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06-07-2001, 10:40 AM
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do you all have any advice aboot light guage strings? recent ly i have been playing these really light strings, like 85-32 they are full of tone and are fabulous to slap with. i just am not a big fan of 100-40 or so. tapping is a breeze and my slapping , though a little percussive, is full of tone (even more that i was getting with labella slappers) and very springy.
yeah
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guy: "i play guitar"
Me: "oh yeah, whats the submediant of the d minor melodic scale?"
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06-07-2001, 12:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: McKees Rocks PA, USA (near Pittsburgh) | |  .85 E string!?! Isn't that floppy as hell? Do you get a lot of fret buzz?
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06-07-2001, 01:18 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Marco Bass Guitars | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Wylie (D/FW), TX | | my sentiments exactly... I'm surprised that it even is playable. |
06-07-2001, 02:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Northern VA | | | aboot? are you canadian? |
06-07-2001, 03:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Madison, WI, USA | | | I'd say if you like how they sound with a band then you're fine.
I was using a set with a .95 E and I just didn't feel I had enough presence in my band. With a .105 E my sound seems to sit much better.
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06-07-2001, 03:21 PM
| | | | Damn dude, my A string is bigger than your E. 85????!!!???? I guess it's all a matter of what you like. I used some 90s once and the tone itself was fine. But it's not "full" enough for my taste. Also, heavier strings are always better for my playing style. I got 110s now and they rock. |
06-07-2001, 07:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: roswell, nm | | | 1. lots of tone
2. if the e sounds a little thin i just give it an extra boost on my amp or 3 eq
3. yes, 85 is light.
4. the complete set is 85, 60, 40, 32 (i think its a 32, it might be 35)
5. they are really just the ADGC off of my 6, i was playing labella slappers and i busted the d so i had to change the whole set and remembered claypool uses 80 80 40 40 which i have also played. the 80 80 40 40 is weird at first getting used to the change in the tightness.
6. i picked up "aboot" while talking to a canadian weezer fan named jane on napster.
7. seven
brian
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"LoVE MoM, Ma, Love MOm!" - Albino Shouting Gorilla, Futurama
guy: "i play guitar"
Me: "oh yeah, whats the submediant of the d minor melodic scale?"
guy: "i don know, but i can do this (rips major solo)"
Me: "oh, fair enough"
Brian McClelland
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06-09-2001, 12:59 PM
|  | Holy Ghost filled Bass Player Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Heber Springs, Arkansas | | | I used to use 30/50/70/90's on my Peavey Foundation, when I was going for that Geddy Lee tone.
They were exposed core strings, and sounded surprisingly full for such light strings.
I would probably still have a set of them on that bass, but they became impossible to find.
I think that they were called Superwound Funkmasters. Made by James Howe(Rotosound).
Geddy used to use them, and Mark King used to endorse them.
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06-09-2001, 01:11 PM
|  | so then I sez to Mabel, I sez... | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Texas | | Hmmm...one o' my favorite sets for my Rob Allen
is the T/I AB344's (41-53-68- 86). AND they're
all wound on a nylon core. Yup. They's definitely
"pliable"  . On the other hand, I'll switch between
those and Roto 88-LD tapes (.115 E). Reminds me
there's a lot to be said for "touch"  . |
06-09-2001, 03:47 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Marco Bass Guitars | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Wylie (D/FW), TX | | | Well as with notduane, I like the T/Is on my Martin Acoustic, but then again, those are as tight as mediums are on my regular electric.... | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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