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Originally Posted by Joseph Oberlander
6s are awesome. With a good reinforced design, you can either use as is, tune 2-low(bass plus two lower strings) or 2-high(bass plus two higher strings, tuned E-E like a guitar. The first way, it plays exactly like a 4-string or 5 string bass if you want, and the third way, like a 4-string but with the ability to exactly double guitar chords and playing via the two highest strings, but an octave lower. ie - a real "bass guitar".
Very versitile. Very slick. Too wide for my small hands to deal with.(sigh)
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You do realise basses that have two strings higher than the G are still tuned in 4th's? For instance, a 7 string is tuned BEADGCF. Where a guitar is tuned EADGBE