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I like to explore the unknown. So with a little help from my friends I obtained a set of Russian bass strings Мозеръ Hit Drive BNH 6M: The first bad omen was the word “Nikel” on the front side of the pack. Is it a “special Russian nickel”?.. The whole set turned out to be very special and...

As far as I know, there are only two string manufacturers in Russia: “Emuzin” (“Эмузин”) and “Mozer” (“Мозеръ”). Both of them are small companies and both are situated in the city of Penza. Has anyone here on TalkBass ever used Russian bass strings? (I’ve never had the chance…) You are welcome...

I’ve had Jescar EVO Gold frets on my 4-string bass for 1 year now and I haven’t noticed any signs of fret wear. I play this bass 3 hours a week on average, I slap quite a lot and bend. As to strings, I use D’Addario nickel roundwounds EXL160 [50-70-85-105], standard tuning. As of now, these...

To my surprise and disappointment I’ve discovered that 6th and 5th string from some of these bass string sets, the 6th string more often than the 5th one, produce a tin barrel sound – I call it also a pseudoflanger effect. It happens when you strike an open string, the sound is normal when you...