Same here.

Nah, I’ve tried one. It’s a cool idea but not so useful in a live scenario- I’m a performer that moves a lot so I need it to be a very “on-off” sort of thing. Also if the string is the right tension for an E, it’s a floppy mess at C

@@adamsteelproducer I play in Drop D most of the time so I go with a heavier gauge string anyway--but just on that string. A 110 to 115 gauge seems to mitigate that problem.

That’s fair but if I play most of the set in E, 115 is way too heavy for me

@@adamsteelproducer I switched the strings out last night on my bass for its High-Five conversion: to a 110g for the E/D/B string, a 75g for the A, a 55g for the D, a 40g for the G, and a 30g for the high C. It plays freaking AMAZING, having that high C now and the dedicated low B removed and the lighter string tension! And, the 110g string really seems to be the perfect guage for floating between E/D/B. On a 34" scale, the 110 should be: 40lbs in E / 33lbs in D / and 22lbs in B--low C would be higher. It's actual tension really plays and feels a lot closer than this tension-spread that I figured out--so my figures may be off some. The lighter strings only create the need for a slight truss-rod adjustment--only getting a slight fret buzzing on fret one. I am really super happy with this conversion!!! I am also using D'addario Pro Steels--Nickel Plated strings have only an ever-so-slight bit more tension per string.

Not at all, its a very slight tension change, changing string gauges is a bigger change, as is temperature. If your bass can’t handle a little bit of tuning change, it’s probably not going to last long anyway

Sure, if there’s room on the headstock for the levers from all the tuners! I’ve seen it done a couple of times

Hop Pole Studios Cool. I didn’t think I could do it on say a Fender style bass cause the tuners are so close together. I’ve only seen it done on basses where there are two tuners on top and two on the bottom

Just buy a Digitech Drop pedal, it works really well live!

@@LEON2808 I just remembered I actually have a Digitech Whammy pedal for my guitar that also works with my bass. The only problem is that my bass doesn’t handle drop tunings well.

There is that! For me it’s more like a quick-change thing, since I can tune a string pretty fast- I use this in medleys where we go from a song that’s usually played in E to a drop D piece. I used to just learn the E song on the alternate tuning but that can really mess with your head when trying to sing at the same time....

@@adamsteelproducer I dont sing, and the world is a happier, better place for it! My situation is a bit unique.. I say "lazy," but its actually tough for me to extend my arm to the headstock on a long scale bass. Have some health issues and such. The longer I have my arm extended, the more it hurts. Also makes *playing* there very difficult, which is a shame. Also means I dont play live, or even with other people. But, I always have some other random project that takes priority over checking one of these out. Next up for me is checking out the Dino Blackouts pups. Anyway, have you tried quickly moving the lever (or something similar) to get some cool effects? Seems like it could make unique noises, for better or worse!

In the studio D’Addario NYXL, but on shows Thomann branded cheap ones. 95-40 gauge

Then I could tune the whole thing down a tone- not sure how the neck would respond, but I saw that done on a Zon bass in the 90s. You need some space inbetween tuners for the levers to open into though

Hop Pole Studios could probably be done on a 2x2 headstock

I think you can push the lever down, but like you mentioned I like to have it where I can switch back quickly- for me, that’s the purpose of the lever so I need it ready to go!

I know manring’s Zon bass with 4 of these on, very clever but a little extreme for most people

@@adamsteelproducer I understand what do you mean, yet I don't think it is extreme. In my opinion Micheal Manring do a good use of this mechanical technology. I think is a bit limited saying with the xtenders you don't need to a have a second bass. For me sounds a bit marketing for dummies to buy them. You don't need to play or do like Michael Manring, you just have to be aware of what you can do with it in a creative way, not in a functional way. It is quite easy to understand what it does. Would you tell someone from the 94s that now we have smartphone, and the screen doesn't look like a calcurator 8bit machine, because it has colourful image, and you can do calls. Don't you think most of people would be sceptic about it, because they don't see any real advantages. Playing bass is something complex already, so I am quite sure with a good demonstration of the sound advantages and not functional advantages, people will be more convinced. the public target it is a creative one right?! Who cares what it does, I want to see what I can do with while playing and creating my bass lines.