We need a NOPE Signature Bass!!!

beginner: 4 string intermediate: 5 string expert: 6 string elite: 4 string

Danny's character development: -Starting to like jazz music (prefer Django's style) -Got a 5-String Bass All left is the piccolo bass.

‘Five string are wrong, f**K off!” Perfect!😂😂

A wise Behs sage once told me...'there's no Behs without B...'

You uploading a 5 string bass hate vid and featuring the exact same one i got weeks ago got me feeling funny

I like my basses 6 strings, an octave higher, and with a tremolo system

So, the main reason I have switched entirely over to 5 strings now is that my band does songs in a very wide range of keys, and I like having a piano-like range to cover the low end in every key. Also, once you start thinking in intervals, it gets much easier to play. 5th fret and up from the B string to the D string is the equivalent of a 4 string starting open, so you can play every note fretted or open.

That “nope” design is fantastic!!!!

The visually impaired owner picks up the poo. The dog is trained to show them where the turd is. My friend has a guide dog and this was part of the training for both dog and owner.

Missed opportunity to call it "I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Behsment".

I mostly agree with you man, I prefer a 4 string short scale if I had my pick, but I found that tuning my 5 as EADGB(C) I got some extra harmonic ability in the higher end without having to really change the way I normally play much. I don't really need that low B for what I do, but the xtra higher end has been pretty handy.

"What do you need more strings for, you gonna play bigger chords ?" - Lemmy.

I just saw a guide dog helping his disabled owner earlier this morning. As you expect, no one cleaned up after the dog! Thanks for the bass enthusiasm.

Finally. It's here.

I started playing a 5 string because of Polyphia, now I play a 5 string Jazz Squire and a 5 String no-name fretless

Too LOW?!?! A BEHS can never be too low. I actually love the low notes that you can feel as much as you can hear. I'm glad you left out the last step (tiny hands, tiny brain, and a tiny...yea, best left out mate. 😜👍

I come here for the behs… and stay for the comedy. You are a very funny man, Danny! 😂 And a damn fine behsist. 👍🏻

I remember when I started bass decades ago. I had crossed paths with a famous bassist. I asked him if I should do 5 string as I was just starting and his exact words were, "Every iconic bassline ever written was done on a 4 string. It's all you need." So I never went to 5 string and I'm eternally happy I didn't.

MISA from Band-Maid made me fall in love with five string. She uses it to perfection.

Good on ya! Even though we finally got to ya with the 5 string BEHS stuff, you gave it a fair shake. And frankly, that's what we love about ya ❤

I, for one, love having a full length thumb rest.

Why is your voice so calming, I was stressed until now, but this video worked like magic and now I’m comfy

"Do you think I can still return it?" NOPE!

About the 5 string beginning at 3:33 1) Small hands are more of an issue for guitar players when you have to hold chords, especially on 7 string guitars (guitarists usually omit the 5th for full 13th chords on 6 string guitars). If you're holding down root notes on bass, it's less of an issue. Bass is like playing guitar one note at a time. So, for me, playing bass is kind of like playing guitar solos all the time. I treat bass like a melody instrument. 2) Low B strings are best for low tunings. I often tune C F Bb Eb G so it becomes like a guitar in C standard tuning with a high G. If you prefer E as a low string, go for a thinner gauge low string and tune E A D G B for more melodic content up high (although bassists might prefer C and F on the high strings). For guitarists, 5 string basses are nice because they feel more like guitars, especially if the strings are closer together like a Jazz bass. P basses can feel huge with high action and strings that are far apart, but the tone (especially a PJ) is great. I agree that playing notes below the root can be confusing and force you to think about intervals (for example, 4ths going up are 5ths going down). This is a specialty of jazz players who determine the identity of the chord by the root they play while the guitarist fills out extended chords beyond the root (in jazz, 7ths, # 9ths, # 11ths, 13ths). Some chords like fully diminished 7th and dominant 7th chords can have their entire identities changed by what root note the bassist plays while the guitarist keeps the same shape. 3) I agree that 5 string bass below A1 can be too low (Korn tuning). Guys these days are omitting bass players and using 8 string guitars and are sludging around in the 1 and 0 octaves. Not for me because it fights the bass and kick drum in the mix. My advice would be to try a 5 with a high string instead. A lot of 5s come in 35" scale length instead of 34". You might like a 34" better. Bassists have their own skills that are hard for guitarists to master as well, like proper intonation on a fretless with flatwound strings. There's also slapping and groove. You can tell a real bass player from a guitarist playing bass, especially in rock.

I have small hands also - the frets are farthest apart at the nut end of the neck, and get closer together as you move up the neck. With a 5-string bass, I can move up the neck and down a string to play bass lines that would painfully stretch my hand at the extreme end of the neck.

Four String Righteousness!

03:26 start the video, you're welcome.

That art on that bass looks sick! Ending was hilarious too!

Best argument I heard in favour of a 5-string is if you're a session player who often plays with horn-sections and so having Eb on tap is helpful. I like them because I play a lot of loud, heavy, blues-inspired music in E, and hitting a low V for emphasis just as the the music peaks is cool too

Go go Danny!

Hi Danny, fellow small handed behs player from Newcastle here… I struggled to get my head round a 5 for years and made me feel ill when I tried to play… But having been gifted one during the lockdowns, I cracked it. You have to change from playing generally open strings and play much higher up the neck around 5/7 fret, which then feels natural again as on the fifth it’s an E. but you have an extra string at the top. Anyway it worked for me! The behs looked great with the sharpie on 😂

I got my first 5'er in'97... other than a few acoustics, I haven't owned a 4-string since. One thing to do if you're playing songs where you don't need the low B at all is to anchor your thumb on the low B. My playing style was "floating thumb", where my thumb would switch between being anchored at the pickup and anchoring on strings (usually the B, but occasionally on E and A, depending on the songs...)

I love Danny's channel and I'm not even a bassist, but Danny is so goofy but also a very talented musician as well so you can't help but love him.

Every time I have an idea, I’m calling it a “brain wave” from now on. 🔥

I have always had 4s and that includes my fretless but I have a new acoustic electric 5 and am looking forward to doing my solos with chords and harmonics as the low B will give me more range!

That makes sense. As a guy with fairly long fingers, I hate short scale basses for the opposite reason. They feel tiny, like it should be a guitar but isn’t.

Barely use that 5th string, BUT its a fantastic anchor point for my thumb. Instead of being locked into wherever the manufacturer decided to put the pickup, I can put my hand anywhere I want on the thing to play it. Plus its really nice not having to re-tune for alot of drop tuned or downtuned songs.

someday i'll see Necrobutcher's tone... but your behs playing is always da behst!

I was given that same bass (but the older model with only 3 knobs) by a friend. It was set up like a normal bass with the low E from a guitar as the highest string. I returned it to its original state. It’s got a really nice, slim neck. And of course, just starting at the 5th fret makes it that much easier to play. It now has chicken head knobs with eye stickers and is covered in various other stickers, mostly because I’m not a metal guy.

the fieldy slap at the end was a nice touch

Great to hear, that Danny is a Sterkowski hat lover, too. I do wear their stuff all the time, quality is amazing.

Danny says that he doesn’t wanna learn a 5 string but did a pretty good job on this one

After many years of playing 4strings only I got 6 string bass. Took some time to adjust but was managable. I loved the tone and extra low range but weight of it was killing me. Also I didnt feel I needed that 6th string so badly. Was nice for high notes, tapping and chords but in real life scenario that wasnt that useful. Now I got myself a 5string Spector and I m really happy. What I really love about 5strings is that you can pretty easy transpose stuff when your vocalist asks for a change of tonation. Extra range of 5string also allows me to play WAY more music on one instrument. No more downtuning. No more hassle with too loose strings or not having G-string due to BEAD/AEDG tuning.

I too love Sterkowski. I have a sosabowski beret, maciejowka model 2, and one of their cheaper options which I don't remember the name of

Its hilarious how serious his facial expressions are so angry 😅

My son has 3 basses: 1 fretless 4-string and two fretted 5-strings: one tuned with a low B and one with a high B.

Don't worry, Danny. Now Ibanez has no other choice but to release Danny Sapko's signature NOPE behs!

I wanted to play some type o negative riffs and I was really tempted to get a standard 5 stringer so I could have that low B (Type O play in B std often). But I think they actually play on a 4 string bass, just with the low 4 of a 5 string on (so BEAD). maybe I'll do that instead

An Ibanez was my first 5 string and that 16.5mm string spacing is a shock at first

During a set, I played two measures of music on the A string instead of the D string which made we wonder why things were sounding off. Then, I got lost as to where we were in the song for a couple of measures after the mistake. I stopped playing and I was scanning the music sheet to see where we were and was able to finish the song. I was playing on my 5-string which I didn't have a lot of practice time with, plus our music leader wanted us to switch to using Nashville style music charts, where they use numbers instead of letters. That was relatively easy, but I guess I just didn't practice enough.

For me, I don’t necessarily care about the overall lower range, I just like the greater range you have in any given position. Less shifting.

I love your energy and your smile

Been wating for this video

I’ve yet to find an amp/bass combo I could afford where I actually liked the sound of the low B… so I bought a ibanez premium 5 and run it with a high C. I play a fair amount of bass chords loops when I jam with my drummer so it works pretty well.

I don't have very small hands and I usually play the four-fret-stretch style But recently in a music shop I played one of those fanned-fret six-string basses with the super-long scale on the low B string. It was an absolute monster. I could barely get my hands around it and certainly couldn't stretch across the first four frets I felt like one of the Borrowers or something

instead of the low B you can go high C with the 5 string. That give you a standard Low EADGC adding the Tenor bass tuning made popular by Stanley Clarke (If I remember correctly) great for soloist and playing chords. Tenor tuning is used in Jazz as an alternate tuning.

I like my 5-string basses even tho I'm not a huge fan of low tunings What I just do is complement 6-string guitar work in E standard and pick notes on the B string when the situation allows for it (which is actually quite often) Like when a song is in D minor and the guitars are playing up the 5th fret on the A string or on the open D string I just go for the 3rd fret on the B string Or just whenever the guitars are going to notes that are between B and E I use the B string I mean I could pick the notes higher up the register, but what's the point in that when the point of bass is to fill up that low end?

I'm with you on the range thing. There just aren't that many situations to play below E to warrant another bass. (And I have 7 basses so it doesn't take much convincing for me to get another one.) However, I still enjoy playing my 5-string, even if just for the slightly tighter string spacing.

I love your videos cheeky humor and all, they're great really.

Nice job with the marker reminds me of one of alistair's designs over at Emerald guitars years ago was very busy

I too love Sterkowski. I have a sosabowski beret, maciejowka model 2, and one of their cheaper options

I only started using my 5 string Warwick years ago when on tour my Yamaha TRB-4P crapped out on tour and I was forced to use my 5 string as it was my backup bass. Fast forward years later, Norwood Fisher of Fishbone got me endorsed by Warwick and I have never turned back. So much versatility in them. But, I totally get why some don’t like them. Great video!

Love it! You are right....

Hope this helps....I have a standard 6 string bass. Hate the low B and high C. Screws with my head. Bought custom strings from a company called Kalium, in order to convert to guitar tuning while keeping roughly the same string tensions. SO..... E 110 A 82 D 61 G 45 B 31 E 20 plain IT"S AWESOME, easy to play, and sounds great. I can do chords without sounding like mud. Tapping is easier. Scales and chords are just like guitar. This has totally changed my game. The strings cost a total of $48 for the set, so roughly a few bucks more than a standard set of 6 string bass strings. Shipping took about 6 weeks, so if you have gigs coming up....plan ahead.

I looooove my 5s. I'm mainly playing melodeath which is tuned down to c, but I throw a lighter set of strings on and tune it *up* half a step instead and I'm where I need to be with a whole extra high string for shennanigans

Can I boil the package and use again? for extra eco friendly

Stick a high c on it. Viola low E is back in home position!

that actually sounded great in the end. What amp and interface?

Love the Nope Bass! I only have two basses now. One is a 35" Jericho Alpha Black 5 string and one is an Ibanez Mezzo short scale 4 string. The Jericho has the best sounding B string I've heard outside of Dingwall and looks like an older Fender aerodyne and it's passive! So my Metal bass for sure. My 32" Ibanez is active and sounds great and an easy grab and go bass for writing and practicing. Different jobs for both.

Ngl the custom "nopes" make the bass look metal as fuck

One of the biggest reasons I play 5 strings primarily is BECAUSE I have small hands and the closer string spacing is great for me. I also usually play tuned up a half step to C to match downtuned guitars and that little extra tension along with slightly heavier strings means that low register is ringing loud and clear.

You don’t have to have the bottom string on a five string lower than E, you can string it EADG - then add a higher note on the top like a B or a (I think more commonly) a C.

Instead of the low D string shift the EADG strings over add a high B string where the g string should be and tune it EADGB

I love my 5 string so much! I even got a custom 5 string for myself. but if you're really allergic to the low B, you can always restring and go from E-C like it's a 6 string!

The tone was amazing, please tell us how you got it

3:40 has nobody talk about how the finishing design of the Nope Bass kinda reminds me of Paramore's "Riot" all over the place?

The benefit of a 5 string is not just the lower notes, but the wider scope of tone that you can get by playing some of the notes that would typically be on the E, on the B string further up on the fretboard. It's great playing some dub, trip hop, country, and reggae up around the 8th fret while still getting the octave of the notes that you need!

My behs has a swan neck with a reed and when you blow into it, it sounds well cool.....

One thing that you can do with a 5 is to play all the things you play on a 4 higher up the neck; fatter tone for your low F’s and G’s, etc, and more range under the hand. Doing that may also make playing more comfortable for those with smaller hands too.

Can you tune a 5-string so that the extra string is a higher string? Like e, d, a, g, b? I've only just taken up the base and always thought that's what five strings were set up for was to move you up a little bit. Not down

To each their own but I have only one BEHS and it's a 5-string. My favorite part is having the low D and Eb handy, but there are some moments where a low C is so perfect.

You’re an inspirational bloke. Love the hats! My go to is a flat cap. #BEHS

I feel exactly the same. I have a 4-string each set up for standard, half a step down, D, and B. I'm not smart enough to switch from fours to fives, and the only reason I have the one tuned B-E-A-D is to justify the Peavey G-bass I wanted to buy, not because I ever really needed to play that low, haha!

I've got this exact model in orange/copper tuned down to G-C-G-C-F. Those Ibanez basses are monsters in terms of sound for the price!

Im not very good or anything but I bought myself an Ibanez k5 as a treat and it is soooo light and easy to play I love it!

i once tried a 5 string and i loved it much better than any other bass ive ever played, im not a bassist and i only play when i randomly come around one but i was actually able to slap that one, it might have been just very good strings or idk

I have one of those Gio 4-string basses, and when i pick hard, i get a horrible slap, or pop via the pickup. Do you think, if i lower the pickup, I’ll still get decent attack, but lose that pop? It drives me crazy, ruins takes, and makes me play with far less intensity than i like

Ayo, greetings from America. I gotta the "what's half of mine is yours" part was clever af, yo. 🤣 You outsmarted the system! You either getting half of absolutely nothing (shout-out to the artists of that amazing bop), or you share in my debt! 🤣 Tehk ya pick!

And the video was 5 minutes 50 seconds to boot!

i have extremely tiny hands as well, and i love my 5 string specifically because it's easier on my fretting hand when playing chords (which i do often). so interesting how two individuals with the same problem have such different reactions to the same thing

I bought a Music Man 5 string Behs, just for curiosity, because the guy in eBay made me a reasonable price and oh I am a big fan of Tony Levin. It takes a while to get used like you say, not get lost with the notes position on the fretboard. One thing I discovered is that the 5. string must be played not so........ aggressively (many times a product of the emotion) because the notes goes sharp and makes a peak in the track if you are recording online without a compressor. The other (pleasant) thing - even if you have small hands - is that the wood resonates much more that in the 4. string Behs, and gives more "thump" to the overall sound. Anyway, I return always to my Rick 4001 or a Fender Precision which I love.

My first bass was a five string. I’ve opened experience four strings, but they’ve all been sold and more I have two five string basses!

Danny, I’m virtually the older English/Scottish American version of you. Wide hands with shorter fingers, glasses, used to wearing a hat most often, etc. Same issues with the 5 string bass except, I love it. After playing a 5 string since April of 1998, I got the hang of the low B string. It’s actually handy when playing up closer to the 12th fret to still get your normal low notes and give them that ultra smooth airy sound and still be close to the higher octave notes we know and love. Just give it a chance. Though my vintage Fender Jazz was my first love, …I cheat on her with my Epiphone 5 string 😜.

Your longer videos are really good.

As someone with very large hands, I also dislike the 5 string bass because why would you play more than 4 strings? Wanna a B string? Just buy one and kick off the G one since you wouldn't be using that anyways when you got that low tunning.

I play country music and I use an old school PBass. But a lot of modern country is written with 5 string bass lines

If the problem us string spacing, in theory you could have 5 strings on a 4 string neck. That was what John Myung did with his Music Man signature Bongo. It is a 5 string bass with 6 strings.

Hey Danny new around here your stuff is awesome and I'm happy to support. In memory of Steve Albini passing this month can we get a tone study on Albinis band Shellac? Particularly the tone on the album At Action Park?

I have also never desired a low B string on my bass but I really like playing 5 strings with a high C on the bottom. I believe that's called a tenor 5 string.