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06-12-2007, 04:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Spring Lake, New Jersey | | | Good strings to warm up your tone?
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I am looking for some roundwound strings that warm up the tone and make it more bassy and soft.
I don't want flatwounds, because I have 2 songs where I use slap in my set, and I also slap a lot anyway (I'm in a funk band).
What are some roundwounds that still sound good for slap, but at the same time can mellow out the overall tone/clank?
By the way, I use a Musicman Stingray.
I've heard good things about the Fender 7150's by searching the forums. But I thought I could get a more precise answer by telling you guys my exact situation: still need a glood slap tone, using a musicman stingray, etc.
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06-12-2007, 05:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Melbourne, Australia | | Check out DR Sunbeams. 
Yum. |
06-12-2007, 05:27 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Zagreb, Croatia | | | some nickels for sure |
06-12-2007, 05:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Lee's Summit MO | | | I use Ken Smith nickel roundwounds and love them.
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06-12-2007, 09:27 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Harkte Amps | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Nashville, TN | | | a good broke in set of Ernie ball Slinky strings... |
06-12-2007, 10:19 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Durham NC | | | Fender and Rotosound make pure nickel strings. This is what you want.
Either that or don't change regular nickel strings for a long time. |
06-12-2007, 11:16 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Daytona Beach, Fl | | | I've become partial to TI super Alloys recently |
06-12-2007, 12:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Spring Lake, New Jersey | | Quote:
Originally Posted by zachbass02  a good broke in set of Ernie ball Slinky strings... | I have some Ernie Ball super slinkys and I feel that they're just a bit too zingy.
I'm looking for a midrangey/bassy sound.
The reason I want roundwounds is I still need to be able to slap with the turn of the treble knob of my bass.
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06-12-2007, 02:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: Orangevale, CA 95662 | | Quote:
Originally Posted by jasper383 Fender and Rotosound make pure nickel strings. This is what you want. | Pure nickel is the ticket.
Fender 7150
Pyramid Nickel Rounds |
06-12-2007, 02:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Chicago, IL | | | Sunbeams are my treat.
"warm" though? DR Lowriders. |
06-12-2007, 02:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Chicago, IL | | | i just now actually read your post. definitely lowriders. |
06-12-2007, 05:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Durham NC | | | There are two kinds of Lowriders. No idea why DR would want to confuse things like this.
Nickel Lowriders are what you want. |
06-12-2007, 06:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Los Angeles | | | Well they don't really "confuse" things.
They call them Nickel Lo Riders or Stainless Steel Lo Riders.
Oh boy! That's confusing.
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06-12-2007, 10:12 PM
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Half-rounds.
Ken Smith-Compressors.
DR-Sunbeams. |
06-13-2007, 09:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: Orangevale, CA 95662 | | | Nickel Lo-Riders are nickel plated steel. Brighter than pure nickel, less bright than stainless. |
07-21-2007, 01:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Guayaquil, ECUADOR | | | half rounds for slap? they sound bright enough? |
07-21-2007, 01:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NYC | | | +10 sunbeams. |
07-21-2007, 02:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Los Angeles | | | Sadowsky Nickels
Get some Sadowsky Nickels. Yes they are called Bright Nickels, but when they break in they last a long time and are super warm.
I only prefer them over Sunbeams, because they are on a hex core and thus their B and E strings are tighter and more focused. Less overtones.
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07-21-2007, 03:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New Jersey | | | Give some D'Addario half rounds a try.
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07-21-2007, 04:02 PM
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