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
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
‘Five string are wrong, f**K off!”
Perfect!😂😂
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
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
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!
That “nope” design is fantastic!!!!
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
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?
"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?
Missed opportunity to call it "I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Behsment".
Damn.
Finally. It's here.
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. 😜👍
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 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.
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 come here for the behs… and stay for the comedy.
You are a very funny man, Danny! 😂
And a damn fine behsist. 👍🏻
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.
"Do you think I can still return it?" NOPE!
Why is your voice so calming, I was stressed until now, but this video worked like magic and now I’m comfy
Four String Righteousness!
I, for one, love having a full length thumb rest.
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
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 ❤
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.
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.
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.
Its hilarious how serious his facial expressions are so angry 😅
That art on that bass looks sick! Ending was hilarious too!
someday i'll see Necrobutcher's tone... but your behs playing is always da behst!
Go go Danny!
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 😂
Danny says that he doesn’t wanna learn a 5 string but did a pretty good job on this one
Every time I have an idea, I’m calling it a “brain wave” from now on. 🔥
the fieldy slap at the end was a nice touch
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...)
Don't worry, Danny. Now Ibanez has no other choice but to release Danny Sapko's signature NOPE behs!
And the video was 5 minutes 50 seconds to boot!
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.
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.
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.
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. ;]
Thank you!
@@DannySapko My pleasure!
Been wating for this video
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.
We're all in danny's behsment
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.
"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 love your energy and your smile
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.
The benefit of a 5 string is not just the lower notes, but the wider scope of tone that you can get by playing some of the notes that would typically be on the E, on the B string further up on the fretboard. It's great playing some dub, trip hop, country, and reggae up around the 8th fret while still getting the octave of the notes that you need!
the NOPE thing on the bass looks pretty cool though imho
I'll put my money's worth in, all the best bass lines have been done on a 4 string.
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 😜.
I love your videos
cheeky humor and all, they're great really.
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
Was going to say exactly this, great for arpeggios.
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
@@jaredschlicht7286 That makes more sense. Yeah
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.
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.
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?
Ladies and gentlemen I present to you the god of bass, the master of shorts DANNY SAPKO
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?
Love it! You are right....
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.
“When I completely master the 4 string bass I’ll switch to the 5 string bass.”- Geddy Lee
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.
Hiya! I can answer your question-Guide Dogs are usually trained to crap in a particular spot in their owners garden during their training. Such clever dogs!
Great to hear, that Danny is a Sterkowski hat lover, too. I do wear their stuff all the time, quality is amazing.
"Dis is wah I hey fav' strings behss"
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!
The tone was amazing, please tell us how you got it
alright, now get this guy a 6 string bass and make him play primus
We got Danny Sapko playing a 5 string before gta 6
Your longer videos are really good.
I picked up a 5 string when I was in a doom band. We used two tunings: C Standard and Drop A.
Got tired of tuning that C down to A for those 1-3 songs. I just tuned the B down to A and had the rest at C Standard, and I had two four string basses in one!
Also, it broke the guitarist's brain when I made use of that low A while playing tunes he did in C Standard.
He didn't fully get the concept. 😂
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.
It's ABOUT TIME 😂
You’re an inspirational bloke.
Love the hats!
My go to is a flat cap.
#BEHS
Missed one Danny, restringing them costs more, and you say you're a Yorkshireman, just kidding.
Incredible painting, true artwork!
You mean...the writing?
@@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.
I'm in the small hands club too. RIP
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.
An Ibanez was my first 5 string and that 16.5mm string spacing is a shock at first
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.
Nice job with the marker reminds me of one of alistair's designs over at Emerald guitars years ago was very busy
“Hey, daddy-o
I don't want to go down to the boisment”
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 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.
Clicked on this so quickly.
the only person I know who really gels with a 5 string bought it recently, after years of being able to play the banjo
The low string is hard to get sounding good but I still need it.
Part of it is you have to be a little more conscious about how hard you’re playing. Pluck it a little softer than the others, it’s big enough that you don’t need to smack it for volume
Release pro five string bass merch and I’ll buy some.
Oh, Paint! I was like WTF is a pain pen?
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.
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.
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.
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.
3:49 is when he actually gives his reasons if you want to skip all the filler.
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!
I like that rumble sound on that 5 string bass.....
i have extremely tiny hands as well, and i love my 5 string specifically because it's easier on my fretting hand when playing chords (which i do often). so interesting how two individuals with the same problem have such different reactions to the same thing
My behs has a swan neck with a reed and when you blow into it, it sounds well cool.....