high B.

[@BigElectricCat]

Instead of the low D string shift the EADG strings over add a high B string where the g string should be and tune it EADGB

[@billygildark4565]

Was going to say exactly this, great for arpeggios.

[@jaredschlicht7286]

The low B gets replaced with a high C. Basses are generally tuned in perfect fourths even when you add more strings. Except a Bass VI. Those are just weird

[@BigElectricCat]

@@jaredschlicht7286 That makes more sense. Yeah

[@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney]

I feel exactly the same. I have a 4-string each set up for standard, half a step down, D, and B. I'm not smart enough to switch from fours to fives, and the only reason I have the one tuned B-E-A-D is to justify the Peavey G-bass I wanted to buy, not because I ever really needed to play that low, haha!

[@jakewarren4923]

You don’t have to have the bottom string on a five string lower than E, you can string it EADG - then add a higher note on the top like a B or a (I think more commonly) a C.

[@DeFiSiYT]

I was given that same bass (but the older model with only 3 knobs) by a friend. It was set up like a normal bass with the low E from a guitar as the highest string. I returned it to its original state. It’s got a really nice, slim neck. And of course, just starting at the 5th fret makes it that much easier to play. It now has chicken head knobs with eye stickers and is covered in various other stickers, mostly because I’m not a metal guy.

[@thisdyingsoul76]

How do you confuse a bass player? Give him 1 extra string. 😂

[@robertthornton1657]

Go go Danny!

[@eqprog]

For me, I don’t necessarily care about the overall lower range, I just like the greater range you have in any given position. Less shifting.

[@AJ-wh1tw]

One of the biggest reasons I play 5 strings primarily is BECAUSE I have small hands and the closer string spacing is great for me. I also usually play tuned up a half step to C to match downtuned guitars and that little extra tension along with slightly heavier strings means that low register is ringing loud and clear.

[@electrocit673]

instead of the low B you can go high C with the 5 string. That give you a standard Low EADGC adding the Tenor bass tuning made popular by Stanley Clarke (If I remember correctly) great for soloist and playing chords. Tenor tuning is used in Jazz as an alternate tuning.

[@markperry7655]

One thing that you can do with a 5 is to play all the things you play on a 4 higher up the neck; fatter tone for your low F’s and G’s, etc, and more range under the hand. Doing that may also make playing more comfortable for those with smaller hands too.

[@AkiraThomo]

I hated 5 strings until I picked up a 5 string 35’ scale Spector now I wouldn’t look back. Absolutely love them now. I think for me it was a realisation that it’s a completely different instrument than a 4! I’ve also got small hands but play it differently now! Twas the same when I switched from 6 to 7 string guitar, again after a while I couldn’t go back!

[@lenaskowronska3069]

After many years of playing 4strings only I got 6 string bass. Took some time to adjust but was managable. I loved the tone and extra low range but weight of it was killing me. Also I didnt feel I needed that 6th string so badly. Was nice for high notes, tapping and chords but in real life scenario that wasnt that useful. Now I got myself a 5string Spector and I m really happy. What I really love about 5strings is that you can pretty easy transpose stuff when your vocalist asks for a change of tonation. Extra range of 5string also allows me to play WAY more music on one instrument. No more downtuning. No more hassle with too loose strings or not having G-string due to BEAD/AEDG tuning.

[@pjam1184]

3:49 is when he actually gives his reasons if you want to skip all the filler.

[@NashvilleStudioBass]

Danny, I’m virtually the older English/Scottish American version of you. Wide hands with shorter fingers, glasses, used to wearing a hat most often, etc. Same issues with the 5 string bass except, I love it. After playing a 5 string since April of 1998, I got the hang of the low B string. It’s actually handy when playing up closer to the 12th fret to still get your normal low notes and give them that ultra smooth airy sound and still be close to the higher octave notes we know and love. Just give it a chance. Though my vintage Fender Jazz was my first love, …I cheat on her with my Epiphone 5 string 😜.

[@wideyxyz2271]

My behs has a swan neck with a reed and when you blow into it, it sounds well cool.....

[@place_desjardins]

During a set, I played two measures of music on the A string instead of the D string which made we wonder why things were sounding off. Then, I got lost as to where we were in the song for a couple of measures after the mistake. I stopped playing and I was scanning the music sheet to see where we were and was able to finish the song. I was playing on my 5-string which I didn't have a lot of practice time with, plus our music leader wanted us to switch to using Nashville style music charts, where they use numbers instead of letters. That was relatively easy, but I guess I just didn't practice enough.

[@rinzfrin9410]

I only started using my 5 string Warwick years ago when on tour my Yamaha TRB-4P crapped out on tour and I was forced to use my 5 string as it was my backup bass. Fast forward years later, Norwood Fisher of Fishbone got me endorsed by Warwick and I have never turned back. So much versatility in them. But, I totally get why some don’t like them. Great video!

[@Windykun]

Danny says that he doesn’t wanna learn a 5 string but did a pretty good job on this one

[@ideitbawxproductions1880]

"The neck on this thing feels miles away from [a 4-string]". My Ibanez 6-strings in the corner: "We will haunt this man's dreams..."

[@fernandogarajalde4066]

Move every string up one and get a .030-.025 for a high B or high C. I knew several bassists who did that because they wanted the extra high string for “Jack-o’-ing” about. BTW The Ibanez Mikro is a 30” scale just like a Horner. 😎🎸

[@hessex1899]

I like the fact that I can play Sleep songs w/o down tuning to C on a 5 string. It's just more versatile.

[@JustAÑ0řmäļGod]

Ladies and gentlemen I present to you the god of bass, the master of shorts DANNY SAPKO

[@bugsunplugged]

Danny, look at the 5the fret of your five string & check the notes - low to high: E - A - D - G - C (but you can ignore the highest string if you like) Sound / look familiar? The guitar analogy would be a 5th fret capo = standard bass tuning - only you don't have to stretch as far to reach some notes. (And of course a real "behs" player would never use a capo!) This was the realization that helped my transition over to 5 string from 4. Love your sense of humor, BTW. Cheers.

[@morgandavidpatton]

I have also never desired a low B string on my bass but I really like playing 5 strings with a high C on the bottom. I believe that's called a tenor 5 string.

[@hernandezmarkie7382]

Its hilarious how serious his facial expressions are so angry 😅

[@edgeofsanity9111]

I like my 5-string basses even tho I'm not a huge fan of low tunings What I just do is complement 6-string guitar work in E standard and pick notes on the B string when the situation allows for it (which is actually quite often) Like when a song is in D minor and the guitars are playing up the 5th fret on the A string or on the open D string I just go for the 3rd fret on the B string Or just whenever the guitars are going to notes that are between B and E I use the B string I mean I could pick the notes higher up the register, but what's the point in that when the point of bass is to fill up that low end?

[@dashdrum-again]

I'm with you on the range thing. There just aren't that many situations to play below E to warrant another bass. (And I have 7 basses so it doesn't take much convincing for me to get another one.) However, I still enjoy playing my 5-string, even if just for the slightly tighter string spacing.

[@ireland9292]

I play a few different styles of music, a 5 string PJ bass with flats has proven to be the most versatile in my own experience. I gig a lot of traditional irish stuff though and that's all in D major/B minor so the B string comes in handy for it

[@Maltloaflegrande]

I string my 4-string P-behs B-E-A-D. I don't think I've ever played an open low B whilst performing or recording, but the option of a low D or C# is nice and all at the cost of those 5 high notes which I never used to play (it's a bass for f**** sake) anyway. I string my upright the same way.

[@jimbeaux4988]

Same here. I actually get lost on a regular tuned bass. Bead rules!

[@szysztof.buravczek]

I freaking love 5-string basses! Go on, bro, try to make me doubt my devotion! 😈 UPD: watched the whole video, I totally understand you and my situation was exactly the opposite: I always needed the lower register, but downtuning couldn't work for my perfect pitch ears. So I just switched to 5 strings and probably feel as happy as you feel with 4 strings 😊 PS: and sometimes I drop the lowest string to A to match the lowest note of the grand piano, which is actually the first instrument I've learned.

[@frostriver4547]

I couldn’t play a 4 string any longer. It’s what you get used to and how you use it that matters in the end. I’m a proud 5’er though

[@trappedinamerica7740]

Perfect pitch ear Run into many exceptional people in KZbin comments…

[@szysztof.buravczek]

@@trappedinamerica7740 in fact not as perfect as some other musicians' ears: I can "tune" my ears down a half step. But usually no more than that. So even D standard tuning is a complete disaster for me. Eb may be OK.

[@Cassius365]

*_“Who picks up dog shitt when it’s a guide dog?”_* Hit me like an absolute freight train Was not prepared at all for it lmao

[@geordiedog1749]

Try tuning a five string to E, A, D, G & B (or C). Or, in my case C#, F#, B, E and G#. Great for chords in a power trio.

[@andrewphippsphillips1455]

First time I got 5 strings it was an SR305 by Ibanez in that beautiful redcurrant from new. One gig later & I loathed the f***er enough to take it to a music shop & swapped it for a Squier V Jazz. Whilst that also has 5-strings, the spacings between the strings was so much easier for my fat fingertips and THAT was the problem I had with the Ibanez from that gig. Hitting the open B-string became a headache I couldn't deal with

[@CountryFenderBass]

I play country music and I use an old school PBass. But a lot of modern country is written with 5 string bass lines

[@brandondavidson2200]

4:51 i wish more people used this philosophy in general.

[@CTCAC2000]

I've always had an aversion to 5 strings. Like the low sound, but you can always just detune and get thicker strings. 4 is more than enough for me.

[@jedoesstuff9086]

also something that I want to say is that as a general rule of thumb, the lower instruments sound, the slower their parts get. This is because lower frequencies take longer to resonate, and this even applies to electric instruments. If you play a lot of very low notes very fast, the notes don't have the time that they need to sound out. so some constructive criticism on your 5 string playing at the end is that you dont give the low string enough time to resonate and let the note develop. whenever i end up playing down there i always slow down a little bit (or play quarter/half notes instead of eigth/16ths), which gives those stupidly low notes more time to sound out and makes the music overall sound much better. edit: this is also influenced by the tension of the string itself. I always think that the B string is much to wobbly with standard gauges, so i put a monster .145 on my bass and it makes it much more stable and sounds wayyy better

[@valentinsn-ostalgiemodellbahn]

Great to hear, that Danny is a Sterkowski hat lover, too. I do wear their stuff all the time, quality is amazing.

[@BrunodeSouzaLino]

If the problem us string spacing, in theory you could have 5 strings on a 4 string neck. That was what John Myung did with his Music Man signature Bongo. It is a 5 string bass with 6 strings.

[@rianbattle]

Im not very good or anything but I bought myself an Ibanez k5 as a treat and it is soooo light and easy to play I love it!

[@seriphyn8935]

The low B is the second lowest note on a piano, so you NEED a 5-string bass to play in any setting where the music is composed in that traditional way via keys. Orchestral, theatre, large ensemble, hip hop, etc basically a lot of non-rock genres. Even pop music uses it. Taylor Swift uses the low register notes when she goes high. Even Beyonce's "If I was a boy" uses that open B. Very useful for female-fronted acts.

[@wa1ufo]

I have always had 4s and that includes my fretless but I have a new acoustic electric 5 and am looking forward to doing my solos with chords and harmonics as the low B will give me more range!

[@cake_9510]

I too love Sterkowski. I have a sosabowski beret, maciejowka model 2, and one of their cheaper options

[@jacklast6393]

Don't worry, Danny. Now Ibanez has no other choice but to release Danny Sapko's signature NOPE behs!

[@AndrewRobinson-h7f]

Just discovered you and I have to say I haven't laughed so much in ages. Well done I'm subscribed and I won't a t shirt

[@redactedxx4219]

Love the Nope Bass! I only have two basses now. One is a 35" Jericho Alpha Black 5 string and one is an Ibanez Mezzo short scale 4 string. The Jericho has the best sounding B string I've heard outside of Dingwall and looks like an older Fender aerodyne and it's passive! So my Metal bass for sure. My 32" Ibanez is active and sounds great and an easy grab and go bass for writing and practicing. Different jobs for both.

[@cakewolf44]

Your longer videos are really good.