hex core

I can't help but notice in my perennial quest for the perfect string that round cores give me more speed, respond better to hammer on/pull offs, tapping, and just make fast playing smoother and less clunky. Now I'm well aware that the generally stiffer nature of hex cores means they should, in...

As I tune my main 4 string Ibanez Mikro Bass, which has a just 28,6" scale length, in F# standard tuning, 2 half steps above regular 4 string E standard tuning, I use a set made out of single strings, the 2 middle strings actually being guitar strings threaded through the cut off ball ends of...