5-String Bass Guitars

There’s a very specific kind of disappointment that hits the moment you plug a four-string into a rehearsal room built for down-tuned riffage and realise you simply don’t have the note. The guitarist drops to C, the drummer’s kick is doing something percussive and unreasonable, and you’re stuck playing the wrong octave up just to … Read more

Somewhere between the fourth fret of your comfort zone and the low-end rumble you keep hearing on records you love, there’s a fifth string waiting for you. A 5-string bass guitar isn’t just a four-string with an extra bit bolted on — it’s a genuinely different instrument to live with, one that trades a bit … Read more