Recent content by Maddie Miles

They're a bit higher tension than others, facilitating a lower action. I dig the tone with the barts, bright and long lasting. Brittle sounding at first, but beautiful once broken in. I'm also really liking the Stringjoy set that I just put on though. I've got about 40 hours of playtime on them...

I've used the prosteel 40-95's since 2007ish on my basses loaded with barts. They're my faves. I'm trying some custom nickles from stringjoy when they arrive at 35-90 on my 51 reissue pbass. The steels were too clacky on that big chunk of maple, so hopefully going to nickel will help. Never...

Just ordered a custom set 35-90 from Stringjoy for my 51 reissue. Their price was surprisingly reasonable. Can't wait to see what the buzz is about. I've been playing prosteel ex super lights on my ibanez basses for years and I like them. I'm interested to see how going even lighter might...

I came looking to find out if I should be using the -10db pad with my 500. lol. I’ve been gigging IBY’s with Barts for years. I don’t mind changing the batteries. But since the pups are passive, I think that means I don’t need to hit the pad unless I see clipping, yeah? Or is that wrong? My rig...