Best string gauge for metal!!??

[5string5fingers]

[René_Julien]

Your bass can double as a towing truck.

[knuckle_head]

.110 ain't so evil - you should give it a go.

......oh, and I've seen bigger.

[5string5fingers]

You apparently didn't see that it says .1100.

[Poor Tom]

you apparently didn't do so well in math class 5string5fingers.

[Dega]

Originally Posted by Poor Tom

you apparently didn't do so well in math class 5string5fingers.

Quite right. The "You apparently didn't see that it says .1100" made me chuckle.

On a more helpful note, I currently use a set with .110, I didn't notice much of a difference playing wise, but depending on your bass, you may need to do some nut work.

[René_Julien]

ah, I didn't see the point before 1100

[5string5fingers]

I'm aware that the 0 in that decimal in terms of math would have no significance and there for would be .110....the posts a joke...

[Poor Tom]

no jokes allowed. Talkbass is serious business.

[Awesomenaut]

.110 vs .100?

.110 goes to eleven....

[Thegian]

Originally Posted by Awesomenaut

.110 vs .100?

.110 goes to eleven....

xD, nice.

why not just make .100 louder?

[jasper383]

I bet if you packaged strings in ominous black packaging and listed the gauges as .450-.1100, they would sell.

[5string5fingers]

And then put nothing inside the packages.

Most metul strings evar are no strings at all.

[playbass1983]

Originally Posted by Poor Tom

you apparently didn't do so well in math class 5string5fingers.

+1

edit: Sorry, I see now the post is a joke. Please excuse my poor sense of humor!

[SquierBender]

I think that smaller strings would be better. For example, say you took a 60 and tuned it to the standard low E, it would be loose and not very bright, right? Correct me if i'm wrong though, just my $0.2.

[René_Julien]

Originally Posted by SquierBender

I think that smaller strings would be better. For example, say you took a 60 and tuned it to the standard low E, it would be loose and not very bright, right? Correct me if i'm wrong though, just my $0.2.

Uhm.... that would be WAAAAAAAAAAAAY too floppy.

If you even get it to vibrate, it will CLANK a lot on your frets.


I prefer heavy thick gauge of strings, for more definition.
Then you have more tension, more of the fundamental note.
Less tension results that your string's vibration is infuenced more by the vibration of the body, bridge and nut. And so adding a bit more of small chorus and vibrato effect from the wood body of your bass.

I don't notice a significantly brighter tone in heavier strings.

Can be in some cases as floppier strings don't have such pronounced upper harmonics.

[SquierBender]

Originally Posted by René_Julien

Uhm.... that would be WAAAAAAAAAAAAY too floppy.

If you even get it to vibrate, it will CLANK a lot on your frets.


I prefer heavy thick gauge of strings, for more definition.
Then you have more tension, more of the fundamental note.
Less tension results that your string's vibration is infuenced more by the vibration of the body, bridge and nut. And so adding a bit more of small chorus and vibrato effect from the wood body of your bass.

I don't notice a significantly brighter tone in heavier strings.

Can be in some cases as floppier strings don't have such pronounced upper harmonics.

I know it would be way to floppy, but that was just an exagerated example.

[Darkstrike]

I've used an 87 E string before, it was not uh, very good for metal.

René has the right of it, bigger is better.

[Meatrus]

This is what happens when you make a joke post, it starts going serious.

[Darkstrike]

Originally Posted by Meatrus

This is what happens when you make a joke post, it starts going serious.

No, this is what happens when you make a bad joke post....