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06-15-2006, 02:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Louisville, KY | | | Who plays FAT strings?
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What type of music do you play.
I've been playing with some guys lately and it seems like almost everything they do is tuned to D or lower.
My strings at this time are .45/.65/.85/.105 I find that they flop around too much for my liking.
Would bigger strings help this?
Pros/cons would be great. Thanks to all.
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06-15-2006, 02:36 PM
| | | | I use flatwounds that are .052w, .073w, .095w, .110w
I play blues, jazz, funk, rock, everything with them.
105 on the e the pretty big, you just need strings with more tension, the flats I play have lots of tension. Not sure about the other strings, the gauge might affect that, I've never used a g below 50.
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06-16-2006, 08:18 AM
|  | Glutenous | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: San Diego | | | Y'know, there are strings that are made for detuning, like the GHS Boomers set H3045 that are .050-.115. Rotosound makes the BS66 set (Billy Sheehan sig.) that are designed for an E-string D-tuner (or DADG tuning). I would imagine that Ernie Ball Power Slinkys in .055-.110 would work for detuning as well.
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06-18-2006, 07:18 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Avondale Estates, GA, USA | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Flatwound I would imagine that Ernie Ball Power Slinkys in .055-.110 would work for detuning as well. | They do, indeed.. I'm using that set for D-G-C-F tuning. I also really like the La Bella "D tuning" set of Hard Rockin' Steels, 54-75-90-111.
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06-18-2006, 12:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Florida | | bah get a 5 string  |
06-18-2006, 01:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Jamaica, Queens, NY. By JFK. | | | I now like using a .105-.110 E string. Though, my A, D, and G are .80, .60, .40. I used to like only like light's, either .40-.100 or .40-.95. Now that I've been slapping more, I like the feeling of the think E string. And it turns out I like it when I play pick and fingerstyle.
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06-18-2006, 02:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The Hague The Netherlands | | | GHS Bass Boomers .50-.115 |
06-21-2006, 01:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Atlanta | | | I use a conklin .150 for my low(tuned to A) string, and the top three out of whichever 5str set I feel like trying out that day. If you want some real tension at D tuning, try the top 4 from a .130-.135 5str set.
We've been labled slightly in the "Doom" genre, but I liken us to more Melvins/High on fire.
Also try bringing the pickup height down a couple of mm to cut down on the clack. This is a big problem I've been slowly working out.
The Sadowsky and the P in your avatar are beautiful btw.
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