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03-12-2011, 06:45 PM
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What are the exact strings you use for your Musicman bass?
Gauge, scale, etc.. |
03-12-2011, 06:58 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Champaign, IL | | | Stingray 4: Circle K Drop Tuned .124 for CGCF tuning
Bongo6: Circle K Balanced .136, Standard tuning.
Using Long Scale(34-35") strings.
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03-12-2011, 07:11 PM
| | | | DR Sunbeams 40-100. Really bring it to life. The Bass has a maple neck.
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03-12-2011, 07:26 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Vancouver, B.C. | | | D'addario XL light guage
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03-12-2011, 08:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: San Diego | | | Rotosound BS66 .110 - .043 |
03-13-2011, 08:32 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: GTA | | | On my Big Al 5-H I use only Ernie Ball Regular Slinky Bass 5 (model 2836) which are 45-60-80-100-130
On my Classic Stingray5 i've chenged over to D'Addario Chromes Model ECB81-5SL (Super Long) Flatwounds 45-60-80-100-132
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03-13-2011, 08:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Belgium (Antwerp) | | | On my EBMM SR4 H: EBS Northern Light Titanium-Nickel
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Warwick Amp 2 + Cort22 + Brutal 6.12
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03-13-2011, 08:36 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: US | | | EB rounds (45-100) Big Al and SR4
La Bella flats (760fl set) SR4
Ti Jazz flats (fretless SR4)
Daddario rounds 45-130 (SR5)
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03-13-2011, 08:48 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Maryland Suburbs | | | RotoSound FunkMasters .30-.90
Geddy's guage / Strings of choice as well
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03-13-2011, 09:19 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Raleigh, NC | | | Call me a sucker but~
Ernie Ball Musicman Stingray 4 :
Elixir .45 - 1.05
medium/long scale
I love the way they play and sound. |
03-14-2011, 01:46 AM
| | | | mine isn't a musicman but a SBMM.
i use the coated 5 strings from ernie ball.
i kind of like the tone when i 1st bought my bass and they were strung with the normal slinkys from ernie ball |
03-14-2011, 06:01 AM
| | | | I've tried many round wounds on my SR but prefer DR Sunbeams |
03-14-2011, 07:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Connecticut | | | DR lo-riders
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03-15-2011, 09:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Gainesville, FL | | | DR Nickel Lo-Riders
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03-19-2011, 07:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Connecticut | | | Bongo 4HH
Sterling 4H
StingRay 5H
All have light DR lo-riders 40-60-80-100-120
Cant say enough good things about them.
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03-19-2011, 02:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: El Paso | | | 79 MM Sabre
Ernie Ball 2843 Stainless Steel Bass Strings 45-105
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03-19-2011, 02:42 PM
|  | Sponsored by Jagermeister | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Seattle / Tacoma | | For many years I used DR higbeams or fatbeams, stainless 45-105 on all my Musicmans.
A friend egged me onto trying R Cocco, so I put a 45-105 stainless set on my favorite vintage StingRay, and wow! I'm really impressed with the toneful mids these strings provide. So I may be switching over.  |
04-20-2011, 06:31 AM
| | | | I have used a lot of strings on my EB Bongo, but I always come back to Regular Slinks. I'm not saying they are the best for a MM, but there is something about them! I get that great highs when I slap and pop, thick lows, and a nice Motown thump when I need it.
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04-20-2011, 06:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Ohio, USA | | | I tried many strings on my SR4, and found the Dean Markley Blue steels to be the best match. Full flavored, rich tone. My SR4 had the 3-band eq and Rosewood neck (Ash body)
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04-20-2011, 09:50 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Upstate, South Carolina | | | When I had my Bongo, DR Sunbeams were by far the best strings on it.
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