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Old 04-07-2010, 11:10 AM
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Question about sound from my strings.

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I brought some D'Addario EPBB170 PB Soft Acoustic Bass Strings from Guitar Center last week Friday and about Monday when ever I played G# A or (more recently) A# I get a weird sound (like a screech) whenever I play standing up. I've made sure it wasn't my fingering and that I wasn't on top of a fret.
Does anyone have any idea why new strings would sound this way?
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Old 04-09-2010, 09:18 AM
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Perhaps you like most people, have a little bit better fretting finger nuance ability when standing. To include the ability to do touch dynamixcs that create harmonics and overtones in places and ways not as common as most use. Daddario doesnt do some types of this stuff very well at all. As a result, what might have been a dark and powerfull and nice seagull call, becomes this unpleasant screech instead. I havent used those particuliar strings before. But all daddario strings I have tried had this typen of problem to me. Whereas strings like rotosound, ghs boomers, and a coupe others havent. If this is correct, its part of that tone tweak that "finger tone" imparts. Which is why those whom like daddario like em. Cause their finger tone dont go into areas areas ours does. Or some such nonsense that might be true. Lol. If putting on a pair of other voiced strings, to include choice of the ones you had on before. Solves the problem. Then this answer is essentially correct.

Can I haz donut if so? Lol.
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