Swordsteels good for slap?

[slombovia]

I hear many good things about Ritter Swordsteel strings. I want to try them for various reasons. But I do fingerstyle AND slap (and chords too if you care to comment on that).

I've read and heard that they might not be great for slap. I remember I loved TI Jazz Rounds but they were NOT for slap.

So are the Ritters good for slap?

[smperry]

I'll give an emphatic "yes" on all fronts. I don't slap much, but they even make me sound ok. Great for 'chording' too. I wish I could afford to always use them.

Marshall

[slombovia]

I guess not too many people have tried them. You that voted, what basses are they on?

[Lokire]

I've got a set of Ritter's "Black Knights" strings on my Ken Lawrence 5 right now. They're pretty new I think and not on the website yet, basically the Swordsteel strings with a black coating (like DRs Black Beauties). They sound awesome for fingerstyle, one of the better sounding strings I've played. Slap sounds great too, though I don't slap much.

I'd like to try the Swordsteels too, since the tapered B and E apeals to me (the Black Beauties aren't tapered).

[smperry]

Originally Posted by slombovia

I guess not too many people have tried them. You that voted, what basses are they on?

Sorry for the late respone, but I've used Swordsteels on my Ritter. I honestly didn't appreciate how good they were until I switched to other strings.

Marshall

[Dincrest]

I think they're godawful for slap. Tried them on a Warwick Corvette Standard. I absolutely adored the tension, smoothness (for steels) and the fingerstyle tone was to die for. These really feel like high-end, plush, boutique strings.

Then I slapped. Holy cow, the slap tone was mushy. Like trashcan lids falling down the stairs. I couldn't believe how bad the slap tone was, and the bass itself is a slap monster. A slap tone is analagous to bouncing a basketball. The Swordsteels felt like I was bouncing a heavily deflated basketball.

Again, the fingerstyle tone is to die for. But the slap tone is trash. Flabby, unfocused, and clunky.

[battery]

well i do not have any problems while slapping them on my MM Stingray V
but i got to add quite a lot bass with the 3band eq

[ibz]

I've heard these are very bad for slap from multiple sources. This has put me off from buying them to find out.

[Lalabadie]

First time I heard these strings slapped I thought the bassist had an issue with propper slapping. Then I tried the bass.

Gotta agree with Dincrest, the fingerstyle tone was pretty nice. But slap just doesn't fit these strings. At all.