I bought a 62RI while I was in Tokyo and once the initial crazy zinginess of the strings settled a bit, I realized this bass sounds beautiful. I have to find out if it's the strings and if it will make my other basses sing like this.
I believe they vary with model of bass. I have a Fender Marcus Miller which is made in Japan and the strings were very bright and mellowed very little over time. Once I restrung the bass with some DR's it sounded so much better.
DRs are my current choice too and I know what you mean about the FJ strings being very bright. I know if I hand this bass to most other bassists, it will probably be way too zingy for my tastes, but in my clubby hands it just sounds right (for now anyway ). Weird, right? but you can't argue with your own ears and fingers.
Just trying to figure out how much of my infatuation with this bass is the strings.
). Weird, right? but you can't argue with your own ears and fingers.
