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Club Decade!
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Curious how many of you homies are running flats and how many are running rounds on your Decades.... I go back and forth.
I do! I'm strung with Bootie's on all my round wound basses...maybe I'll try 'em on the Decade.
That fizzy decade is looking really good. I haven't settled on a favorite string for my decade yet but recently I have been digging Rotosounds on it. I liked the 66 set quite a bit. Now I'm trying the 55 pressure wound set and so far I'm really liking how those sound.
evilgabe said:
Thanks! Yeah... had some pressure wounds on of my p basses... maybe I'll try a set on my Decade... makes sense for that bass.
Lovep said:
Yeah... flats really do bring down the house on a Decade. I bet that B is gigantic!
Right now I decided on Bootzies. These strings really bring out a bass's character to my ears. Great note definition. This means lots of deep throaty mid-lows
What happened to your love affair with Dunlops?
Hmmm, I've never tried the Bootsy strings, your description sounds really good!
GregC said:
Still love Dunlops, but like to mix of up. Really liking these strings lately... they are on all of my basses with rounds.
Just a short term update from me...
I've been having my usual mess about with strings to find what works best for me. The JO flats that were on it sounded great but you never know what else is out there waiting for you until you try it.
I tried TI's jazz flats (my old favourites) but the A string is so skinny it would really need a new nut to work nicely, sound was OK but a little bright as those strings are very new. Tried D'addario roundwound nickels, very growly..like a chainsaw coming at you. Tried sadowsky flats (my other favourite) and they seemed very similar to the JO flats if a little brighter. Also tried Chromes and was expecting really great things...but meh, just doesn't work for me. Far too bright and metallic. I'm not sure I could bear them long enough to break them in. I want to know how they will change with age but I dunno...
So I finally ended up putting on a set of Picato flats I had spare...perfect! Really woody, clicky sort of weird sound...very dark but the Chi's seem sonically sensitive enough to bring out the subtleties. Very old skool, like a hofner or something, but not the same.
Very very happy with this bass. My Sadowsky does the P bass thing brilliantly, but this Decade is the sound I had in my head.
My only curiousity now is...what would darkstars be like
Yeah...I play with stings all the time...nice to find a set that just does it! I imagine a DS Decade would be more round...not as much mids....judging from a comparison of my DS Lakland P bass and Neo Punch(has chi-sonic technology) Lakland P bass.
Just scored a once-played, M-I-N-T Skyline Decade with flight case for $700... pics in a bit. REALLY love this bass so far!
