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11-24-2010, 02:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: North of Boston | | | Broken D, replace all?
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Last night was a first, at my gig I broke my D during the last measure of the last song of the night! Now here is my question, what would you prefer to do: The strings are two year old Chromes that are nicely broken in.....the feel!!! Should I just replace the D or all the strings for consistency's sake. I don't want to start all over again, but I also don't want a D that really sticks out. Any help would be appreciated.
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11-24-2010, 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by miacomet  The strings are two year[s] old | TWO YEARS?! |
11-24-2010, 02:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: glasgow (on the 16 bus) | | | yes. if you replace one string it will sound way diffrent
you can get away with changing one string if the strings are quite new but not at 2 years
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11-24-2010, 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by hoshbrown41 TWO YEARS?! | For flatwounds, two years is young. They're just getting broken in. Hardcore flatwound guys like to keep 'em on there for decades.
miacomet, that's a tough call. |
11-24-2010, 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by miacomet Last night was a first, at my gig I broke my D during the last measure of the last song of the night! Now here is my question, what would you prefer to do: The strings are two year old Chromes that are nicely broken in.....the feel!!! Should I just replace the D or all the strings for consistency's sake. I don't want to start all over again, but I also don't want a D that really sticks out. Any help would be appreciated.
Cheers. | Replace only the D, but drag it around behind your car for a couple of days before you put it on.  |
11-24-2010, 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by fu22ba55 For flatwounds, two years is young. They're just getting broken in. Hardcore flatwound guys like to keep 'em on there for decades. | I did not know that  |
11-24-2010, 02:43 PM
| | | | BBQ sauce. Get your hands in it and really work over that new D. Clean up your hands, wipe down the string well and viola, you've got a two-year old D string.
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11-24-2010, 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by FretlessMainly BBQ sauce. Get your hands in it and really work over that new D. Clean up your hands, wipe down the string well and viola, you've got a two-year old D string.
Seriously. | Vinegar or or tomato based? :O |
11-24-2010, 02:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Calgary, Canada | | | Clearly, it depends on whether its stainless steel or nickle |
11-24-2010, 02:53 PM
| | | | Well, you only need to leave it on for a little while while you work it in, but I'd avoid one with vinegar high up on the list of ingredients. Although it may not matter with chromes.
You could also try melted butter, but that leaves them a bit greasy for a while. BBQ sauce is better.
Another trick is to use a bit of soft foam (such as you see in acoustic wall material) butted up against the bridge under the string. Cut it thick enough that you have to wedge it under the string and then make it thinner as you check the change in tone. After a month or so your string should be close to the others. Also, taking the tnesion off the old ones and re-tuning them all often adds a day or two of slight zing back to the old ones, which can help you match up the replacement with the old strings. |
11-24-2010, 03:02 PM
|  | Real Basses Have 5 Strings! | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Colorado | | | Yep replace all 4 with rounds. |
11-24-2010, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by FretlessMainly | Thanks FM, I will check that thread out. I will probably just get a new set on and start from square one. Perhaps a different brand of flat....perhaps not. Lots of research on here for that topic. |
11-24-2010, 03:50 PM
| | | Now I know why I use roundwounds....  |
11-24-2010, 03:53 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Cohasset, Massachusetts | | | Two years seems like a very long time. I have only broken a string once. I replaced all of them at teh same time. |
11-24-2010, 04:00 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Upstate, South Carolina | | | Replace them all. With strings that old the rest will probably start snapping soon. |
11-24-2010, 04:01 PM
| | | | Replace the whole set, and start on your next two years.
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11-24-2010, 05:24 PM
|  | I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize! | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Ottawa, Canada | | I would probably replace the whole set. It will take weeks, if not months, for the new string to sound like the old ones. I'm assuming since you broke the D that you use it a lot.
I am actually thinking of buying another set of Labella flats to use at home for practice. I want to get them broken in for that terrible day when my current Labella's die.  But hopefully that day is a long way off. |
11-24-2010, 06:06 PM
| | | | If you put bbq sauce on string the dog, cat, or bunny may try to eat it when your not looking. Lol. Id change all the strings since the rest are 2 yrs old.
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11-24-2010, 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by metalstorm Clearly, it depends on whether its stainless steel or nickle | Gotta love the sound of nickle Chromes. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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