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GHS Pressurewound Bass Strings, love em

#21
GHS Official said:
From what I've found and calculated (so please bear that in mind, since I'm not an expert in this), for the M7200 set, it breaks down to this:

PWB44 - 44.56
PWB62 - 48.7
PWB84 - 46.5
PWB106 - 45.6
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Very helpful! I just put a set of the M7200s on a Lakland p-bass and I'm loving those a lot.

Considering the ML7200 set for the Lakland j-bass. Do you have tensions for that set? Does the lighter set have a similar tone?

Regarding winding length, there was a lot of usable string past the nut when I top loaded the M7200s on the Lakland P. Wondering if these will string thru body on a 34" scale Lakland?
 
#23
DingoBlues said:
Very helpful! I just put a set of the M7200s on a Lakland p-bass and I'm loving those a lot.

Considering the ML7200 set for the Lakland j-bass. Do you have tensions for that set? Does the lighter set have a similar tone?

Regarding winding length, there was a lot of usable string past the nut when I top loaded the M7200s on the Lakland P. Wondering if these will string thru body on a 34" scale Lakland?
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I'm enclosing the chart I made up for the Pressurewound sets; I have to make up a chart for the singles as well, but that should give you an idea.

Tonally, they'll be very similar, if just a lighter feel on the fingers.

As for string-thru body bridges (on ANY bass), my thought is no. Our catalog and website had, for many years, the incorrect info that they were Long Scale Plus length; I have since fixed that error. You're welcome to try it and report back, but I don't think it will work.
 

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#26
GHS Official said:
As for string-thru body bridges (on ANY bass), my thought is no. Our catalog and website had, for many years, the incorrect info that they were Long Scale Plus length; I have since fixed that error. You're welcome to try it and report back, but I don't think it will work.
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I can tell you from experience that the 106 Pressurewound E string does NOT fit string-through on my custom half-fanned fret P/J, which has standard P-bass 34 inch scale on the E string. Fortunately, my bridge has either/or top or through body, so I was able to top load it. OTOH, the A, D & G strings went body-through just fine, with the proper amount of string above the nut transitioning to the silk leaders for the tuners.
 
#27
iiipopes said:
I can tell you from experience that the 106 Pressurewound E string does NOT fit string-through on my custom half-fanned fret P/J, which has standard P-bass 34 inch scale on the E string. Fortunately, my bridge has either/or top or through body, so I was able to top load it. OTOH, the A, D & G strings went body-through just fine, with the proper amount of string above the nut transitioning to the silk leaders for the tuners.
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Yep. One of my gripes with GHS is that their E strings are shorter than all the other strings. They wouldn't work on my Warwick, I had to buy a single E string in the longer length.
 
#28
mmbongo said:
Yep. One of my gripes with GHS is that their E strings are shorter than all the other strings. They wouldn't work on my Warwick, I had to buy a single E string in the longer length.
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Please review some of the other threads about this issue, including the Flats thread and the GHS general thread. Our man Jon @ GHS is working very hard to get the company to have two E strings for each model of string: one a little shorter, or a "true 34" to fit the traditional 34 inch scale with top-load bridges leading to the traditional Fender-style E string tuner closest to the nut, so there is the balance of having enough string over the nut, but not too much as to cramp the tuning post (which is what they call their Long); and redoing the Long+ to fit other variations on the E-string theme, including 5-string basses with the E tuner up the peghead aways compared to 4-string basses, body-through on standard Fender-style headstocks, and top-load 35 inch scale basses.
 
#32
walknbluez said:
I see that the GHS brite flats aren't actually flats but groundwounds, is that correct? If so, what is the difference between the brites and the pressurewounds, in all aspects?
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Pressurewounds are roller wound, where the winding is slightly flattened.

Brite Flats ARE ground wound, so they a typical roundwound string that is then ground smooth.

Tonally, the Pressurewounds start out as a fairly mellow set of nickels. They break in and keep that tone for a while. They sound like a good mix between rounds and flats.

The Brite Flats start out where the Pressurewounds left off, and are a lot more close sounding to flats, but with a little more clarity and articulation.
 
#33
GHS Official said:
Pressurewounds are roller wound, where the winding is slightly flattened.

Brite Flats ARE ground wound, so they a typical roundwound string that is then ground smooth.

Tonally, the Pressurewounds start out as a fairly mellow set of nickels. They break in and keep that tone for a while. They sound like a good mix between rounds and flats.

The Brite Flats start out where the Pressurewounds left off, and are a lot more close sounding to flats, but with a little more clarity and articulation.
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Thanks, I can get the brites locally quick but I think I'll hold out for the pressurewounds and order them from bass strings online.
 
#34
iiipopes said:
Please review some of the other threads about this issue, including the Flats thread and the GHS general thread. Our man Jon @ GHS is working very hard to get the company to have two E strings for each model of string: one a little shorter, or a "true 34" to fit the traditional 34 inch scale with top-load bridges leading to the traditional Fender-style E string tuner closest to the nut, so there is the balance of having enough string over the nut, but not too much as to cramp the tuning post (which is what they call their Long); and redoing the Long+ to fit other variations on the E-string theme, including 5-string basses with the E tuner up the peghead aways compared to 4-string basses, body-through on standard Fender-style headstocks, and top-load 35 inch scale basses.
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That's a marvelous idea if each pack comes with both E strings. Otherwise...like I already did...I'll have to buy the longer E string to match the rest of the strings which makes buying them cost prohibitive. I'll just buy strings that fit instead.
 
#35
I liked my pressure wounds for about 6 months til they died. They never got into "flats" territory just really lifeless sounding rounds.

In my experience, Chromes have been a better all around string and can sound just as much if not more like round wounds than the Pressures
 
#36
autodidact said:
I like my pressure wounds for about 6months. they never got into "flats" territory just really dead sounding lifeless rounds.
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Definitely not flats; a very mellow, robust round wound. They're currently my favorite, which is odd, considering I'm usually playing steels or whatever can get me the brightest, most clear and articulate tone.
 
#38
mmbongo said:
That's a marvelous idea if each pack comes with both E strings. Otherwise...like I already did...I'll have to buy the longer E string to match the rest of the strings which makes buying them cost prohibitive. I'll just buy strings that fit instead.
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I didn't say each set would come with one of each; I said that GHS is working on the feasibility of offering different sets.
 
#39
Just put a new medium scale set on my 'stang. They're low tension, but not overly noodly. I haven't tried these in a while and forgot how smooth to the touch they are. Every turn of the tone knob sounds great with these.
 
#40
3234718 said:
Just put a new medium scale set on my 'stang. They're low tension, but not overly noodly. I haven't tried these in a while and forgot how smooth to the touch they are. Every turn of the tone knob sounds great with these.
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Glad you found a set! They are discontinued, but we have a fair amount on the shelves here, so I'm sure they'll still be here for a bit.
 

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