Since this is a lot to ask, I'll try and be specific in terms of what I'm looking for...
With my Ibanez SR500, I'm wanting to let the preamp do a lot of the shaping and have some strings with a decently malleable tone. I have DR's on my j-bass and p-bass and love them but since the SR500 will probably get the bulk of my playing, and i do the 3 p's when i play (pop, pluck and pick) I want something that won't make my head clip every time I dig in or start popping and slapping, or go crazy when I use my effects board. I had GHS Bass Boomer mediums on an SRX3EX and the low E would almost always set off my preamp clip (with the pad on) when I did anything besides a soft pluck.
I like DR's, but I'm worried about a lack of low-end on them and the way their are compressed it has more tension than regular strings of that gauge. I know this might sound stupid but any suggestions? I don't particularly have a lot of money to try out all different types of strings and I checked on strings ppl are using on SR500's (got one about flatwounds lol).
Decent low-end, good articulate attack and not too harsh?
