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bass help.

Unread post by violenticecream88 » Tue Jan 08, 2008 12:16 am

id like to tune my 5 string to E A D G C. aside from getting the lighter gage strings is it gonna hurt the bass to be at that tuning? or to go back and forth between the 2 (BEADG and EADGC) having 2 sets of strings
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Unread post by bassman462 » Tue Jan 08, 2008 12:59 am

I don't think it will. ask someone who might have more experience with this though.
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Re: bass help.

Unread post by Machtimus » Tue Jan 08, 2008 1:39 am

Generally not a good idea to switch between tunings.
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Re: bass help.

Unread post by GSR » Tue Jan 08, 2008 1:43 am

Well, I don't know how often you plan on changing strings on the bass, but you should be okay, save for a quick truss rod adjustment. If you have a well-constructed bass, I don't think it would be much of a problem.

edit: I wouldn't go back and forth between BEADG and EADGC on the same bass very often, if at all. I'd have two basses, one for each tuning.
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