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11-24-2006, 03:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lake Charles, LA | | | Slapping, harmonics, and string life.
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Before I started using techniques other than fingerstyle, my strings lasted me awhile. Obviously, slapping reduced the life of them. And, when I really got into harmonics on my fretless, the strings didn't last long at all. Is there a brand of strings anyone would recommend that can take a lot of slapping and harmonic abuse? If so, do they come in roundwound and flatwounds? |
11-24-2006, 10:05 PM
| | | | Dean Markley Blue Steels (stainless steel roundwound).They seem to actually get better with age. Stay bright for a really long time and have a fantastic growly tone. |
11-24-2006, 10:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lake Charles, LA | | | They don't make 6 string sets? =( |
11-24-2006, 11:09 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Grand Haven, MI | | | off topic, but i didn't know harmonics wear out your strings any faster than finger style?
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11-24-2006, 11:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lake Charles, LA | | | Honestly, I didn't know it, either. But, I started playing the high harmonics on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd "frets" (I play fretless). You have to pluck pretty hard to get them to ring out the right way, and that's what shortened the life. I'm trying to find a string that can take MUCH abuse. Rotosounds and D' Addario strings let me down. I used to love Rotosounds... |
11-25-2006, 12:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Grand Haven, MI | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by moopants Honestly, I didn't know it, either. But, I started playing the high harmonics on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd "frets" (I play fretless). You have to pluck pretty hard to get them to ring out the right way, and that's what shortened the life. I'm trying to find a string that can take MUCH abuse. Rotosounds and D' Addario strings let me down. I used to love Rotosounds... | oooh, those harmonics, haha. i understand now. i stick to 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 12
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11-25-2006, 12:16 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lake Charles, LA | | Well, my fretless bass really allows me to do harmonics wherever the I want. I don't settle for certain "frets." I just play them wherever they sound decent.  |
11-25-2006, 12:54 AM
| | | | While the blue steels are good I prefer the sr2000's. I think 6 string sets are about US $30. |
11-25-2006, 08:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: From a place lower than low | | | moopants, have you tried any of the DR stainless steel sets (Lo-Riders, Hi- Beams, Fat-Beams)? I play four string so I have no experience with their Low B or High C strings but IMO the four string sets are the best stainless steel sets available. Sounds like the Hi-Beams might be what you are looking for since you want brightness but the Lo-Riders and Fat-Beams are very bright as well. |
11-25-2006, 10:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lake Charles, LA | | | No, I haven't, but I've heard many good things about them.
Do they make good flatwound sets? I need rounwounds for the 6 string, and flats for the fretless. I'm using a string brand called "Carl (SOMETHING I FORGOT)", and they're REALLY nice flats, but I can't remember the name! Ahhh |
11-25-2006, 12:40 PM
| | Son, I am disappoint. | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Gig Harbor, Washington | | | DR just came out with the Hi-Beam Flats, you can get them at JustStrings.com
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11-25-2006, 02:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chico, CA | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by rsautrey moopants, have you tried any of the DR stainless steel sets (Lo-Riders, Hi- Beams, Fat-Beams)? I play four string so I have no experience with their Low B or High C strings but IMO the four string sets are the best stainless steel sets available. Sounds like the Hi-Beams might be what you are looking for since you want brightness but the Lo-Riders and Fat-Beams are very bright as well. | yes, these strings last forever and sound great that long. and they are cheap
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11-25-2006, 03:59 PM
| | | | hmm, DR...I dont know
i've been trying all of the DR stings for a few months now and although i really like them brand new i find that they wear out and start sounding dull, as well as lose their ability to vibrate properly after 3-4 shows tops. i play pretty abusive so i'm a little picky about strings that die quickly. i will add that although they die after just a few shows they do last longer than most other strings that i've bought. i'm going to try soaking mine in denatured alcohol and see if that brings them back to life. the other thing too is that they wear unevenly between strings although with any of these issues i'm not counting out my technique as the major culprit.
i want to try the dean markley strings next.
i wish elixirs had more balls to em then they would be a little more worth the price perhaps....or maybe not. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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