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06-23-2006, 01:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Washington | | | Uber strings.... What are the Brightest?
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Okay. I currently use Fender Stainless 7350s. Theyre pretty bright, but they dont cut through as much as i'd like. i play a 2005 Fender jazz with a BAII bridge.
I also would like to use light gauge strings too.
Im thinking of using some Rotosound 66 45-100s or maybe something else... i dunno, all ive ever used were fender stainless 7350s.
could you people help me please? |
06-23-2006, 01:40 AM
|  | Ojo. | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Beaumont/Calimesa, CA | | | blue steels. composition-wise, anything that's pure stainless steel and not nickel or nickel-plated is going to be the brightest. what's best out of all the stainless steel strings is up to you.... trial and error time!
i use the rotosound 45-100 stainless steels, and i love their tone. more growly and punchy than bright, i'd say, but..... try them!
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06-23-2006, 06:06 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: New Jersey | | | DR Hi Beams. They start out ridiculously bright, and last forever. Many people here dig Hi Beams when they've hit the 2 month mark. That's like a "sweetspot." I don't think you can go wrong with ANY DR string. They always sound awesome and have stupidly long life. Hi Beams get better with age.
I would avoid Blue Steels like the plague. They start out really bright, but then a week later become the muddiest strings in the world. Terrible strings.
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06-23-2006, 06:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Central Ohio! | | | SIT Stainless Rock Brights are far brighter than most any other string I've used. I had a set on one of my basses & they were so zinging, that I had to relearn how to play that bass,,, just to avoid the excessive finger transfer. Keep in mind, I dont have that problem w/ any of my other basses, or strings. so.... I just kept the SIT's on, waiting for them to mellow... a year later, they never did. They just stopped intonating properly.
I've settled on SS DR Hi Beams, & they're substantially mellower than the SIT SS Rock Brights. But, I'd back up other things Dincrest said about the DR's.
Never bothered w/ Dean Markley's so, I cant help you there. |
06-23-2006, 12:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Tacoma, WA | | I've found DM Blue Steels to be quite bright, D'addario XL ProSteels as well.
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06-23-2006, 01:05 PM
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06-23-2006, 06:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Tacoma, WA | | Is that slapping or fingerstyle?
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06-23-2006, 06:55 PM
|  | I fling carrots | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Make a left at the Taco Bell | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Dincrest I would avoid Blue Steels like the plague. They start out really bright, but then a week later become the muddiest strings in the world. Terrible strings. | I'd totally agree with this.
I'd also add that I've always noticed a pretty blatant inconsistency of tone across strings with Blue Steels, whereas with other brands (Like the DR's) the tones just "flow" between the G all the down to the B (if any of that makes ANY sense at all. lol) |
06-23-2006, 07:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Washington | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by ghostintheruins Is that slapping or fingerstyle?
| Its fingerstyle and picking |
06-23-2006, 09:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: League City, Tx | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Rocinante_x1 Its fingerstyle and picking | Actually it's almost all fingered doublestops (with some fingernail hits) and an occational pop. No picks. The phasey guitard part is actually a piccolo bass. |
06-24-2006, 12:42 AM
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Originally Posted by lug Actually it's almost all fingered doublestops (with some fingernail hits) and an occational pop. No picks. The phasey guitard part is actually a piccolo bass. | .....? im sorry... what are you talking about? |
06-24-2006, 12:56 AM
| | Ojo. | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Beaumont/Calimesa, CA | | | yeah, uhmmm.....
what?
i second the DRs, actually. they rock. i've used blue steels once, and they were bright... but i like the way a string deadens. my faves for this are the rotos. they're just.... growly.
but DR makes a great string.
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06-24-2006, 07:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Rocinante_x1 .....? im sorry... what are you talking about? |
answering ghostintheruins question. |
06-24-2006, 02:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Washington | | | oh yeah. sorry
i thought he was asking if i slapped or fingerstyled. :P
my bad |
06-25-2006, 08:13 AM
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D'Addario Prosteels!!! (use Prosteels on all my 5ers, except on the Precision) |
06-25-2006, 01:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa | | | Ive been using prosteels for almost a year...
I tune tenor, on my 5 and have a 6 string... im gonna check out the DR Marcus Millers |
07-22-2006, 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Dincrest DR Hi Beams. They start out ridiculously bright, and last forever. Many people here dig Hi Beams when they've hit the 2 month mark. That's like a "sweetspot." I don't think you can go wrong with ANY DR string. They always sound awesome and have stupidly long life. Hi Beams get better with age.
I would avoid Blue Steels like the plague. They start out really bright, but then a week later become the muddiest strings in the world. Terrible strings. | I dont see why so many ppl are complaining about the bluesteels, ive had them for a month and they still sound new. I jammed with my band yesterday only and they even complimented my tone, it just cuts through the guitars like butter without sounding too raspy |
07-22-2006, 01:21 PM
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07-23-2006, 08:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Camelon, Scotland | | | I found prosteels to be really high tension - I have used 45, 65, 85, 105 for about 15 years but found these to be higher than what I would consider comfortable |
07-24-2006, 05:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chico, CA | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Rocinante_x1 Okay. I currently use Fender Stainless 7350s. Theyre pretty bright, but they dont cut through as much as i'd like. i play a 2005 Fender jazz with a BAII bridge.
I also would like to use light gauge strings too.
Im thinking of using some Rotosound 66 45-100s or maybe something else... i dunno, all ive ever used were fender stainless 7350s.
could you people help me please? | ive had these on for about 6 months, and they still sound really good. Ive also heard alot of great things about DR highbeams
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