The Do'h moment continues
I strung it up tonight with some crap strings I had lying around, just to see.
Just as well I tried crap strings, 'cos I broke two G's trying to get it up to pitch before I realised the problem. D'oh. I didn't think of that.
It sounds like a big ply bass, as you'd expect. Fairly dark, OK sustain.
Jeff you're right, I can play 44" OK. Its a bit more athletic, quite fun actually, and I could get used to it ... but I think the above problem is a bigger one. The bass probably isn't going to have much of a future if it needs non-standard strings, unless its tuned down to DGCF as a matter of course ...
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