Floppiest strings? Like a Warwick?

[Thunderbird91]

I played a Warwick earlier today and I realized they almost always have really floppy stings when I play them in a store. Would they be Warwick strings?

Also, is that just the bass or is that the strings? I hope its the strings because I have a Fender Jazz and I want that feeling.

[Pugz]

String tension varies alot between basses.

Could be the truss rod setting. Neck relief greatly effects how tight the strings feel.

Also String gauge and how short the strings are cut. If you cut the strings shorter so that when your are stringing it up theres less excess string left over that will make the strings less tense.

[Thunderbird91]

so basically its the bass not the strings?

[Kael]

Originally Posted by Pugz

Also String gauge and how short the strings are cut. If you cut the strings shorter so that when your are stringing it up theres less excess string left over that will make the strings less tense.

I fail to see how this is valid. The pitch that a string speaks when plucked is a function of the string's length, the string's diameter/compostition, and the string's tension from nut (or fret at which the strings is fretted from) to bridge. If you allowed a string, say an open E, to extend a quarter mile above the nut, it would still need to be the same exact tension (from bridge to nut) as a string with all the same parameters save a drastically shorter distance above the nut if it is to produce the same pitch. I just don't see how your statement is physically plausible, but I've been known to be mistaken before.

Warwick's strings do seem to be a little looser than some others, but not dramarically so. To my hands, TI flats actually felt way floppier than Warwick Black Labels.

[thumbin]

I actually find warwick strings to be pretty stiff seeing how they use a hex core. round core string such as dr highbeams are more flexible and (floppy) although everything comes into play: strings, tuning, action, etc. I really do prefer the warwick black label strings though for slapbass.