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Circle K strings...

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TheEmptyCell said:
Balanced tension is awesome. I think Thomastic Infeld sets are balanced tension, or really close, and those are my favorite strings ever. I built Daddario sets for balanced tension after getting TI's.

I took Sheldon's advice, even though his suggestion was so close to a CK set. Honestly, the difference is probably negligible.
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TI has tension information listed on the site. The Acoustic Bass strings are fairly balanced. The Jazz E-Bass strings gradually increase, but are close enough to balanced (and would certainly feel balanced on a multiscale) to argue that they are. The Infeld Bass and Power Bass are your typical unbalanced sets.
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You're probably right that the difference is negligible. However, not having to piece together sets makes it easier for a lot of Dingwall users, and there may or may not be a price difference when ordering singles vs. the set.
 
#1,122
For the gauges Sheldon recommended, it came out to $36.25, exactly the same as a premade set. That's pretty awesome, IMO, as you end up paying more for singles from someone like D'addario.

Like I said, I don't think if know the difference if I just bought the traditional .130 set. I just hope I dig the tone.
 
#1,123
TheEmptyCell said:
For the gauges Sheldon recommended, it came out to $36.25, exactly the same as a premade set. That's pretty awesome, IMO, as you end up paying more for singles from someone like D'addario.

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This is a major gripe for me. D'Addario, Ken Smith, Dean Markley and DR are not too bad if you get them from Bass Strings Online (maybe $2-$3 extra), but GHS and Dunlop charge about $10 more for a set of singles than they do for a packaged set. LaBella is a good bit more as well.
 
#1,124
Yeah, BSO's prices are better than everyone else in history. It doesn't seem like the guys at CK can keep their website updated, otherwise an option like BSO offers, where they save your custom sets, would be awesome. Nothing against CK, I do understand they're working on a few new things, so can't complain.
 
#1,125
TheEmptyCell said:
Yeah, BSO's prices are better than everyone else in history. It doesn't seem like the guys at CK can keep their website updated, otherwise an option like BSO offers, where they save your custom sets, would be awesome. Nothing against CK, I do understand they're working on a few new things, so can't complain.
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Obviously the two must join together and take over the string world.
 
#1,128
mmbongo said:
I think if Circle K had some other online dealers, it would do wonders for them. I don't think anybody outside of TB knows about them :hmm:
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I wish Jason could carry them. That guy's customer service is amazing and he's all I've bought strings from. I honestly don't wanna buy any strings unless they're from BSO.com.

With that being said, I've been using GHS Pressurewounds on a bass and they feel very balanced. I like them a lot. GHS does not make them to fit 35 inch scale though and I have a new Valenti coming in that will be a 35 so I'm looking for something balanced to put on there.
 
#1,133
I had a .210 for a while and my lowest string was tuned to Eb. Didn't ever use it in a band and sold it to my buddy. If I had a guitarist tuning that low, I'd consider setting up again.

Now I'm back to .130 for my thickest string. I'd like to have another bass setup for E or F# again in the future, provided I have a band to use it in.
 
#1,134
bootsox said:
I've never heard of anyone tuning that low. I like to think of myself as fairly progressive for a bass player but that sounds pretty ridiculous to me.
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You should check out Jauqo's The Low C# Theory. He uses his C#-tuned bass on it. It may not be your "thing" musically, but it's there and he does a good job incorporating such low notes in a musical fashion.
 
#1,135
bootsox said:
I've never heard of anyone tuning that low. I like to think of myself as fairly progressive for a bass player but that sounds pretty ridiculous to me.
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It's not ridiculous at all. What makes tuning that low so ridicules? It is bass.


Here are some tracks of me playing my freless Sub contra bass. The tuning is C#(.195) F#(.165) B (.125) E (.100).


These tracks are from my unreleased cd called Trioplicity, featuring Bernard Purdie on drums and Kudzai Kasambira on guitar.



http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f19/another-side-blues-featuring-fretless-sub-contra-bass-903505/

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f19/some-fretless-sub-contra-bass-902031/

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f19/jauqo-iii-x-bernard-purdie-kudzai-kasambira-402309/



FunkMetalBass said:
You should check out Jauqo's The Low C# Theory. He uses his C#-tuned bass on it. It may not be your "thing" musically, but it's there and he does a good job incorporating such low notes in a musical fashion.
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Thanks for the shout out.


It's interesting when bass players say that bass is to low :)
 
#1,136
The only possible way both CK and BSO could make money on a partnership is if BSO just carried a few really popular sets and got them in bulk (I'm only assuming that ordering a buttload of strings would bring the cost down some). How would said sets be chosen? Don't get me wrong, I'd love to save a few dollars by getting all my strings from BSO but it just doesn't seem possible.
 
#1,137
JAUQO III-X said:
It's interesting when bass players say that bass is to low :)
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I find that notes can be relateively "too low" (that is, in that instance, it just sounds better an octave or two higher), but not in general.

The biggest issue I'm running into with my F#-tuned 8-string and my octave-below E-tuned 4-string is just getting useable tones and volume from those low strings.
 
#1,140
FunkMetalBass said:
The 8-string: Mahogany body, maple neck & FB. Circle K .200 set.
The 4-string: Poplar body, maple neck & FB. Circle K .222 set.
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This is my experience and why I chose to have all my sub contra basses made with a mahogany body and gaboon ebony fb.

The mahogany body gives very even and none muddy lows.

That gaboon ebony fb is brighter than rosewood and definitely not as bright as maple. The gaboon ebony fb acts kind of like a compressor, in that it allows the highs not to jump out all over the place and balances well with the mahogany body.

And the pickups should be voiced (wound) for frequencies so low.

And I would like to respectfully suggest slightly lighter gauge strings. Or strings with a little more flexible core.

Why? because they allow the low frequencies to breath.

There are a few more keys but I think you get the point.
 

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