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11-22-2005, 07:50 PM
| | stinkholier-than-thou | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Beaumont, Texarse | | | Fresh string connoissures, j'ever notice...?
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That brand new strings don't necessarily sound extra sizzly, but excessively thick, I suppose due to the presence of lower harmonics, which I further presume are the first to go?
Or am I just on crack? I suppose this will vary with string brand. I've noticed this with DR fatbeams and MTD strings.
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11-24-2005, 09:23 PM
| | stinkholier-than-thou | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Beaumont, Texarse | | No response? Not even a "you're on crack, dude?" C'mon, folks! bump 
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11-25-2005, 05:54 AM
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Originally Posted by secretdonkey "you're on crack, dude!" | No, I've never noticed it. But I guess it could be because I never paid attention to it. Never thought of it. I'm about to change strings in a weeks time, and I'll sure give it a listen. Interesting idea, and I don't see why you couldn't be right. 
I'll report back.
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11-25-2005, 06:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: London, UK | | You mean you're meant to change the strings? 
Actually, I've got a new set to put on sometime soon, so I'll bear it in mind to listen for.
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11-25-2005, 07:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Bristol, UK | | | Fresh light guage Rotosounds sound sizzly and zingy, but lost some high end snap after a few weeks. Heavier guage strings have less snap to start with.
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11-27-2005, 01:11 AM
| | | | I think new strings in general are just more expressive. I think the low end is much tighter and audible with new strings. As they age I think they become much rounder and less defined. |
11-27-2005, 07:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Ecuador (South America) | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by secretdonkey That brand new strings don't necessarily sound extra sizzly, but excessively thick, I suppose due to the presence of lower harmonics, which I further presume are the first to go?
Or am I just on crack? I suppose this will vary with string brand. I've noticed this with DR fatbeams and MTD strings. | This has happened to me with the Smith Rock Masters...
they sound too boomy after installing them...
They seem to settle very good afterwards.
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11-27-2005, 07:07 PM
| | stinkholier-than-thou | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Beaumont, Texarse | | | When I changed strings the other day, I especially noticed that a lot of the detail in the lower mids got "plugged up" but was optimal after a couple of days. I've noticed this before but it was particularly profound this time around.
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11-27-2005, 07:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Cincinnati OH | | | I understand the phenomenon you're talking about here...if I'm doing a decent paying gig on a fretted bass, I always put fresh ones on - I want every bit of harmonic content I can get.
The notes just seem to jump out of newer strings, and yes, that includes the lows. |
11-27-2005, 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by nysbob I understand the phenomenon you're talking about here...if I'm doing a decent paying gig on a fretted bass, I always put fresh ones on - I want every bit of harmonic content I can get.
The notes just seem to jump out of newer strings, and yes, that includes the lows. | IMO...it is the upper harmonics that die first...but, the upper harmonics are necessary to define the lower fundimentals and make the notes ring out properly...
I use flats primarily, but on the bass that I use rounds on I like to choose strings that are just a little too "zingy" at first and just tone them down a little with the tone pot...and after they age a bit, I can take my tone control completely out of the equation and let the pickups sing out with even timbre...I end up changing strings a lot less often this way...I find D'addarios are good for this purpose.
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