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Best strings for growly jazz bass sound!
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What a coincidence neither does yours. . .
I was going to suggest DR Hi Beams as they sound heavy with a nice low mid growl but when I read everyone's opinion I thought, well you can't see two concurring opinions so it is just not helping. After owning many Jazz Basses I also realized that they often seem to match different string sets: My Am Jazz Deluxe loved Hi-Beams, my Squier VM Jazz wants EB Slinkies.
At the end of the day, only trial and error will provide the right answer to the OP.
TI superalloy are really growly and vintage sounding.....I find the alloys like iron nickel mix makes the strings have more growl.
superalloys are so worth the extra money! I havent killed a set yet! I had one set on my deluxe jazz for 6 months of use 4 hours a day and they still sounded just like I put them on.
superalloys are so worth the extra money! I havent killed a set yet! I had one set on my deluxe jazz for 6 months of use 4 hours a day and they still sounded just like I put them on.
+1 Alloy 52 Baby! 52% Nickel and 48% Iron will generate a greater magnetic field than stainless steel or nickel plated steel. Hex core has greater mass than round, and that also equals a greater magnetic field. GHS Big Core Bass with its larger hex core and Alloy 52 wrap are the growliest of all roundwounds.
I may try these once.
I did feel like a lot of people would vote on Roto 66s. It would also get my vote. The natural growl it gave ME was phenomenal.
Frets or fretless makes no difference to the string. The tone it generates is the tone it makes.
They are notorious for doing that, yes. I think those are the ones you speak of.
People say the Rotosounds are really rough on your fingers. I've never had that issue, maybe its because I've been using them for a few years now.
I played Rotosounds SwingBass 66's for many, many years. They are the very roughest wound strings there are. Due to this extreme roughness they: murder your fingers, wear your frets quickly, and they are the absolute screechiest strings ever made. They have a very short playing life, possibly the shortest. The first 8-10 hours of play are the Uber Ringy-Zingy Tin Can Tone, and tons of it. Once they settle down and lose the uber zing, then you get into the real meat of the string and Roto 66's do sound great for about 25 playing hours. Then a quick dive down to tone death at about 45 hours or so. The biggest problem with any dead roundwound string is they sound just like a turd smells, but the string screech never goes away. Attenuated, yes, but still there none-the-less. Count on changing out strings every month or so to the tune of about $240 a year.
Wow they sound so appealing
What opinions on labella dtb stainless are they considered growl-y ? ghs also makes b52 nickel iron alloy is that similar to TI?
What opinions on labella dtb stainless are they considered growl-y ? ghs also makes b52 nickel iron alloy is that similar to TI?
My concern is for the fingerboard I don't want it to get too torn up I realize there's going to be some wear and the neck will have to be replaced eventually just don't want to accelerate that process
Roundwound wear on fretless fingerboards is highly exaggerated. You can always use tapewound (I dislike them) or a coated round. GHS Preassurewounds would also be a good choice. But you gotta have rounds of some kind for growl. Flats have purcussive attack/punch, but they don't growl.
