is a standard 4 string bass guitar an octive(spelling?)

[jukes]

a full octave(spelling?)lower than a regular guitars strings?and are the 4 strings on the bass the same as the four lower on the guitar only an octave lower?e,g,b,d,?
thanks
i have a variax and i trying to jimmy a bass out of it by detuning it:)
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[Mr. Pickle]

Yes bass is one octave lower

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[Machines]

i have a variax and i trying to jimmy a bass out of it by detuning it:)


Yeah, it'll be exactly the same as a real bass then, nice one.

[Killer Fridge]

....it wont work, unless you buy some incredibly high tension strings that are ma....no, bollocks to it, it wont work

[bass&cookies]

well.. the strings would be unplayably wobbly. you would have to get bass strings and mess with the bridge to get them to fit. i have actuallyu seen someone do this to a classical guitar, but its prob not a project you would want to try on a good guitar.

[Killer Fridge]

yeah, i mean (as my drummer just put so well) you could probably hang it off the wall at that tension, and to attempt to play it....i mean even downtuning 4 or 5 steps makes it sillily unplayable....but a whole 12? not a chance

[jukes]

with a varia my string tension stays the same but through the software it can be set up 12 octaves down for a bass

[Mr. Pickle]

^^^confused

you can move 12 OCTAVES down and keep the same string tension?

software?

what?

[gaslight]

It's a Variax guitar. Line 6 make them.

They are a modelling guitar, you can edit all the tonal characteristics (pick-up placement, type, positioning, tuning) etc, electronically from your computer and store them in the guitar as pre-sets.

I want one :).

And I think by "12 octaves" he meant "12 half-steps/semitones" because 12 octaves down would not be properly audible.

[jukes]

i ment 12 frets down for an octave>my bad>long day and i was pooped:)