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silhouette bass question
- Thread starter Estin
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Baritone scales run 26.5" - 27" -- short scale basses run 29.5" - 30.5" - so given the specs from this website (plus the visual thickness of the strings on the picture), this looks like a short-scale bass. I've never seen a silhouette bass in person, but I do own a baritone (Fender Sub-sonic - 27" scale) and the OEM strings were not that thick.
Squawk
Squawk
Yo E!
Derek had some cool stuff to say about it in the post
http://www.ernieball.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=588
Derek had some cool stuff to say about it in the post
http://www.ernieball.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=588
So it is a baritone after all - A to A tuning is common to some baritones as there is no real standard (my Fender recommends B to B tuning).
I would think EBMM would categorize it with guitars rather than basses as it would be played more like a guitar - I know these days basses are used as solo instruments, but I couldn't see using the Sil bass conventionally (i.e., a beat-keeper).
Squawk
I would think EBMM would categorize it with guitars rather than basses as it would be played more like a guitar - I know these days basses are used as solo instruments, but I couldn't see using the Sil bass conventionally (i.e., a beat-keeper).
Squawk
in derek's other post tho he said it came stock E to e tuning with a .95 on the low E. thats pretty damn heavy for a baritone guitar tho. if it is in fact a baritone guitar i'd get it, but some say its a short scale bass so i'm lost. i can't forsee a bass plunker playing that, 6 string basses have a WAY fatter neck for wider string spacing. the silo bass looks look guitar spacing to me with dual humbuckers.........
Unless the bass player uses his/her own alternative tunings, a six string bass is tuned B to C.
When I started playing bass in 1967, the Fender Bass V was tuned E to C and not very popular. When 6 string basses emerged (thanks to the popularity of Jack Bruce), it added the low B, and stock 5 string basses became set up B to G (tho some old timers still use E to C). Unless someone from EBMM can tell us otherwise, I can't see how anything with the 1st and 6th strings at the same pitch be a bass.
Squawk
When I started playing bass in 1967, the Fender Bass V was tuned E to C and not very popular. When 6 string basses emerged (thanks to the popularity of Jack Bruce), it added the low B, and stock 5 string basses became set up B to G (tho some old timers still use E to C). Unless someone from EBMM can tell us otherwise, I can't see how anything with the 1st and 6th strings at the same pitch be a bass.
Squawk
i'm wondering if they call it a bass guitar cause its a low tuned guitar.... derek could you clear this up for us? if this is actually a baritone guitar i'd prolly get one. but like squak said a 6 string bass is tuned B to C a E to e or A to a doesn't make sense for a bass tuning. what the hell is this thing? LOL not to mention if it uses a .95 stock for the lowest string, it really can't be a bass. normal low E bass strings are like .105 atleast i think.
Well, the 29" scale is long, but it's got a standard guitar-sized headstock and guitar tuners, and a pretty standard looking bridge... The nut width is 1 3/4", which is only a little wider than the Petrucci 6's neck (1 11/16") and a lot narrower than the Petrucci 7's neck (1 15/16")... All things considered, I think I'd call it a baritone guitar - but a BIG baritone guitar! 
all this talk has gotton me REALLY interested in buying one now. LOL i'd tune it B to B and use it as a baritone. hell the signature mike mushok (dude from staind) has a ibanez baritone and its scale is 28" so i'm starting to think there is really no standard anymore.
Estin -
I'm not into metal, but I use my baritone with standard 9s, only I tune D to D. Best of all worlds for drop-tuning with a scale only slightly larger than standard 25.5 - and there's no nut (or any kind of) buzz, etc. And, as said earlier, there is no standard for baritones, so I would suggest if you get one, to use a place like juststrings.com to get a selection - some come b to b, a to a, etc. BTW, if you go b to b, I recommend ernie ball 7 string sets - and save the high e as a spare for another guitar.
Squawk
I'm not into metal, but I use my baritone with standard 9s, only I tune D to D. Best of all worlds for drop-tuning with a scale only slightly larger than standard 25.5 - and there's no nut (or any kind of) buzz, etc. And, as said earlier, there is no standard for baritones, so I would suggest if you get one, to use a place like juststrings.com to get a selection - some come b to b, a to a, etc. BTW, if you go b to b, I recommend ernie ball 7 string sets - and save the high e as a spare for another guitar.
Squawk
i'll check out that site, i've been looking for some sorta off guage strings to no luck around here.