This is why I hate 5 string basses
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We need a NOPE Signature Bass!!!
Why not BEHS as well?
But seriously, it will need lacquer or the writing will wear off.
With *Yep* under the 4 Standard Strings.
Correction: we need a NOPE signature behs.
Yeah that design legit went hard af
I'd like mine with a Paolo Di Canio on the fret boad lol
Danny's character development:
-Starting to like jazz music (prefer Django's style)
-Got a 5-String Bass
All left is the piccolo bass.
Yea right then he could so Joey DeMaios' Behs Tone XD
he owns a guitar, so he already has a 6 string piccolo bass
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)
Correction 5 sting behs and piccolo behs
Tell this man to check out Charles mingus for god sake
‘Five string are wrong, f**K off!”
Perfect!😂😂
beginner: 4 string
intermediate: 5 string
expert: 6 string
elite: 4 string
or
metal: 5 string
prog metal: 6 string
death metal: 4 strings and an obscene amount of notes
beginner: 4 string
intermediate: 5 string
expert: 6 string
elite: whatever is needed to get the job done
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
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.
@@datutturugang666 elite metal: does more with fewer notes, see also Black Sabbath
You uploading a 5 string bass hate vid and featuring the exact same one i got weeks ago got me feeling funny
That low B keepin you big as hell
I learned on a 5 string.
What can I say. I loved Korn. It's was 99' , good times
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
He never said it was a bad example of a 5 string. He simply said it sucks and he hates it.
As soon as you master slap on a five string youve mastered slap on a 4 string!@@jamesadamgleason9471
A wise Behs sage once told me...'there's no Behs without B...'
BASS without a B is just ASS!
@@NegoClau That or its an ace!
This thread is gold. Lol. Both sides are right.
@@NegoClau lmao
lol
Missed opportunity to call it "I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Behsment".
Damn.
🤣🤣🤣@@DannySapko
Fuckin-A, that was good
I like my basses 6 strings, an octave higher, and with a tremolo system
Dude that one shortcircuited something on the way getting where it's supposed to hahaha brainmelter for a sec
I like a Bass vi with the tremolo for good bass solos. But I still prefer my 24 fret 4 string.
@@gumbly4174 hes talking about a guitar
@@julianoncrack Yeah, I know, i put that together before I commented dawg.
Ultra short scale piccolo bass VI!
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.
"What do you need more strings for, you gonna play bigger chords ?" - Lemmy.
Au contraire, with 5 strings you don’t need to stretch your fingers as much for certain chords
@@hvze9848 Chords?
That “nope” design is fantastic!!!!
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.
That is so genius.
Wait what?
@@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.
@@barondelararie is the Treasure worth the hunt?
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.
I was skeptical at first, but I love my 5 for these exact reasons
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. 😜👍
Finally. It's here.
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.
I started playing a 5 string because of Polyphia, now I play a 5 string Jazz Squire and a 5 String no-name fretless
I come here for the behs… and stay for the comedy.
You are a very funny man, Danny! 😂
And a damn fine behsist. 👍🏻
"Do you think I can still return it?" NOPE!
MISA from Band-Maid made me fall in love with five string. She uses it to perfection.
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.
I, for one, love having a full length thumb rest.
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.
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.
03:26 start the video, you're welcome.
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.
Why is your voice so calming, I was stressed until now, but this video worked like magic and now I’m comfy
I thought I was the only one
Four String Righteousness!
Its hilarious how serious his facial expressions are so angry 😅
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 😂
That art on that bass looks sick! Ending was hilarious too!
I like that rumble sound on that 5 string bass.....
Go go Danny!
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 ❤
someday i'll see Necrobutcher's tone... but your behs playing is always da behst!
That fckn blue hat is crazy man, I thought it was some sort of cel-shaded animation
Danny says that he doesn’t wanna learn a 5 string but did a pretty good job on this one
I do love the extra depth of my 5 string over my 4.
Ngl the custom "nopes" make the bass look metal as fuck
Don't worry, Danny. Now Ibanez has no other choice but to release Danny Sapko's signature NOPE behs!
How do you confuse a bass player? Give him 1 extra string. 😂
*_“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
I literally spent 29 years as a 4-string player before I converted to 5-string and I'm pissed I waited so long. I have Danny (or Donny... Trump) sized hands also, but I learned how to play on a 3/4 double behs at age 11, so somehow my pinky still works on a low B.
Edit: BTW, it's not always about hitting low notes, sometimes it's just easier to have three octaves easily accessible at all times.
"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..."
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.
Every time I have an idea, I’m calling it a “brain wave” from now on. 🔥
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.
good point.
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...)
And the video was 5 minutes 50 seconds to boot!
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
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.
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.
“Hey, daddy-o
I don't want to go down to the boisment”
the fieldy slap at the end was a nice touch
I love your energy and your smile
“When I completely master the 4 string bass I’ll switch to the 5 string bass.”- Geddy Lee
As someone with very large hands, I also dislike the 5 string bass because why would you play more than 4 strings? Wanna a B string? Just buy one and kick off the G one since you wouldn't be using that anyways when you got that low tunning.
Ladies and gentlemen I present to you the god of bass, the master of shorts DANNY SAPKO
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!
Release pro five string bass merch and I’ll buy some.
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.
Bros got the Slenderman signature bass
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.
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.
I thought everyone from Yorkshire was like the Monty Python skit, “ The 4 Yorkshiremen “, lol
And had small little hands
Oh, Paint! I was like WTF is a pain pen?
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.
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!
3:40 has nobody talk about how the finishing design of the Nope Bass kinda reminds me of Paramore's "Riot" all over the place?
Been wating for this video
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.
Not gonna lie that would be a nice signature bass
I'll put my money's worth in, all the best bass lines have been done on a 4 string.
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.
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
Perfect pitch ear
Run into many exceptional people in TH-cam comments…
@@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.
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.
the only person I know who really gels with a 5 string bought it recently, after years of being able to play the banjo
To each their own but I have only one BEHS and it's a 5-string. My favorite part is having the low D and Eb handy, but there are some moments where a low C is so perfect.
Your longer videos are really good.
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.
I can't not hear BEHSS when I think of the word. Thanks, man. haha
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.
My behs has a swan neck with a reed and when you blow into it, it sounds well cool.....
Missed one Danny, restringing them costs more, and you say you're a Yorkshireman, just kidding.
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.
I spat a bit of my coffee when he cut the B string 😆
This is why I subscribe to this channel
4 string till I die 🎵
Tiny hands+ tiny brain= GREAT BEHSSIST
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.
I always figured 4 was enough to keep me occupied. If I need to play lower than a drop D I just put a mic in my back pocket and supplement the notes with a poop tuba
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.
I play country music and I use an old school PBass. But a lot of modern country is written with 5 string bass lines
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. 😎🎸
I was a drummer whose behs journey started when i borrowed my friend's. My then-girlfriend noticed i enjoyed playing it, so, while not really having a ton of money, she bought me a bass for my birthday. And it was 5 string. It's still my only bass so i play it anyway, but holy crap i always felt awful about not liking it. I honestly cant even hear the low B string without playing plugged in, and i dont even have a bass amp. Every time i play it i just wish it was a regular 4 string.
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.
Same here. I actually get lost on a regular tuned bass. Bead rules!
Now we need a new fieldy tone attempt. WE NEED A JOHN MYUNG TONE TOO.
It's ABOUT TIME 😂
5 string bass is the Lancashire to his Yorkshire soul
I'm in the small hands club too. RIP
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!
Stick a high c on it. Viola low E is back in home position!
Doesn't Tal do that?
@@grahambell4310 Who’s Tal? Tal Wilkenfield maybe?
@RoloTonyBrown
Yup. Haunted Love on her Album.
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.