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12-03-2009, 10:00 PM
|  | Looking for Opportunities to Create Harmony | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC Canada | | | How Do I Tame a VERY Bright Replacement G String???
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My bass has a 2 year old set of flatwound LaBella 760FLs on it. Today I replaced the G String ( with a 760F - 045 )as it broke near the winding ( too many string experiments... it didnt break from playing, but from taking it on and off the instrument too many times).
Now I have a really bright sounding G string that does not fit well at all with the very worn in and wonderful sounding E, A and D strings.
How do I take all the brightness out of this new string?
I know some will say just play it like crazy, but the music I play doesnt even really use the G that much... but enough that I certainly need it.
What about some electrical tape to deaden the sound a bit?
Any other suggestions?
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12-03-2009, 11:25 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Studio City, CA | | | Ask someone to send you one of their old strings that they are changing out.
Used to keep flats on forever, now I'm addicted to stainless attack twang.
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12-03-2009, 11:45 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Metro Detroit | | | If I were to ever break a string, I would replace the entire set. I've never broken a string.
Maybe you could use a piece of foam under the G string until it settles in?
Last edited by Craig_S : 12-03-2009 at 11:48 PM.
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12-04-2009, 12:12 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma | | Quote:
Originally Posted by ::::BASSIST:::: 
How do I take all the brightness out of this new string?
| Aquaphor Healing Ointment....rub down the offending string with this stuff, repeat if necessary, and it will make the string sound old. I've only used it on a new set of LaBella Flats on a Hofner and a new set of Fender Flats, but it works.
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12-04-2009, 12:48 AM
| | Looking for Opportunities to Create Harmony | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC Canada | | | All good suggestions. Thanks guys.
What I'm going to try is coat the string with hand moisturizer and leave it on overnite, then wipe off. Thats been suggested before on TB.
If that doesnt work well enough, I'll try a strip of black duct tape AND maybe some foam under the G string as well.
I'll also look into that Aquaphor ointment as well.
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12-04-2009, 05:33 PM
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Why not take your old strings off and boil them to brighten them up a bit so they're closer in tone to the new string, instead of trying to do something to the new string itself?
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12-04-2009, 05:39 PM
| | Looking for Opportunities to Create Harmony | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC Canada | | | Because the older strings sound perfect and I dont want to mess with them.
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12-04-2009, 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by ::::BASSIST:::: Because the older strings sound perfect and I dont want to mess with them. | Sounds like it would be the easier alternative though.
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12-04-2009, 05:54 PM
|  | Evil Alien | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sacramento, CA | | | Try a wax hair product like Dax Wave and Groom. Get it warm so it can penetrate the windings. It might be a little messy but it won't be anything you can't clean up. Once you wipe all the excess away, there will be residue impregnated in the string which should simulate months of accumulated ick.
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12-04-2009, 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by ::::BASSIST:::: Because the older strings sound perfect and I dont want to mess with them. | Roll that sucker in the dirt outside.
Wipe it down...and play it! |
12-04-2009, 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by John Wentzien Roll that sucker in the dirt outside.
Wipe it down...and play it! | I'm not kidding! | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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