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05-07-2007, 04:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: New Brunswick, Canada | | | B string Gauge
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What gauge and brand of strings are you guys using for your low B? Tonally, my B sounds far too different from the other strings. I'm looking for a string that has no variation is tone from the E to B strings when playing the same pitch. I've always been a fan of D'adarrios with my 4-string, just got my first 6er. |
05-07-2007, 04:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Springfield, MA | | | I really like Fodera Diamonds. They are my favorite string. They have great tension, especially on the E and B strings. They also sound and feel great. And they last long. I don't buy them because they are "Fodera" strings - they are the real deal and are not badly priced either.
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05-07-2007, 04:26 PM
|  | TalkBass' resident Bongo + Cowbell player | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Bucaramanga, Colombia, South A | | | I use La Bella Hard Rockin' Steels with a .128 B string and I like them, but I like DR Hi-Beams even more and fortunately last week I found a site that ships strings internationally at a reasonable price (currently, nobody carries DRs where I live) and ordered a set of DR Hi-Beams with a .130. |
05-07-2007, 06:32 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Phila,Pa. | | | .125 on 35 inch scales, and .130 on 34 inch scales. |
05-07-2007, 08:55 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Seattle, Washington | | | I use TI Jazz rounds and they have a really well balanced tone across all the strings. .118 B
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05-07-2007, 10:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Johnson City, TN | | | On my MIM Jazz Bazz V I have a .107 B string. I strung the bass with the EADGC strings and tuned BEADG. It feels and sounds like a dream. Not floppy at all. I'm about to go really light on my yamaha as well. It has a 35 inch scale, and I've tried many different string sizes above .125, and the best yet was a dean markley signature nickelsteel .128. I'm gonna order some custom sizes soon with something around a .117 or .115 to see if that fixes my problem.
^^--are you using that .118 on the 6er in your avatar? Also, what kind of strings are you using? |
05-07-2007, 10:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Seattle, Washington | | Quote:
Originally Posted by fretman4god 
^^--are you using that .118 on the 6er in your avatar? Also, what kind of strings are you using?
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Thomastik-Infeld Jazz Rounds. Sounds and feels awesome 
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05-08-2007, 06:28 AM
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Endorsing Artist: SIT strings | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Montreal, Qc. Canada | | | The most even-sounding 5-string set I've tried is the MTD with a .135x B-string. The best low-B I've played. |
05-08-2007, 08:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: somewhere in middle America | | | Interesting that a 118 makes a good B. My Rob Allen basses use a 115 for the E!!! Of course, the LaBella tapes are less dense than what you're using. I have one fretless that uses a 125 and still sounds good. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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