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12-27-2007, 03:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Minneapolis (Chicago Native) | |  "Middle-of-the road" strings?
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I need some quick input.
My Fender Reggie Hamilton is my do it all 4-string. With the P/J config, I dig it like cooked food. 
I'm not however, happy with the strings it has --they're a little too bright. I need something that is totally "middle of the road." Something that can be dialed down when using the P Pickup or something that can also be brighter when using the J pup.
Think of it this way ... TI Flats (Total thump)<-------------------- | What I need | -------------------->DR Hi-Beams (Total zing)
For what it's worth, I don't care for D'Addario Chromes. Other than that, I'm open to suggestions.
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12-27-2007, 03:58 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Vancouver, BC | | | SIT Silencers, GHS Pressurewounds, Ken Smith Compressors, or Dean Markley Fretsavers are all strings that should fit that middle ground for you...
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12-28-2007, 07:47 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Lakland / Schroeder /Bag End | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: W' Sconsin | | | Hey Mr. Net!
I'm using Ken Smith Slicks-groundwounds. These are just to the left of center ie the thump zone. Inexpensive, consistant and long lasting (like me!) If you snap them they respond, otherwise they're smooth and thick.
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12-28-2007, 08:22 AM
|  | Endorsing Curmudgeon: Mal's Kitchen Cruelties ... | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Columbia River Gorge | | | Sets I would try in order if increasing 'zing'
D'Addario Half Rounds
Elixir coated rounds
TI SUper Alloy's
DR Black Beauties
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12-28-2007, 10:57 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Dallas, Texas | | | TI Superalloys.
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12-28-2007, 11:01 AM
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Endorsing Artist: GK, Schecter, D'Addario, Normandy, Dunlop | | | | | Elixir. To me, they sound like 2 day old strings. (not obnoxiously bright. plus, they stay that way for a looooong time.)
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12-28-2007, 12:15 PM
| | Bye Millen! Hello? | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: The Great Lakes State | | | Another suggestion for TI Superalloys...
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12-28-2007, 04:34 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lansing, Michigan | | | Fender 7250's. Total middle of the road and great tension to boot.
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12-28-2007, 05:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Minneapolis (Chicago Native) | | Quote:
Originally Posted by joelb79  Fender 7250's. Total middle of the road and great tension to boot. | Totally agree. I just bought a set today -- they're exactly what I was looking for!
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12-28-2007, 05:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lansing, Michigan | | Quote:
Originally Posted by IotaNet Totally agree. I just bought a set today -- they're exactly what I was looking for! | CooL! Glad I'm not the only one using these $15 a set strings. They really are perfect for anything except the DR tone.
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12-29-2007, 05:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Sebring, FL | | | I'd say either DR Black Beauties (once broken in they have great versatility) or DR Lo-Riders. |
12-29-2007, 08:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia!! | | Quote:
Originally Posted by joelb79 CooL! Glad I'm not the only one using these $15 a set strings. They really are perfect for anything except the DR tone. | I just bought some of these on Friday and played them out Friday night, and love them. I think I found my string!
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12-29-2007, 08:32 PM
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12-30-2007, 10:50 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Ventura, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by joelb79 Fender 7250's. Total middle of the road and great tension to boot. | +1 | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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