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05-18-2009, 10:34 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Palm Coast, Florida | | | Pressurewounds vs Halfwounds, any fans?
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Ok. I've been an avid fan of GHS Pressurewounds (med), for years now. Everytime I get a bass, or even borrow one, I string her up with the GHS.
I'm itching to try the D'Addario Halfwounds. Anyone ever compare the two?
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05-18-2009, 10:36 AM
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05-18-2009, 10:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lafayette, LA | | | I've tried both. I really never cared for the half-wounds. The corners really ate up my fingers and I never found them comfortable. I also really dig the pressurewounds, but I don't like that the Low B is only .128 - I need a heavier guage
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05-18-2009, 04:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: West Memphis/Marion area, AR. | | | The Half-Rounds are heavier tensioned and a little on the rough side. I prefer the Pressure wounds over them.
Another possiblity: GHS Brite flats. I like thier tone and feel a little more than the D'Addario Half-Rounds. They are ground-wounds as well. |
05-18-2009, 05:05 PM
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05-19-2009, 03:07 AM
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05-19-2009, 12:06 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Charlotte, NC | | | Dude, the D'Addario Half Rounds really suck. Don't do it. For D'Addario, Chromes, XLs, and EXPs are the best.
I love the Ken Smith Compressors (for fretless), and I think they are the same strings as the GHS Pressure Wounds in different packaging.
The groundwound Ken Smiths are better than the D'Addario Half Rounds. The D'Addarios stick to your fingers and don't fret well. They just feel awful.
I have yet to try the SIT strings, but they do look interesting.
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05-19-2009, 12:59 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | SIT Silencers (Halfrounds) do not eat your fingers. They almost feel like flats. |
05-19-2009, 01:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: NOLA | | | +1 or 2 for the Ken Smith strings. both the Compressors and Slickrounds are excellent strings. |
05-19-2009, 09:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Charlotte, NC | | | Out of curiosity, can anyone compare the Compressors to the Silencers--just for reference?
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05-19-2009, 09:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Massachusetts USA | | | I absolutely love GHS Pressurewounds! I think they sound even better after they're dead. Dead GHS Pressurewounds are a big part of my rock tone!
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08-11-2009, 11:19 PM
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Originally Posted by DaveAceofBass Dude, the D'Addario Half Rounds really suck. Don't do it. For D'Addario, Chromes, XLs, and EXPs are the best.
I love the Ken Smith Compressors (for fretless), and I think they are the same strings as the GHS Pressure Wounds in different packaging.
The groundwound Ken Smiths are better than the D'Addario Half Rounds. The D'Addarios stick to your fingers and don't fret well. They just feel awful.
I have yet to try the SIT strings, but they do look interesting. | interesting
I found XLs were too harsh
the light gauge half wounds were one of the best strings I've used on a Precision
to each his own
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