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Divorce costs more than a bass I think.

Good chance you wonā€™t need to file the nut. Itā€™s a possibility. Iā€™ve done BEAD and not filed nuts, and had no issue.

I also own a fiver and have a second on order.

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I knowā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦

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Yeah, theyā€™re really cheap. And I keep hearing good things about them. I wrote an inquired on their Rickenbacker copies. They told me they were in the house, but not yet available for sale since they all need to go through a setup. So I think the price/quality is hard to beat.

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I have several friends with Harley Benton (bass-) guitars. They are all very happy with them, especially with models that came out in the last two years.
One of them has a 230ā‚¬ bass and told me it sounds as good as a 2000ā‚¬ bass he ownsā€¦

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Check the weight before ordering - some HB 5ā€™s are ridiculously heavy, others not

edit: found a claim that it was about 8lbs for this model, which is quite light for a 5. Nice.

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Bear in mind itā€™ll feel different because E is not longer your top string. Also, a 5 string is useless if the PA / amp your using wonā€™t get down low enough to make use of the B string frequency. Iā€™ve been playing my back side off in 2 bands for a couple of years and never once wished I had a 5 string. They probably have their place but Iā€™m not sure itā€™s for me.

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This is a common misconception. Even with an E string you are usually hearing a lot of the higher harmonics for most of the tone. Many small amps start to roll off around 50-60Hz and low E is 41Hz.

Hereā€™s a Rumble 100 as an example, rolloff starts up around 50-60Hz.

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Bottom line, much like the E string, that B string will still sound awesome, even if you arenā€™t entirely hearing the fundamental and thereā€™s a lot of harmonics mixed in.

Unfortunately the B string will probably sound bad above the 7th fret, regardless of amp, but thatā€™s just bad timbre.

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Thatā€™s interesting!

What does that mean for my JBL EON 710 practice PA?

  • Frequency response: 52 Hzā€“20 kHz (-10 dB); 65 Hzā€“20 kHz (-3 dB)
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It means that like most speakers, you donā€™t hear much of the fundamental for the low E string, and you mostly hear the higher harmonics. And I am sure it still sounds awesome.

This is not unusual at all.

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Yeah, I am quite happy with my EON710. Itā€™s more than good enough for sofa practicing, the bass is good enough to have my neighbours complain - and with the built-in DSP and REW measurements I get an impressively ā€œneutralā€ sound, also for ā€œjust listeningā€ to music without powering on my HIFI systemā€¦

But: there is one thing better than bass - MORE bass!

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