D'Addario NYXL Bass Strings

[Linnin]

Are they still taking sign ups? And how?

If you didn't get the email, you can't sign up. Also not everyone that signs up will be chosen to get a set.

 

[PeaveyPlayer]

let us know how they sound!

 

[Dr. Turkey]

If you didn't get the email, you can't sign up. Also not everyone that signs up will be chosen to get a set.

Nah you can sign up by following this link
Fretted - NYXL Bass Beta Qual Form - Formstack

I followed a similar link to be signed up for their new acoustic strings and was accepted into that recently so it seems like anybody who fills one out has a chance

 

[PeaveyPlayer]

Nah you can sign up by following this link
Fretted - NYXL Bass Beta Qual Form - Formstack

I followed a similar link to be signed up for their new acoustic strings and was accepted into that recently so it seems like anybody who fills one out has a chance

thanks!! I hope to try it

I wonder how this will differ from there regular lineup?

 

[Dr. Turkey]

If it's like the guitar strings, it'll be a little brighter with just very slightly higher mids compared to regular nickel. Aside from a bit more clarity under distortion the tonal difference wasn't really worth the money on guitar strings but maybe it will be on bass since the strings make more difference in my experience. The bigger advantage was more string durability and better tuning stability so it was easier to play with lower tension and you'd rarely go out of tune with whammy bars. Though that's not a big deal on bass.

 

[Randyt]

Dam....they don't offer sets for 6 strings yet?

I have tried the Guitar strings...decent....nothing great!
They do stay In tune better than others

 

[trothwell]

Man I remember the days when you walked into a music store and asked for strings and they would say "All we got is these here" usually followed up by "Why you changing strings they break?" Today is a great day to be a bass player quality inexpensive gear and enough string choices to make your head spin I'm going to keep my eyes on the release of these strings.

I started on a 5-string bass nearly twenty years ago, and for a long time only bought strings locally. I'd ask for a 5-string set, of which there was typically only one option to choose from. I never even thought about what strings I was using, because there was no point. It wasn't until I started regularly using a 4-string bass a few years ago that I began to realize the wide variety of string choices out there. (And for 5-string too, had I bothered to order from a catalog!)

After spending ~$300 trying different strings on one of my 4-string basses, perhaps I was better off thinking I had no option...

 

[SirMjac28]

I started on a 5-string bass nearly twenty years ago, and for a long time only bought strings locally. I'd ask for a 5-string set, of which there was typically only one option to choose from. I never even thought about what strings I was using, because there was no point. It wasn't until I started regularly using a 4-string bass a few years ago that I began to realize the wide variety of string choices out there. (And for 5-string too, had I bothered to order from a catalog!)

After spending ~$300 trying different strings on one of my 4-string basses, perhaps I was better off thinking I had no option...

That's so true.

 

[ArtechnikA]

Dam....they don't offer sets for 6 strings yet?
They do stay In tune better than others

I bailed on the invitation when I saw that.
'Stay In Tune Better' is not much incentive for me since I never seem to need much in the way of tuning adjustment.
Guitarists bend strings all the time - fretless bass - not so much...

 

[Kitsapbass]

I'm hoping to be picked too....

 

[dannster]

I'm in. Got the email this morning. Woo!

 

[Gorn]

I just got the invite. I'm honored. Seeing as I own one bass with TI jazz rounds that I don't wanna ever take off, a new bass may be in order for proper testing.

 

[dannster]

... a new bass may be in order for proper testing.

It's the right thing to do.

 

[Dr. Turkey]

Aw no email yet. I just beta tested their new acoustic strings though so that was neat

 

[fetch]

I'm in too! I chose the medium 50-105 set. Can't wait to give them a run!

 

[DWBass]

Got my email today. I had to fill out an online form. They said the strings should be in the mail in a couple of weeks.

 

[Linnin]

They said the strings should be in the mail in a couple of weeks.

That would be groovy!

 

[ThatsYourName?]

I got picked too! However, I already have a set of Super Brights coming too. Can be cool for a comparison

 

[Kitsapbass]

Same here. Really looking forward to getting them too - going to A/B them with some DR strings I have on my Warwick...

 

[wmhill]

I got the E-mail today too, I'm anxious to get ahold of em. The NYXL electric strings are by far my favorite string of all time ( I got a beta set of those too). They feel almost a whole gauge lighter, and last many times more than any other string that I've used. I hope they have the zing that the pro steels have( my fave bass string after trying a wad of others).