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I just went and did some string changing on my basses (Kinal MK21 5, G&L SB-2). I was in the studio recording a demo for my band and the studio guy is a fabulous bass player. He had two Kubicki X-factor basses there - very cool basses. He let me play them and I could hardly get a good note out of them - clackity clack! When he played them they sounded so freakin' good - rich creamy goodness. So, I decided to set up my basses with lighter strings and much lower action and play with a much lighter touch - emulating his style. Didn't put much thought into it - just got some light gauge stainless strings took out the tools.
That was a coupla months ago and my touch has gotten lighter and am digging it. Back to the point, though. I found myself not liking the D and E strings with this set up on both basses. After trying a coupla different sets on both, I found matches that totally thrilled me. Sadowsky flats on the SB-2 and Sunbeams (45-65-85-105-130) on the Kinal. The tension was higher than the light steel strings, so I was able to lower the action even more. I can't believe the difference! The SB-2 just started grunting out amazingly fat and gritty tones and the slapping on the Kinal almost became effortless. The biggest difference was definitely the Kinal - that baby just opened up! I found myself pretty unhappy with the neck pickup until this string change.
Being one prone to GAS far exceeding my budget, this development has done a great job of curbing my GAS. Now I've got a four string that is a vintage tone machine and five string that does the modern tone so well. I don't need another bass! hehehe (though I find myself wanting a Sadowsky Metro 4 very badly.)
Change your strings!
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