Bass string tension info.?

[Ingemar]

Let's bomb bass string manufacturers with e-mails, asking for info. about the tension of their bass string brands.
Maybe we can force them to suply this info. on web sajts and pakages.

Here's a link.
Pleace feel welkome to complete this list/link

http://www.electricbluesclub.co.uk/a...s.html#strings

I know that Daddario and Thomastic Infeld suply this info. but there ought to be others.

[Captain Chaos]

D'addario already provides their costumers with info on string tension.

[Ingemar]

Yes... as I said

"I know that Daddario and Thomastic Infeld suply this info."
but there ought to be others to.

[Captain Chaos]

My bad. I guess I didn't see it.

[Ingemar]

I've got this info from ELIXIR today
(cred. to them)




Here's more links to manufactures that provide tension info.

http://www.daddario.com/DADFBass.aspx?ID=3


http://www.thomastik-infeld.com/guitars/index.html


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[Ingemar]

I found an simplified test info. in Bassplayer March 1996.
They tested some 150 str.sets and refered the tension as... soft-medium-tight (better than nothing)

Is here anyone who knows if there is similar articles in other magasines (or on the web. that has tension info.

I know that Bassist (GB mag. that sadly enough don't exist any more) had anpamflet nov 1996 and Bassplayer had one more string article in nov/dec 2004 to but non of these did list tension.

(Im specially curious abot flat wounds and coated)

[westland]

The D'addario spec sheet is overwhelming

[Ingemar]

I've just got this answer from one
(non of them mentioned in this thread)
manufacturer after e-mailing them and asked for Tension info. for one specific stringset within their brand

"Unfortunately, I cannot provide this information for you, as it is
proprietary information and confidential."


How's that?

(though... they where kindly enough to answer at all)

[DavePlaysBass]

Originally Posted by Ingemar

"Unfortunately, I cannot provide this information for you, as it is
proprietary information and confidential."

That's like a furntiture maker saying the length our hand made hutch is proprietery (jeez guys you think anyone out there knows how to use a tape measure)?

Measure it yourself and post it all over the web

Dave

[Ingemar]

I found an simplified test info. in Bassplayer March 1996.
They tested some 150 str.sets and refered the tension as... soft-medium-tight (better than nothing)

Is here anyone who knows if there is similar articles in other magasines (or on the web. that has tension info.

I know that Bassist (GB mag. that sadly enough don't exist any more) had anpamflet nov 1996 and Bassplayer had one more string article in nov/dec 2004 to but non of these did list tension.

(Im specially curious abot flat wounds and coated)


Here's a link to the bassplayer article Bassplayer March 1996.

http://www.bunnybass.com/e-zine/tips02.shtml

article, page 1.
article, page 2.
Table 1, page 1: 4 string bass sets, from Alembic - D'Aquisto.
Table 1, page 2: 4 string bass sets, from D'Aquisto - Ernie Ball.
Table 1, page 3: 4 string bass sets, from Ernie Ball- Ken Smith.
Table 1, page 4: 4 string bass sets, from Ken Smith - Rotosound.
Table 1, page 5: 4 string bass sets, from Sadowsky - Zon.
Table 2, page 1: 5 string bass sets, from Carvin - DR.
Table 2, page 2: 5 string bass sets, from Elites - La Bella.
Table 2, page 3: 5 string bass sets, from La Bella - Zon.
Summary and "Favorite Strings" chart.


And this link from Bassplayer nov/dec 2004

http://www.bassplayer.com/story.asp?...storycode=4037