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It's not just the five strings, but also the three toggle switches and five knobs. Now why on Earth would bass players need to overcompensate...

Exactly,

Bassist: "Did you hear when I switched to both my pickups to parallel series and beefed up the EQ in the middle eight, it was beasting."

Everyone else on the planet: "No cunt cares."

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It's not just the five strings, but also the three toggle switches and five knobs. Now why on Earth would bass players need to overcompensate...

There's an onboard pre-amp in the bass. Amps need controllers. Since at most venues, bass gets DI'd into the PA, having onboard electronics means a bassist still gets to control his tone.

Exactly,

Bassist: "Did you hear when I switched to both my pickups to parallel series and beefed up the EQ in the middle eight, it was beasting."

Everyone else on the planet: "No cunt cares."

This from the man who's pedal board is larger than him....?

#BURN

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I think about all the bassists I love. Not one of them played a 5 string (except maybe on a rare occasion before realising that the hardest thing about playing a five string is telling your parents you're gay). I can't abide them.

Stu Hamm plays a 5 periodically. I don't have much love for 'em personally, but if you're playing stuff that requires you to go beyond drop-d tuning then it makes more sense to use a 5-string (or at least use BEAD strings..) than to drop tune and have a horrid, rattly, clacky sounding cunt of a thing.. #vaginajoke

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I don't quite understand the hatred, but I'm not a bass player. There's some horrid looking basses about, whether they are 4 or 5 string, but if your'e getting a 5 string variation of a normally 4 string bass guitar, then there's not really much difference cosmetically:

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Looks alright, and you still give yourself the option for some slap and twang as well as ball-smashing low end B grooves.

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