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The weight of the bass itself ideally heavier than regular electric guitar, because the strings are thicker (to maintain modesty tone / sound) so the cause must choose the wood that is denser and harder to balance the pressure on the neck (neck).
Besides the size of the fret (the column on the guitar) greater adjusted to the thickness of the strings.
There are many types of bass used until now. The most widely used form of contra bass and cello bass (commonly used for opera performances), electric bass (commonly used for all types of performances, especially the band) and bass fretless electric bass the same but no FRET (column / divider on the board press / neck) on the bass. The working principle is similar to the contra fretless bass / cello, bass except that shaped electric guitar.
[Edit] Strings and tuning (Tuning)
* Four strings
Usually played in "GDAE", "GDAD", "GDGD", "DAEB", "DADB (usually this pattern in use for the music of underground / open D)," FCGD "or" FCGC "
* Five strings
Usually played in "GDAEB" but sometimes "CGDAE".
* Six strings
Usually played in "ABCDEF" or "CGDAEB", although "EBGDAE" also likes to wear.
Tuning over sorted by number of strings (strings 1, strings 2, and so on), where string 1 is the lowest of bass guitar strings (the thinnest string).
Bass player chosen to use a bass with five strings or even six strings due to more wide range of tones that can be played. Six stringed bass rarely used than the four-stringed bass and five-stringed bass. Usually the six-stringed bass is widely used by jazz bass player, although not denied the player was rock-some are wearing it, because the tone is more breadth of coverage that can be played.
