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12-12-2011, 07:07 PM
| | | | Weedwacker E String
Hello, I have Weedwacker strings on my Engelhardt ES9. I'm happy with all the strings except the E. Can I put an A string in place of the E and tune it to E? OK I confess I have florescent Pink on her. Any suggestions?
Thank You, Bee Be
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12-12-2011, 08:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Finland (Northern Europe) | | | Hi.
What is it You don't like about the E?.
Anything's possible, but I doubt that You like the A downtuned to E any better.
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Sam |
12-12-2011, 08:45 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | In my experience, "wacker E string" is a synonym for "hopeless." You could bump a steel A over to E, but even that is a big difference in terms of sound and feel. A better option might be an Innovation or other synthetic string on the bottom. If you have $140 and some time to kill, Lambert Gut Twins are impressive fake gut strings. They do not come in pink, unfortunately.
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12-12-2011, 08:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | | Get a supernil E. Its like 25 bucks shipped from Quinn Violins. It isn't pink, but its shiny. |
12-12-2011, 09:21 PM
| | | | Thank you to all three replys. 1st the E has no resonance. It has a nice slap sound but no tone. Don't have the $140, it's Christmas, so I'll take a close look at the supernil E. don't care about the color too much, did when I bought the pink, now I'm more concerend about sound. Down the road I'll probably change strings again.
Bee Be |
12-13-2011, 05:19 AM
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Been playing a bumped steel A with wackers for nearly a year now and am happy with it.
People always ask me why my E is smaller than the A which gets old though.
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12-13-2011, 03:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: long beach | | | I use a Innovation pysco slap E..The weedwackers are pretty thick in diameter and the Supernil E maybe smaller than the A..That always bugged me..The pysco slap is a thicker string, about the same as plain gut E....Just my 2 cents |
12-14-2011, 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by pbassfreak  I use a Innovation pysco slap E..The weedwackers are pretty thick in diameter and the Supernil E maybe smaller than the A..That always bugged me..The pysco slap is a thicker string, about the same as plain gut E....Just my 2 cents | Thanks for the feed back, I'm purchasing from FMI another E, (florescent pink, kevlar core) don't laugh. Tom there recommended I tune my A to E to try it out. I' OK with it. So I'll try that for awhile, then if I go crazy I'll try the steel, then a whole new set. I guess the E stands for Energy and Expense. (Just Joking) Thanks to all you for your help and quick response. Bee Be |
12-14-2011, 01:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Dijon, France | | | Hello, I was thinning out an old bridge to set up my home bass with weed wackers and went way too far with the sanding ( belt sander... no fear) and ended up 1mm thick at the top of the bridge! i cut the string grooves and fitted it anyway. surprise, it didn't bend or break but more importantly i got a hell of a lot more sound and sustain from all strings, especially noticeable for the E. I realised that lower tension means we don't need such a strong bridge and because it's lighter, it can transmit vibrations to the body more easilly. Repeated the same thing on my gig bass (without going quite so far) and got a very nice result for the same strings. More response and more sustain all around. |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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