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4- 5- or 6-strings?

SoulBeats	Date: May 2, 2004 @ 11:17 AM I got 4, but playing 6-stringed bass is always cool. Tho' ya need to have some muscle on the lefty if ya want to make best of it.
Carl67	Date: May 2, 2004 @ 11:21 AM Ive got both a 4 and 5 string, i was going to get a 6 string then realised that it was pointless getting one unless your a jazz bassist or les claypool.
XentropyX	Date: May 2, 2004 @ 1:46 PM i only use 4 strings right now. i don't really like 5 strings, hell, if billy sheehan manages without one, that's good enough for me. i would like to get a six string eventually though...
jsklbrd	Date: May 4, 2004 @ 11:18 PM It is not useless using six string bass at all I play 4, 5, and 6 string bass as well as upright. 6 string bass opens up a whole new window for bass playing. In jazz most bassists only use four string, six string is basically used in all kinds of music. For tapping if you want to be very outgoing break out some piano books and learn both treble and bass play them at the same time as you would on piano you will like the results if you can pull it off well. 6 string bass is the furthest thing from useless you just have to know how to play it well!!!
bastardo23	Date: May 6, 2004 @ 12:35 PM like my four just fine, but someday extra strings could be nice. particularly a high c so that i can play massive scale runs w/o changing fret positions.
Vickxxx	Date: May 7, 2004 @ 9:49 PM 4 string mostly..I use a five string when I need some nasty low end.........
XentropyX	Date: May 10, 2004 @ 12:21 AM i just use 4s at the present time. someday i 'd like to get a six string. i'll probally never get a 5 though.
Intergalacti...	Date: May 13, 2004 @ 10:53 AM i use four strings, i can see the point of a five and six string but i would really find no need for it. Theres so many great bassist who play with four strings dont get me wrong I've got nothin against people who use more than four it just seems silly to me
sqrlcub	Date: May 13, 2004 @ 3:28 PM 4 string player guitar and upright. Guitar only right now since I got rid of the upright ages ago.
100thmonk	Date: May 13, 2004 @ 6:36 PM 4-string electric and upright :transform:
Miniature	Date: June 4, 2004 @ 10:05 AM 4 string suits me... but i play my mates 5 string quite often... its not hard...
meisdead	Date: June 28, 2004 @ 5:49 PM i have a five and that's what i'm sticking with. I'm in a metal band so i like having the extra low end and I'd never use the 6th string anyway. It all depends on what style really. Of course you could be really inovative and use the 6th string a lot in a metal song but that's just not me.
LowEndCommun...	Date: June 29, 2004 @ 9:38 PM I started on 5, then moved to 6 recently. I love the larger range and tonality of 6. It'll take quite a lot of time and saving, but I think my dream bass is a Conklin multi-scale 8 string.
bbranch	Date: July 27, 2004 @ 10:06 PM I prefer 5-strings. I like having the lower string because I have always hated detuning for some reason. Sometimes the B-string gets on my nerves when I play slap style because it tends to ring. You may not notice it live or practicing, but it can be noticable when you record. I think I will get a 5-string with a high C one day b/c I have been listening to Matthew Garrison, Steve Swallow, Tony Grey, Mitch Cohn, and Carles Benavent, all of whom are incredible bassist with 5 strings with high C's
mbtec1320	Date: September 22, 2004 @ 11:24 PM Today I use a 5 string Fender jazz bass and a 5 string Ibanez sr 405 fretless.But I also have 2 4 string basses ,a Steinberger XL2 and a 51 Pbass reissue.A few years ago I had 2 Carvin 6 string basses but sold them to buy the jazz bass.6 string basses are more for soloing.
StillMotion	Date: December 26, 2004 @ 8:59 PM I've played a 4 string for 9 years, and recently picked up a warwick corvette 5. i now own a corvette 4, corvette 4 fretless, and a corvette 5 (i like warwicks, can you tell?). a 6 string is most definately my next purchase (it may just be a corvette). i never wanted a 5th string until a while back, i would be playing and just thinking how great it would be to step down from my low E, without detuning. and more songs came along where i wanted to. i LOVE my 5 string! it really lets you have more fun, particularly at the low end (for obvious reasons)
Bunghole44	Date: January 10, 2005 @ 7:04 PM i got a deal on a five string where it ended up being cheaper than the four, and now i can't live without it. now i feel kinda like i'd be trapped without my extra B, does that happen to anyone else?
Grot	Date: February 9, 2005 @ 4:18 PM eventually i want a double neck 4-bass 7-guitar
SilverShining	Date: February 17, 2005 @ 6:02 AM I've always felt trapped by a four string, myself. Because I play low on my guitar, I need to either tune down the bass to hit notes an octave lower than the guitar, or I need that fifth string. The next bass I get will be a five string. Six seems too much (I'm no virtuouso) but for doom, I need a low bass.
Intergalacti...	Date: February 24, 2005 @ 2:00 PM One of my mates sold a five string to another friend for like 400 quid and bought a 6 string for 420