Indeed, it's a perfect fit
I love the Boomers on my BB424, their rich mid tones nicely join together the sounds of the P and J pickups, giving a sound that's rounded and full, but still lively. This bass will never see anything else!
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Ahhh...Fresh Boomers on a Thunderbird
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I love the Boomers on my BB424, their rich mid tones nicely join together the sounds of the P and J pickups, giving a sound that's rounded and full, but still lively. This bass will never see anything else!
They can do that like nothing else.For some reason, when I think of Thunderbirds and Boomers together I think of "screaming rock".
Secret among Thunderbird players: They are very versatile and are not just all about the angry piano tone.
Secret among Boomer players: They are very versatile and are not just all about the aggressive rock tone.
I even use both in a church setting. They can both do it all very well.
I just ordered some more to put on a few basses of mine. Thanks for the enabling lol.
I had practice at church last night and was using flats and thought to myself "Boomers would probably sound better…".
I had practice at church last night and was using flats and thought to myself "Boomers would probably sound better…".
Boomers are the only strings I've ever played that broke. Happened twice, haven't tried them again in over 30 years. Maybe I should!
Why not? Might find a great string. Possibly you've eased up on playing so hard in 30 years!
Also, their quality just might have improved a little!I don't recall a string ever breaking while playing. But I don't really punish them either.
Enabling is what we are here for.
I'll be using my new set Sunday!
The sets I ordered won't be here until next week, unfortunately. But I am excited to get them. If you'd rather take this offline, I'd be interested to hear about your setup at church and your process for deciding on strings and tone you are going for, etc.
Sure think. I'm busy right now, but please shoot me a PM and that will remind me as it will show up in my email as well. Love to chat about it!
Update: Got to use the new strings today. They sounded great. One thing I noticed was that my old Boomers weren't as old sounding as I figured given their age. The new strings made a slight difference but proved that Boomers have some serious life in them, which is another good thing about Boomers.
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@dagrev
In regards to your fondness of GHS Bass Boomers and Pressurewounds, I couldn't agree more!
I just restrung my Ristola-6 with a new set of PWs, and as soon as the XLs that came stock on my new Spector Euro 6LT go dead, I have a 6-string set of Boomers ready to restring it with.
IMO you perfectly summed up the tone of Boomers in your original post.
And I've also never had a bad string from a fresh pack of Boomers. In fact, I've never gotten a bad string from any GHS made strings.
Your Thunderbird looks awesome, BTW.
Take care!!!
In regards to your fondness of GHS Bass Boomers and Pressurewounds, I couldn't agree more!
I just restrung my Ristola-6 with a new set of PWs, and as soon as the XLs that came stock on my new Spector Euro 6LT go dead, I have a 6-string set of Boomers ready to restring it with.
IMO you perfectly summed up the tone of Boomers in your original post.
And I've also never had a bad string from a fresh pack of Boomers. In fact, I've never gotten a bad string from any GHS made strings.
Your Thunderbird looks awesome, BTW.
Take care!!!
Nice. Thanks!
I have to say the only problem I had was several years ago with "the E string situation" on a Precision Flat set I had. Other Precision sets were from a different time and were normal. Other than that, zero issues. Just what I expect every time.
Thank you @Arthur U. Poon! I love how they sound, that they look great is just a bonus! Been playing them since 1981or 82.
Finally got my bbp34 and was able to open and put on the boomers. These are 105 extra long. they sound great. But roundwounds always remind me of why I use flatwounds. Just don't like the fretting noise or clanky sound which is why I love flats.
These are great strings through. Love the red silk too
These are great strings through. Love the red silk too
Every time I used rounds, I missed the feel of flats. And every time I used flats, I missed the tone of rounds. I've finally matured to the point of being willing to sacrifice the feel for the tone.
