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Dredmahawkus

Dredmahawkus

Nov 4, 2012
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Boston
#1
Ok I want a round core light (.100) gauge nickel string with slightly more tension then circlek and a bit less chorusy because its going on a maple board jazz bass...warm and smooth sounding and feeling with deep lows. Fodera? sunbeam? suggestions? right now I have D'addario XL nickel on it and they sound and feel great...but I want something else similar but better.
 
#4
I've never tried them but I bet 40-95 loriders would feel pretty good. I've tried the same gauge sunbeams and they were too loosey goosey but I think the hex core would make the light gauge more manageable.
 
#5
I do wish I got a lighter gauge then these....I just got a bass with lighter gauge strings and I love the feel! the .105 feel like cables now!
I have a set of .095 pressurewounds.....might be too dull for the maple board bass.
 
#7
I've recently converted to light gauge. I used to be all about heavy 50-110s or 115s (for EADG). I bought a really old set of TI jazz rounds from the classifieds and now they're the only strings I want to play. Low tension but they feel and sound fantastic.
 
#8
Maybe I will try those...I love infelds superalloys sound they are great but kinda heavy and high tension. TI makes great sounding strings!
Yeah I was all about the heavys...I had it in my head they sounded better....then I traded for a 75 AVRI and it had light/reg .100 strings on it. and I can literally play better then all my other basses! I have been re playing for a year now and just cant get tom sawyers bass solo perfectly....first time I tried with this bass I nailed it....and I never miss a note when playing with this. it has to be the strings!
 
#14
Do they last? I usually buy pretty good strings that last a while....well first time trying D'addarios XL nickels...I loved the sound! and the E string sounds almost dead in like 2 weeks! I have been playing it a ton...but I have never seen a set of strings go dead this quick! I have some superalloys on 2 basses that sound just as good as they did months ago! circleKs a few months ago still sound good. I think I am done with d'addario rounds!
Is it because they are .100 thin the E went dead so quick? I love the feel but its just not as rich and full as it was. Is that a trait of all lighter strings? or just the cheaper D'addarios?
 

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