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06-18-2006, 06:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bayville, NY | | | What type of string is best for popping
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I have recently joined a band and the band is a combination of funk and rock. And the band plays some funk, and I have begun to learn to slap and pop more often. I have a question of what type of strings I should be using for popping. I know roundwounds are good for slapping, right now I have all roundwounds, and I know flatwounds are best for plucking. But what type of string is best for popping? I have heard mixed things about what type of string is best. I am sorry for asking this question if it has already been asked, but I'm going out to a shop soon. I figured I might as well buy the strings while I am there, if I need to.
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06-18-2006, 08:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hannover, Germany | | You could do worse than checking out a set of DR Hi-Beams. I put a set on my Jazz Bass and they really do have a beautifully crisp "pluck" to them. Some of the others I've tried (Fender, Rotosound and Warwick) felt a little more "buzzy" and "lazy" when plucked. The response with the DRs was great and, according to their website, Lo-Riders are even better for popping. http://www.drstrings.com/dr/html/b_lorider.html
Anyway, Marcus Miller manages pretty well with his DR Fat Beams (even if they are quite expensive for the rest of us mere mortals)! |
06-18-2006, 09:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Poughkeepsie, NY/Boston, MA | | | Lots of people like Stainless Steel roundwounds for slap/pop. I did for a year, but then I got tired of the pingy high end. I now use Nickel roundwounds, Ernie Ball brand. |
06-18-2006, 09:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Los Angeles | | | I thought GHS Boomber's sounded really good for popping, but the DR's will last longer. I haven't ever played low-Riders before, but from what DR's i have played they make the best. So if money isn't an issue go with the DR.
Note: D'Addario Pro Steel seem quite popular as well. |
06-18-2006, 10:58 PM
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06-19-2006, 05:27 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: South Africa | | | A lighter guage stainless steel string tends to work best.
I use DR Lo-Riders personally, a 100-40 set and they work great. You might want to also have a lookat the DR Fat-Beams too.
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06-19-2006, 06:39 AM
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Originally Posted by HELLonWheels187 Note: D'Addario Pro Steel seem quite popular as well. | +1  (depends on which bass tho, they have that warm pop sound on J bass and they sound more agressive/brighter on MM) |
06-19-2006, 07:10 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Phila,Pa. | | | DR's and Boomers |
06-19-2006, 07:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: South Carolina, USA | | | Every brand will have its fans for various reasons.
You might want to try lighter gauges though - something like 30-50-70-90. Some people prefer lighter strings for slap bass.
Of course others probably use heavies... |
06-19-2006, 12:53 PM
| | | | i'd stay away from rotosounds, I put some on no less than two weeks ago, and it's time for some new ones already. |
06-19-2006, 07:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Los Angeles | | | My rotosounds snapped after about two weeks^.
I'm getting confused about these DR strings. Which one has tension like the coated DR extra's? |
06-19-2006, 07:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Maryland | | | Yup its true about that light gauge.Mark King a great slapper i always thought used like 400-600 haha but he really uses 30-90
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06-19-2006, 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Cristo Every brand will have its fans for various reasons.
You might want to try lighter gauges though - something like 30-50-70-90. Some people prefer lighter strings for slap bass.
Of course others probably use heavies... | Dang, those are really light! I like light strings too, but I don't think I've ever gone that low.
I have a set of light gauge DR Hi-Beams on my bass right now, and they are everything I was looking for in a slap string. (So far!) Half the fun is going through each brand and finding which set speaks to you. |
06-19-2006, 08:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Oberlin, Oh | | | I personally really like the TI power bass or the DR Bootzillas for slap pop.
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06-20-2006, 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Cristo Every brand will have its fans for various reasons.
You might want to try lighter gauges though - something like 30-50-70-90. Some people prefer lighter strings for slap bass.
Of course others probably use heavies... |
How does the guage of string affect the tone? And what can heavy strings do that a light guage cannot. Thanks. |
06-20-2006, 06:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ames, IA | | | DR's....lo-riders or Fat Beams.
I switched from YEARS of playng Bass Boomers, and I'm hooked. The sound is crisp with just enough rumble.....good enough for Marcus, good enough for me...'nuff said
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