Stupid question

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:04 pm

OK, once again, Im not much of a tech-head like most of you. So that being said, I was wondering, which has the most neck tension ?

EADG tuning ?

OR:

BEAD tuning ?

I was watching the YES "Songs from Tsongas" DVD, and was intrigued by Squier's B tuned Tobias. I realize that its extra long scale but was wondering about the tension.

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:13 pm

I believe the tension is about the same....but I'm sure someone knows for sure.

I say that because when I switched one of my 4003's to BEAD tuning there were no neck adjustments necessary.....and it was a fantastic player.

phlemmy · Post by **phlemmy** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:14 pm

I'd say the EADG.

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:54 pm

Just convert it to a five string...BEADG!

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:19 pm

The five string conversions are fine for some people but the tight string spacing makes it a nightmare for others......plus the 2 over 3 headstock just isn't appealing to me.

The BEAD tuning is a better solution (for me) since it is completely/easily reversible and I never ran into a situation where I didn't have enough strings/frets to make something work. I'm currently getting by with one of my Rics equipped with a Hipshot bass extender key and that seems like an even easier solution (for me) since I'm not dabbling with anything below a low D right now anyway.

Back to the question at hand......

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 2:55 pm

The tension depends on the type and gauge of strings ...

or tune DGCF with strings that are .110 .095 .075 .055 ... this is cool because you have a low D as an open string ...

I did this for a while when I was fighting switching to a 5 string bass ...

and of course I prefer 5 strings these days ...

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 4:09 pm

I prefer it tuned MONEY...