I am starting to get better in my bass skills and I want to by a new bass and change it up. My brother says my hands are too small for a five string bass (I have big hand though) so what I might do iss get a four string put the low BEAD strings on si it is a five sting minus the high G. Thousand foot Krutch did that on The Flame In All of Us and that is why the bass is so hard to tab. Of coure Iam going to have to put pickups in the BEAD bass to handle different frequencys. so If anybody has a suggstion please post a comment.