Bright and long lasting?

[fetfet]

What string lasts for a while but gives that piano-like tone of rotosound and the like. Also, i'm not going to get DR Loriders.

[Chasarms]

Dean Markley SR2000.

[Buskman]

Originally Posted by fetfet

What string lasts for a while but gives that piano-like tone of rotosound and the like. Also, i'm not going to get DR Loriders.

If not Loriders (how come?), I'd suggest Hi-Beams!

[fetfet]

Originally Posted by Buskman

If not Loriders (how come?), I'd suggest Hi-Beams!

I had just put a new set of LoRiders on, and right before a gig, the E and A snapped! i had spares, but the damage was DONE.

[Lorenzini]

The strings just snapped? BOTH of them?
LOL
Get another set, I've owned almost nothing but DR strings and they never break on me. I was gonna recommend Lo Riders anyway...

You can also try Dean Markley Blue Steels. Great string.

[spaz21387]

Another vote for the dean markley blue steels. They do chew up your fingers more when you first get them though.

[Thunderthumbs73]

Originally Posted by fetfet

What string lasts for a while but gives that piano-like tone of rotosound and the like. Also, i'm not going to get DR Loriders.

Search for bright strings. Long lasting is the easy part out of the two. Just take 'em off, boil em to clean 'em and reinstall. It will bring them back to like new tone in the short term, but over the long term, will degrade a little in terms of brightness that can be brought back. Saves you tons of money! They will last you a long time too.

Good luck with it!

[fetfet]

Thanks for your responses, but just to be helpful, I'll have about 30$ to spend on strings, and this is why they must last. The D'Addario ProSteels look tasty, but only because of my current financial situation. And for some reason, Blue Steels cost 35$ in my neighborhood, so I'm wondering if buying online would be cheaper.

So keep these things in mind as you suggest.

[fetfet]

I might try the blue steels, as my teacher recommended them to me. I'm also going to try some Hi-Beams. Just a question though; will I get the same high-end out of Extralifes as i will Hi-beams?

please let me know.

[spaz21387]

You might like elixers. They last for a long time and have a piano like tone like you want. They are alittle more expensive and to some people they are worth it. I dont like them because they have a slimy feel. I get the tone I want with ernie balls on my j bass and blue steels on my p bass

[Joe Gress]

Blue steels for bright piano tone, oh yeah!

I barely have the tone knob on at all, and they are bright clear and defined.

[fetfet]

I'm gonna try the Blue Steels

[fullrangebass]

MTD SS strings. Growl and zing for days

[jinithith2]

D'addario Prosteels.
I put them on at the beginning of March and the B is juuuust starting to loose a tad bit of its sparkle when I thump the open note.
Otherwise, it is still all there five months later!! I've been waiting for them to go dead for ages so I can do some Zender on the bass but noooooo

[fetfet]

Does anyone have anysound clips of these string? I'd like to hear them in action! It's right now a toss up between Prosteels, Blue Steels, and Rotosound and boiling them.

[Solarmist]

Elixirs are piano like, but not all that bright. You should try a set of SIT Powerwounds at least once for the price - They're bright, and last.

[mike_Ro11]

Dr extra life coated strings are bright and last long.

[Thunderthumbs73]

Originally Posted by fetfet

Thanks for your responses, but just to be helpful, I'll have about 30$ to spend on strings, and this is why they must last. The D'Addario ProSteels look tasty, but only because of my current financial situation. And for some reason, Blue Steels cost 35$ in my neighborhood, so I'm wondering if buying online would be cheaper.

So keep these things in mind as you suggest.

Again, I recommend boiling. Via this method, you can buy strings for $30 or whatever, and boil them as needed. They'll still sound great (perhaps "as new" even...) and you may not need or feel the need to buy new strings for a year or more. That makes it $30 or whatever= one year of strings. I've boiled a set of strings for one of my basses for about 3-4 years now. So that equals out to be, effectively, $10 max for strings for that bass, for each year.

Be smart. Save your money!

Good luck with it.

[nativeofsandieg]

I have tried boiling a few times, I loose alot of my harmonic ability. My harmonics don't seem to "pop" out as much after boiling.

You can snap a blue steel string in half with one hand. Simply bend into a circle and pich at the top and the string will snap. I was skeptical, so I did the same thing to my D'Addarios and they did not break. I have snapped every set of Blue Steels I bought, I am not a aggresive player.

I personally have had amazing playablity with D'Addarios and also another brand called Black Diamond strings. I only bought one set of the Diamonds but they sounded awesome and lasted a while. I am usually against coatings as they dampin the string's high end but I tryed them and they were suprisingly bright.

[Gordon of Eden]

No matter what brand you use you need to care for them if they are to last. That includes wiping them down periodically while playing. Wiping down with 91% isopropyl alchohol after gigs and boiling whenever you feel its needed. This really works well to keep that nice "piano" like tone and feel (I'm kind of fanatical about it myself). Also at gigs I've been using "Fast Fret" or "Dr Ducks Ax Wax" to keep them a little slick and help keep the sweat build-up to a minimum.
As far as strings, no matter what I try I always go back to the Blue Steels. They just sound better to me than anything I've tried so far. My only gripe is that their B string doesn't come in a 130.