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View Poll Results: What gauge B string do you prefer | |
120
|    | 1 | 6.67% | |
125
|    | 3 | 20.00% | |
128
|    | 2 | 13.33% | |
130
|    | 9 | 60.00% |
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08-27-2005, 03:36 PM
|  | Funkify your Life | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Bucket, RI. | | | How do you like your B string?
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Gauge that is...
I have been hunting for some better strings for my Lakland 55-94, and just wondering what you guys prefer in the gauge of your B. A light gauge or heavy gauge? Why?
I have been using the Lakland brand and just wondering if a lighter gauge B will feel and sound more balanced with a medium gauge set. I even thought of trying a medium gauge 4 string set and buying a single 120 B
I just ordered a Fodera set with a unique gauge.
.44 .62 .85 .106 .125
Do you Fodera guy's like this set or put them on anything else? |
08-27-2005, 04:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Boston | | | .130 or .135 is really the best way to go if you do not have a longer scale bass. At least I think this way. It is how you are going to get a cleaner sound plucking those LOOOOWWW notes. |
08-27-2005, 06:39 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Seweracuse, NY | | | 130, and about 37 inches long.
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08-28-2005, 03:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Lagny/Marne(77)-HS(74), France | | | For my F Bass, 128 is just the thing..... |
08-28-2005, 04:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Columbus, Georgia | | | The .136 TI Jazz Flat B string is working wonders for me.
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08-28-2005, 05:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Los Angeles | | | 125 or 130 for me.
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08-28-2005, 05:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Florida | | | your lakland probably has a 35 sclae, so you could get away with 120 or 125
for 34 scalers like me its most likely better to use a 130 or even 135 |
03-13-2006, 01:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North Dakota | | | I like a GHS 135 on my G&L 5500 |
03-14-2006, 04:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Greece/Athens | | | IN MY OPINION THE GAUGE OF THE STRINGS IS A MATTER OF
a)WHAT KIND OF BASS YOU USE(IF YOUR AXE HAS "BALLSY" LOWS )I.M.H.O. YOU SHOULD USE LIGHTER GAUGE B-STRING TO AVOID GETTING A MUDDY SOUND
b)WHAT KIND OF AMP - SPEAKERS YOU USE AND CAN YOUR SET UP GO REALY LOOOOW....AND IF SO HOW EFFICIENTLY...
c)THE PARTICULAR STRINGS USED EACH TIME DO THEY BRING OUT THE MOST OF YOUR BASS'S SOUND( BRANDS SOUND DIFFERENTLY AND THAT IS THE POINT HAVE YOU FOUND "THE" BRAND THAT SUITS YOU AND YOUR AXE?
PERSONALLY SPEAKING...I USE 120 GAUGE B-STRING FOR MY GIBSONS (THUNDERBIRD IV , RD STD)BOTH TUNED BEAD IF THAT IS OF ANY HELP... |
03-14-2006, 04:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Valencia, CA 91354 | | I'm rockin' a .135 on a bass with massive lows, and it sounds like God belching. 
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03-14-2006, 06:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Indiana, USA | | | DR Fat Beams, .045 - .125, sound and feel great on my Lakie. |
03-14-2006, 10:14 AM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Houghton, MI | | | When I string B-C, I use a .135 on my low end on a 34" scale.
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