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11-16-2006, 12:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Chantilly, VA | | | What IS the nickel wound sound?
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Well?
This has puzzled me forever. I need a clip or something. I've only played stainless steels and flats my whole bass career. Please enlighten me.
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11-16-2006, 12:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Urbana, IL | | | Well, it depends on the bass. My spector is modern, yet still warm, my jazz is big, ballsy and growly, my P basses are also pretty growly. They have a bit less snap that SS, and when they break in, they just sound so right.
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11-16-2006, 12:52 PM
| | Registered User
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its funny, I used to think that there was some magic to ernie ball strings - they just sounded so much better to me than any strings I ever used at any price. I always thought they were stainless and magical, then i found out they were just nickel strings. I've been a convert ever since. |
11-16-2006, 12:55 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | | Steels tend to be more mid-scooped IME, whereas nickels help to retain that midrange.
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11-16-2006, 01:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ribwich, ZF | | | Stainless steel go clang, flats go thump, and nickels go bing.
I prefer nickel plated steel, have for just around eternity if my math is right.
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11-16-2006, 06:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bristol, Connecticut, USA | | | I think nickles sound a lot like stainless with the high end rolled off a bit. They seem to bring out the midrange growl because of this. |
11-17-2006, 01:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Chantilly, VA | | | that was helpful, although I would still prefer an A/B clip or something between nickels and stainless steels. I mean in the end they're both roundwounds right? I want to ...understand what defines nickel strings. Can you hear a recording and say "oh yeah, those are nickels" ???
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11-17-2006, 02:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Florida | | | I think nickel strings have a warmer sound. I've got stainless DR's on right now, but I prefer Bass Boomers or XL's. Nickel strings feel a lot better, too. |
11-17-2006, 09:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ribwich, ZF | | | There's a difference between nickel wound and nickel plated steel, I think a lot of people don't realize that. From what I've seen, most "nickel" strings on the market are actually nickel plated steel: DR, D'addario, GHS, etc.
Nickel wrapped are a lot mellower than nickel plated, at least in my experience.
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11-17-2006, 02:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bristol, Connecticut, USA | | I thought all nickels were plated.  I must admit I never researched this subject. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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