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08-13-2006, 06:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Broomfield, CO | | | 5ers: Who uses a different brand B-string with the rest of their strings?
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I'm just curious to know who uses a different brand B along with the rest of the other strings. I've never mixed and matched before, but now I've found a great match. I wanted a fuller sounding B so I replaced the B with an MTD tapered core 135. I was worried about the blend between strings, but it ended up working really well. So I have the Dean Markley Blue Steels for E-A-D-G and the MTD 135x for the B. What are your thoughts? |
08-13-2006, 06:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Poughkeepsie, NY/Boston, MA | | | Probably not cost efficient if you will be buying 2 packs of strings everytime. If you can buy just a B string, may not be a bad idea. |
08-13-2006, 06:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Springfield, MA | | | I dig Fodera regular or heavy gauge strings for my 5. they work great. Ritter swordsteels are great too but pricey.
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08-13-2006, 07:00 PM
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Endorsing Artist: SIT strings | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Montreal, Qc. Canada | | | I use DR Lo-riders for E-A-D-G, with a High-beam B-string x-long scale in order to pass it through the body on my 35" scale bass. |
08-13-2006, 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Figjam Probably not cost efficient if you will be buying 2 packs of strings everytime. If you can buy just a B string, may not be a bad idea. | Yeah, luckily Mike Tobias offers the MTD 135 B in a single. |
08-13-2006, 09:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Nashville, TN | | | I like the D'Addario Pro Steels on my Sadowsky but I use a LaBella Hard Rockin' Steel B because of the tapered core.
Yo D'Addario, make a tapered core B over here! |
08-13-2006, 10:40 PM
| | | | I use a different brand C since I use Ernie Ball and their .032 C is a little too thick. If I did use standard tuning, I would probably use a different gauge of B, not necessarily a different brand, but I might if EB didn't have the right gauge.
For B-G or E-C tuning, you can just buy a 4 string pack and get a single B or C string from juststrings.com
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08-14-2006, 12:22 AM
|  | that video LIES | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | | I don't count
My 5 is currently strung w/Blue Steels, but my 7 has Ken Smith nickel rounds w/a GHS .130 B. The bass came w/a taper wound B, but I prefer non-tapered. It works fine; I don't notice any great tonal difference.
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08-14-2006, 12:34 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Australia | | | I have a few d'addario 145 b strings laying around that are doing fine with every other 4 string set i use on my 5.
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08-14-2006, 01:23 AM
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Endorsing:D'Addario,Genz Benz,Truth Drums,Evans,SKB,Nordstrand pu's | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Katy, Tx | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Bobby King I like the D'Addario Pro Steels on my Sadowsky but I use a LaBella Hard Rockin' Steel B because of the tapered core.
Yo D'Addario, make a tapered core B over here! | D'Addario makes a tapered Prosteel B string reg and long scale.  |
08-14-2006, 06:34 AM
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Originally Posted by bassteban My 5 is currently strung w/Blue Steels, but my 7 has Ken Smith nickel rounds w/a GHS .130 B. The bass came w/a taper wound B, but I prefer non-tapered. It works fine; I don't notice any great tonal difference. | Bassteban,
How do you like the Blue Steels on your 5? I love them on all of the strings except for the B. I felt like the B could use a little more life and some fullness. I guess in the long run no other low B works better on an MTD than an MTD 135x. Do they have the Blue Steels with a tapered core B I wonder... |
08-14-2006, 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Blues Cat D'Addario makes a tapered Prosteel B string reg and long scale. | Really? I haven't seen them yet but I'll look on Just Strings.
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08-14-2006, 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Melvin7822 Bassteban,
How do you like the Blue Steels on your 5? I love them on all of the strings except for the B. I felt like the B could use a little more life and some fullness. I guess in the long run no other low B works better on an MTD than an MTD 135x. Do they have the Blue Steels with a tapered core B I wonder... | Melvin, my 5 is a passive MIA Fender Jazz. It's one of those very rare Fender 5s- has a great B. As for Blue Steels, that's all I've ever used on this bass. I have considered throwing flats on for the big change-up. For my money, they(Blue Steels, not flats  )'re not as bright as Ken Smith SS, my usual favorite, but not as 'mellow' as nickels. A happy medium for my 'old school(i hate that cliche')' bass, & they seem to sound best when I'm about to change them.
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