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Mid-focused Rounds

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Rock-Bassman

Dec 25, 2008
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Boston
#1
I've been on a string kick lately for my franken-p.. I've tried roto steels and nickels, dunlop nickels, dr sunbeams and lowriders, and a set of ghs boomers, but none of them have really tickled my tone bone per se. The roto nickels were on the right track but the life span was horrible they died in a week..

I'm not really looking for the roto steel brightness, I'm really just looking for the most low/mid mid-forward, not so much for the wicked bright stainless hi mids and highs.. any suggestions?
 
#7
Hizzoner said:
DR black beauties..not as bright as roto steels but pretty mid forward
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How long does the coating on those last? I've seen some reviews on youtube about the guitar strings (Red Devils) in which the coating came off in a week. This could also be due to how the string was mounted. The directions indicate that you have to be careful not to scrape the string when pulling it through the bridge plate/piece as it may damage the coating.
 
#15
I second the Fodera's. Extremely grisly and tend to have a bit higher tension. I also loved La Bella slappers. By far the most growly string I have ever tried were rotosound 66's, but you might as well just go ahead and take a file to your frets and fingers. The other two choices are close, though. I think most steel strings fall way short when compared to nickel string growl.
 
#16
Thump_N_Bloom said:
How long does the coating on those last? I've seen some reviews on youtube about the guitar strings (Red Devils) in which the coating came off in a week. This could also be due to how the string was mounted. The directions indicate that you have to be careful not to scrape the string when pulling it through the bridge plate/piece as it may damage the coating.
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The coating lasts a long time if you aren't using a pick. Actually the coating lasts a long time even if you are using a pick, the colored part scrapes off though.
 
#18
madbassplaya said:
I had the opposite experience with these on my J bass. I need to buy another set and try on another. They didn't seem to have much of a low mid presence at all. Much more high mids, treble, & bass to me. :hmm:
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It boggles my mind sometimes how different strings sound on different basses.

I have to cut low mids with the Sadowsky's on my Lakland to make them sound close to the Nickel LoRiders I normally use on that bass. Nickel LoRiders have a punch and presence that no other string has on that bass. Sunbeams were also disappointing on my Lakland.

Then again, those same Nickel LoRiders sound puny on my Warwick, which still has Ernie Ball Cobalts which sound HUGE on that bass. But Cobalts on my Lakland....crap. Awful. Sunbeams too. Awful.

Sunbeams on my Spector? Tone straight from God himself.

Funny how things work like that!
 
#19
Looks like the blue steels are on top of the heap as far as number of recommendations go.. How's the life span and how rough are they? If I dig them I may try them on my fretless.. looking for new strings for that too with the same tonal goal in mind. I'm curious about the cobalts too.. Anybody have anything else about them?
 
#20
Rock-Bassman said:
Looks like the blue steels are on top of the heap as far as number of recommendations go.. How's the life span and how rough are they? If I dig them I may try them on my fretless.. looking for new strings for that too with the same tonal goal in mind. I'm curious about the cobalts too.. Anybody have anything else about them?
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Blue steels are smoother feeling then most rounds and also a little lower tension then most others of same gauges. Also longer lifespan the roto swing66.
 

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