This is why I hate 5 string basses

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[@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

[@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

[@progfox]

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

[@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

[@scottgoodson5132]

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

[@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!

[@LEOsoulMonarch]

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

[@Nebriancent]

@@NegoClau lmao

[@EpicBassTime_]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@imnotoncrackk]

@@gumbly4174 hes talking about a guitar

[@gumbly4174]

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

[@wbertie2604]

Ultra short scale piccolo bass VI!

[@icember977]

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

[@DannySapko]

Damn.

[@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?

[@joeaddison7120]

That “nope” design is fantastic!!!!

[@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?

[@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.

[@daemonspudguy]

Finally. It's here.

[@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.

[@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

[@krisbang2382]

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

[@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. 😜👍

[@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.

[@stanwellback]

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

[@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.

[@TheHeatnik]

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 ❤

[@mr.logicpants2835]

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

[@supercareappliancerepair8538]

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

[@robertthornton1657]

Go go Danny!

[@ImnotgoingSideways]

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

[@sidsuspicious]

Four String Righteousness!

[@kuleneko]

the fieldy slap at the end was a nice touch

[@LENITYZONE]

Every time I have an idea, I’m calling it a “brain wave” from now on. 🔥

[@hernandezmarkie7382]

Its hilarious how serious his facial expressions are so angry 😅

[@TundraTheBlueQuaker]

It's ABOUT TIME 😂

[@DDAWGslap]

Been wating for this video

[@allendean9807]

I have one of those Gio 4-string basses, and when i pick hard, i get a horrible slap, or pop via the pickup. Do you think, if i lower the pickup, I’ll still get decent attack, but lose that pop? It drives me crazy, ruins takes, and makes me play with far less intensity than i like

[@uacce]

I love your energy and your smile

[@Windykun]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@dophhs]

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

[@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.

[@ginge5018]

I love your videos cheeky humor and all, they're great really.

[@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 😂

[@emilchimeev]

Danny!! what would you choose? Great Ham Sandwich or funk bassline in e

[@klaymeister]

An Ibanez was my first 5 string and that 16.5mm string spacing is a shock at first

[@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...)

[@valentinsn-ostalgiemodellbahn]

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

[@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.

[@NotSoDaftGamecraft]

Can you tune a 5-string so that the extra string is a higher string? Like e, d, a, g, b? I've only just taken up the base and always thought that's what five strings were set up for was to move you up a little bit. Not down

[@bakatronix]

So Danny - I live in a place where top brand equipment isnt available. I play on a 4 string and I saw a 5 string Tagima Millenium which I adored. I checked if there was a 4 string variant available and it is - just not locally. Im thinking I just remove the 5 string or something... what do you think?

[@fasgamboa]

Can I boil the package and use again? for extra eco friendly

[@gbenselum]

I have a black bass.. i want to do the same thing. What did he used to write the white letters?

[@nkmcfrln]

“Hey, daddy-o I don't want to go down to the boisment”

[@BrooksysBassCorner]

Love it! You are right....

[@rufusgillespie9940]

if you love shortscale 4 string bases whats you're fav, I play a mustang and love it but cant think of many other short scales

[@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.

[@ReddBlues]

These videos are so fun

[@WilliamCooley-yy8qc]

Hey Danny new around here your stuff is awesome and I'm happy to support. In memory of Steve Albini passing this month can we get a tone study on Albinis band Shellac? Particularly the tone on the album At Action Park?

[@CrimsonQuandary]

I'm in the small hands club too. RIP

[@sakminis]

The tone was amazing, please tell us how you got it

[@cakewolf44]

Your longer videos are really good.

[@tohellandbacknoface4091]

Been waiting for this as the only fuuc bass I has 5 strings and I miss my 4 string. Cheers Danny

[@jacklast6393]

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

[@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.

[@maurorincon6391]

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

[@intherageoflove]

"Dis is wah I hey fav' strings behss"

[@zeenedin9013]

that actually sounded great in the end. What amp and interface?

[@ExileTheKnightsOfMaltaNow]

Nice job with the marker reminds me of one of alistair's designs over at Emerald guitars years ago was very busy

[@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.

[@helterskelterband62]

Danny im dieing for you to review some of the ghost bass tones! Some of the best baste tones ive heard for a long long time!

[@SirPhilosopher]

You’re an inspirational bloke. Love the hats! My go to is a flat cap. #BEHS

[@notzipfy916]

I love that nope bass. I need one lmao

[@chidbro23]

HE FINALLY TOLD US

[@wideyxyz2271]

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

[@ejmazzi1499]

And the video was 5 minutes 50 seconds to boot!

[@WilDBeestMF]

I spat a bit of my coffee when he cut the B string 😆

[@JustinWoo]

I can't not hear BEHSS when I think of the word. Thanks, man. haha

[@martincarlin1987]

Release pro five string bass merch and I’ll buy some.

[@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!

[@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.

[@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?

[@Neakenator]

I gotta say - you made me do it! I really liked your videos, style (and accent lol) for a while now, and I just wanted to say thank you and keep making great content! More than worth my 2€ a month. ;]

[@DannySapko]

Thank you!

[@Neakenator]

@@DannySapko My pleasure!

[@0ldMatty2]

This is why I subscribe to this channel 4 string till I die 🎵

[@mcleary9615]

Is that a 5 string mikro? I have the 4 string version. I know the scale length is 28 is it also 28 on the 5 string version?

[@Liushenfanushui]

Incredible painting, true artwork!

[@cannotfindmyshoes3]

You mean...the writing?

[@Liushenfanushui]

@@cannotfindmyshoes3 Yeah! Especially the design of the sizes, shapes, positions, orientations, and of course, the thick white lines under the strings. To me personally, I prefer buying that one from his hands than a new one from Ibanez Official.

[@bASS227]

We got Danny Sapko playing a 5 string before gta 6

[@ThugNerd]

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

[@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..."

[@quelmattia7961]

Bro deserves the world

[@Atvar]

Oh, Paint! I was like WTF is a pain pen?

[@alexgrunde6682]

Once again I am asking for Paul Barker’s bass tone

[@LEOsoulMonarch]

Ayo, greetings from America. I gotta the "what's half of mine is yours" part was clever af, yo. 🤣 You outsmarted the system! You either getting half of absolutely nothing (shout-out to the artists of that amazing bop), or you share in my debt! 🤣 Tehk ya pick!

[@pankajchand1981]

You broke it, you bought it.

[@ghrey8282]

Shared and subscribed.

[@kevinturvey8213]

my favourite bit - "get rid o't' donkey!"

[@FoxxoFox]

My life is complete

[@bane9832]

ahh finally the background isnt an eyesore anymore

[@ToddChaddingtonEsq]

keep working danny your stuff is great. can't wait to see your success i've started playing after some 20 years away. i'm relieved to find the community is encouraging and respectful. colin moulding bass tone when? bootsy collins bass tone from 'groovallegiance' when?

[@michaelbrain3820]

That bloody thing sounds sweet!

[@loetmeelker3429]

I like this guy So Much!!

[@funkypunk1001]

Danny, that bass sounds fking awesome. You sound great playing it! I'm a 4 player but I like busting out my 5 string for certain gigs.