How to enhance your 5 strings bass guitar sound – part 1 – Frudua GFJ bass
www.corsidiliuteria.it – Using a Frudua GFJ bass guitar, Luthier Galeazzo Frudua explains how to obtain the best tone from your bass guitar B string and an even response on the whole bass fretboard. Part 2. GFJ BASS FRUDUA DIRECT DEAL Photos at www.fruduadirectdeal.com WHICH STRINGS TO USE: Enrie Ball never let me down but consider that I am talking about Italy market. Due the un constant quality I have found here in major brands I came to the conclusion that most of them are sending their lower quality production runs over here. The situation may be different in your country, for example in USA or UK or even Germany, where I think they sell their first quality and there may be a lower percentage or faulty strings. Also remember that too much of a strings angle over the saddle and beyond (for example on strings through body) damages the various (and very complicate system of) overlapping windings especially of the bigger (low b) strings thus affecting sound and intonation. You can trust me for the words, I have made severe tests. Write if any! GF FRUDUA BASS AMPLIFICATION www.fruduabassamplification.com bass guitar frudua GFJ bass tips how to Strings frudua tapping guitar lesson shred metal rock solo guitar guitarist shredding fast neck guitar setup http
Heres a video of me playing my home made 5 string bass as I promised. I hope you like it. Thanks for watching and enjoy!. Adam A Alander Guitars
Reader Comments
If you are on a budget, the trick is to be frugal, but not cheap! I’d recommend using flatwound strings, they’re a bit more mellow and warm, and you don’t get scraping sounds from the windings! A set of D’Addario flatwounds will cost you $30-$40 bucks, but unless you’re a heavy popper, you won’t need to replace them for years, as opposed to every couple of weeks. Short-term pain, long-term gain! Just don’t forget to clean them when you’re done!
Ha, ha cutie- I thought we were going out?
@makeshift26 Hey, makeshit26, another keyboard warrior who can only post videos of other people, can only post a personal attack, but again, a know nothing. You’re a dime a dozen, a troll, a piece of shit. Here’s a thought: try CONTRIBUTING or STFU. Let us know where you’re gigging tonight, and we’ll all come out and see you.
And obviously very humble about it as well.
the ones from 3:05-3:10 are my favorite
The string will twist on itself both you do it by hand or by turning the peg.
You won’t get twisting on the B-string unless you wrap the string around the post by hand (like he did in the video with the first loop). Just always do it by turning the tuning peg and you won’t have that problem. That said, it’s an interesting point to be aware of and worth checking before completely tightening up the string.
@xhibitionism You obviously don’t know shit about basses. All my basses at 34′s, the B’s are solid as as ROCK, sustain for DAYS. This is what I do, and have done for a living, since 1972.
Frudua you are amazing
This is excellent and useful information. Thanks for sharing. I will get some of my online students to check this out.
Kind regards,
George
“The second thing that we have absolutely to be sure of is that we mount the strings correctly, especially the low b-strings, which is a very big one, which is a very big diameter… this is the B-string, you put it inside… ”
If I had a nickel for every Girlfriend that said this was an extremely weird fetish…
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that you’ve never played a Sadowsky, right?
Hell, most of MY current 5+ strings are 35″ (5 of 7) & I prefer the certain something you get, but you pay a price with stretches, less choice of strings and simply a different *feel* due to the increase of neck/body mass compared to 4s. And I’d put my ‘Ray 5 or ’96 Ibanez SR-1206 (better than almost anything they have out now) against my Spectors or Mike Lulls. 1″ is only a 7% increase in string tension.
The CC’s on this are hilarious xD
Great video Galeazzo!!
Fantastic video Galeazzo, la ringrazio per il dono!
I would say however, that a vibrating string does not create an elliptical path, but a parabola. Geometrically both are surface intersections of a conic surface however an ellipse has far nodal points at 90° and a parabola does not ;-D
I took one of my 5-strings to check this out. It made three turns in my hand and after stretching and tuning back up it seemed nicer. Certainly worthwhile remembering to do this. Thank you again.
On 34″ scale bass all you can get from B string is a fart sound.
but was about acoustic and electric guitars, not bass?
Ok let’s calm the tones down here ok?
yes this is a problem with any tupe of string for bass or guitar, in case of guitar you especially need to take care of this when mounting strings on a Floyd Rose
the rolling of the string never occured to me, and has never been mentioned to me in articles Ive read, is this a problem with acoustics and electrics also? Makes me wonder how many times I may have possible messed my strings up ha ha ha!
WHAT THE FUK!?!?!?! Only a very few with corect low B? Then TELL US what they R!! Jeez – R U trying 2 help, or just peddle YOUR guitars?
WTF R the models that R good low B? Name them. Fukin-A
do u have a website in english? i’m very interested to see what u offer! i tried the link in yr description box, but it’s italian only and i didn’t see a catalogue or online shop there.
ever heard of google? it’s a search engine where u can search for stuff like best bass guitar 2012 or basses with good low b-string sound and look for yrself u annoying cunt!!!
u should have added a you after the fuck!
Rotfl chill the fuck up. Also, not all strings have silk around them.
I haven’t been building instruments for years, i’m not the one who uploaded this video. It’s just how i do it, and i’ve never built an instrument – yet. Though i’ve read many guides and listened to many different people, and no one yet said that you should bend before cutting. And i still see no sense in it, since you can get the perfect measure doing it like that. The string can be winded perfectly even when you cut before bending.
Wow dude your bass is probably one of the coolest basses I have ever seen and the sound is great too
love your guitars, dig the basses, keep it up,
You have got the bass tone I’ve been trying so hard to get. It must be that bass. How much would be the price for one of your custom basses? I want my friend who happens to be in this towns greatest successful bands to check out your creations.
you are a genius with the design man. i want one but i dnt have any money cause im 14 but still… AWESOME JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This bass is awesome, but I would never want one. I’d be terrified to handle it. The horns look too fragile for me.
how much would charge to make anouther 5 string the same but black staine im looking to buy
Cool bass. Great job!
FUCKING AWSOME!!!! niicce bass
Hes a very smart man!! Now i want to buy one!! Tell me how!!
not really my style, but you did a fucking amazing job, man.
victor wooten DMB solo at 1.48s
what a beast of a bass
wow
i have a tuner that does every note
nice man, you should make drume sets lol
The Lights On That Bass Are Sick Man!!
I Have Never Seen That On A Bass.. Great Sound Too
Great Job 
Virtuoso… no I guess not…
but fucking awesome… yes indeed.
Especially the slap… fuck ya, sick bass.
i played that bass…
and they live in my hometown
oh my..
o wow man! how much would a bass like that cost man?!
yer a goodtuner will B-E-A-D-G and even F if not it will only cost you like 10-15 quid
most do
even read the low B
hey pretty cool bass i just bougth a 5 string have a questoin when u tune a 5 on you tuner it still reads the e string
your basses look amazing!
that is like the badassiest bass EVER 5 STARS