Biggest Bass String EVER

[JT Foster]

I found this video I thought some of you would get a kick out of!



Since 8 string guitars have become popular, bassists have had to decide whether to stay at the same octave as the guitar or go an octave down from the guitar. Obviously to match a guitar at Drop E (Octave Down) you will need some pretty hefty strings. I've heard .230+ strings exist, but this is the biggest I have ever seen myself. I literally said "Oh my God" out loud when I saw it.

 

[Freez]

I found this video I thought some of you would get a kick out of!



Since 8 string guitars have become popular, bassists have had to decide whether to stay at the same octave as the guitar or go an octave down from the guitar. Obviously to match a guitar at Drop E (Octave Down) you will need some pretty hefty strings. I've heard .230+ strings exist, but this is the biggest I have ever seen myself. I literally said "Oh my God" out loud when I saw it.

Sounds like a fart with a little bit of tone mixed in...

 

[Freez]

Oh, and yes, that is one biggazz string!!!

 

[RoadRanger]

 

[Freez]

 

[Grumry]

The tab for that would look like binary

01010010100101

 

[two fingers]

The tab for that would look like binary

01010010100101

Or 5285.....

 

[JT Foster]

The tab for that would look like binary

01010010100101

Djent is pretty much binary.

 

[JT Foster]

Sounds like a fart with a little bit of tone mixed in...

I think the sound is alright, but he needs a longer scale for such a low tuning. Dingwall basses are usually 37-34". He needs one of those. 35.5 isn't cutting it

 

[ixlramp]

That's a Kalium string of around .200, they also sell a .266 as seen here on a Kalium 40" bass
Octave 4 Plus have made a very extreme custom .400.

 

[BassFishingInAmerica]

That's a nice bass. The top string is useless, IMO.

 

[beaglesandbass]

I found this video I thought some of you would get a kick out of!



Since 8 string guitars have become popular, bassists have had to decide whether to stay at the same octave as the guitar or go an octave down from the guitar. Obviously to match a guitar at Drop E (Octave Down) you will need some pretty hefty strings. I've heard .230+ strings exist, but this is the biggest I have ever seen myself. I literally said "Oh my God" out loud when I saw it.

It's a weird video. I have that bass and my B string isn't anywhere near as thick as that. Not a good demo video either, imo.

 

[Slevage]

That's a nice bass. The top string is useless, IMO.

The bottom string is even more useless.

 

[jjmuckluckjr]

Best strings for metal? Shoot, you can you can pull an Outback semi-train with that brute.

 

[bongostealth]

Don't strings that thick increase the tension exerted on the neck?? If so, it would be devastating on the truss rod!

 

[Fender_Bender]

I remember a video on YouTube years ago where a guy was playing some sort of 10-12 string monstrosity. Well, I'm not even sure I would call it playing since the top 3-4 strings were so low pitched as to be irrelevant but I'm sure they were over .200. If you feel the need to put a scrunchy over your neck at the first fret like some sort of fabric capo, you might want to rethink what's going on .

 

[FirewalZ]

Or 5285.....

there are 10 types of people who understand binary

 

[JT Foster]

That's a Kalium string of around .200, they also sell a .266 as seen here on a Kalium 40" bass
Octave 4 Plus have made a very extreme custom .400.

.400.
I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

 

[jfh2112]

Well, if the tour bus breaks down, at least you have a tow cable.

 

[Element Zero]

To each his own.