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05-05-2006, 11:02 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Sebring, FL | | | 5 String players: What strings do you use?
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I just got my 55-02 today, and I believe it came with DR Hi-beams, I'm guessing that they're nickel by the feel and tone. I like the tone, but I'm curious about experimenting with other brands.
I used TI flats on my Skyline Glaub and I loved them, so I have a 5 string set coming to try out on the 55-02. Anyone have experience with the B string on TI flats?
If you play a 5 string, what strings do you use?
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05-05-2006, 11:08 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bolivian, Australia | | | I also have a Lakland 55-02....
...using Foderas, stainless steel atm
...but I use the nickel Foderas too
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05-05-2006, 11:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Omaha, NE | | | I use stainless steel DR Hi-Beams. |
05-05-2006, 11:18 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana | | | I love my DR high beams. They're all I ever use now. 130 B. I tried the taper wounds, but now I go for the fully wound B & E. |
05-05-2006, 11:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Philadelphia, PA | | | I like the DR's, but recently I've been turned on to the Nanowebs. |
05-05-2006, 11:32 AM
| | | | GHS Boomers, 45, 65, 85, 105, 130.
I like them better than DRs-- more flexible feel, less strident mids (to my ear). |
05-05-2006, 11:45 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Sebring, FL | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by bradjonesbass I love my DR high beams. They're all I ever use now. 130 B. I tried the taper wounds, but now I go for the fully wound B & E. | What made you change to fully wound? |
05-05-2006, 11:48 AM
| | Pat's the best! | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Northern Virginia, USA | | | Fender nickel "Super Bass". Love 'em on all my fretted electrics regardless of string count. |
05-05-2006, 12:10 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ohio | | | Sadowsky Nickels. I also like TI Superalloys quite a bit. |
05-05-2006, 12:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Georgetown, TX | | | D'Addario nickels, 50-70-85-105-130 taperwound. The fully wound B wouldn't sit right in the bridge slot (Ibanez BTB405, with the monorail bridge).
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05-05-2006, 02:20 PM
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05-05-2006, 03:49 PM
| | | | D'Addario EXL 170, 45-65-80-100-130, fully wound B. (I don't like taperwound)
Very tight and clear B-string. |
05-05-2006, 04:08 PM
| | | | Ken Smith Burners with the taper B
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05-08-2006, 04:06 AM
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Prisms on my 4 string ( i still have a few sets left )
i liked the SIT nickle rounds, but they lost tone waaay to fast for me.
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05-08-2006, 04:09 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Germany | | | I tried a lot of different strings. Best strings for me are Ernie Ball Power Slinky Nickel (.050.070.085.105.135) |
05-08-2006, 04:31 AM
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Originally Posted by lowfreq1 D'Addario EXL 170, 45-65-80-100-130, fully wound B. (I don't like taperwound)
Very tight and clear B-string. | +1 |
05-08-2006, 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by brothernewt +1 | and another +1
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05-08-2006, 05:01 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Francisco | | | I use DR Hi-Beams in 40-100 with a 130 B on a 34" scale Modulus. If I were playing a 35" scale I would go lighter. It's kind of tricky to narrow in on one's personal preferance without just trying different sets and figuring out what works best for you. |
05-08-2006, 07:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Los Angeles | | | You're going to get a million different replies all with their favorite strings.
Hi Beams are steel. Maybe you got Sunbeams, the nickel version of Hi Beams.
The 55-02 is a truly cool bass because it doesn't require a specific kind of string in order to get good, usable tone out of it. |
05-08-2006, 07:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Englewood, CO | | | DR LoRiders exclusively.. love em.
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