| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name
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| 791.1 | Bass tunings | WELMTS::GREENB | waiting for my man | Mon Aug 22 1988 09:26 | 8 | 
|  |     E-A-D-G-C I think.      Yes?
    
    I have encountered bass tunings of D-A-D-G and one in 5ths, like
    a cello, of C-G-D-A
    6 string bass is tuned like a guitar but an octave lower
    
    Bob da Bass        
    
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| 791.2 | It Depends | AQUA::ROST | Now Sally is a happy girl | Mon Aug 22 1988 09:49 | 11 | 
|  |     
    In the 1960s, it was common to have the extra string be either a
    B or C above the G.
    
    Now it is more common to have the extra string be the B below the
    E.
    
    A lot of this has to do with the fact that modern bass amps can
    reproduce such low frequencies OK.
    
    
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| 791.3 | BASS TUNING | MPGS::STJEAN |  | Mon Aug 22 1988 10:03 | 19 | 
|  |     I WOULD THINK?
    
    E-A-D-G-B ?
    
    JUST TO EXTEND YOUR SCALES 
     I'VE YET TO PLAY A 5 OR 6 STRING BASS BUT I WOULD THINK THAT'S WHAT I
    WOULD TUNE TO AND THEN POSSIBLY AFTER WORKING WITH IT THEN START
    CHANGING THE TUNNING AND KIND OF PLAY AROUND WITH IT.
    I HAVE JUST RECENTLY STARTED SEEING THESE AROUND BUT SOMEONE HAS TOLD
    ME THAT THEY USE BE QUITE POPULAR A FEW YEARS BACK.
    
    I DO AGREE WITH TUNNING A 6 STRING AN OCTAVE LOWER.
    I WOULD LIKE SOMEMORE INFO IF SOMEONE HAS MORE TO OFFER.
    IF YOU ARE ACTIVE WHEN PLAYING THE BASS THAN ITS KIND OF A GOOD
    ALTERNATIVE TO A 4 STRING.
    
    
    SEE YA
      MAD DOG   ( COUNTRY MUSIC LOVER )
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| 791.4 | get that 18" speaker out | MARKER::BUCKLEY | IROC, do you? | Mon Aug 22 1988 10:09 | 4 | 
|  |     
    I would think:
    
    B E A D G
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| 791.5 | 5 string tuning | SCOMAN::BOUCHARD |  | Mon Aug 22 1988 14:07 | 4 | 
|  |   I have two five string basses , one is tuned e a d g c, and the other
     b e a d g.  gotta run
    
                                                 dan . . . 
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