So I like the sound and feel of very worn in stainless steel roundwounds. Haven’t tried many in recent years, last set was blue steels and it took over two months to season them. Any others?
DR lo-riders are my guess, but that's a pretty tough item nail. SS strings are going to be bright no matter what. It's just a matter of which ones "wear" the fastest. I've played a lot of SS strings, and I felt the DR low riders were the least "zingy", but still sounded awesome.
Also try labella stainless (used to be called hard rockin steel). To me they are very un-steel-like. Feel great. Not too pingy. Age well and last long time with decent mids for steel.
Been using mostly flats for years and did try pw’s but looking for something a little more aligned with real roundwounds
DR DDT's and Kaliums are both darker sounding stainless steel strings, DDT's I think are much darker than the Lo Riders.
Yeah, low riders are definitely a bit darker than some others. And DRs have good balance to the feel, from string to string. Rotosound makes a steel pressurewound, called the solo bass 55. They are pretty much less zingy swing bass 66. And SB66 get nice and dark, over time. I bet the solo55 are great.
I just came across these the other day at the store. Not sure what the tone is like but they are SS.... {}
Flats may be what you're looking for. Otherwise pure nickel wounds may serve the goal. Lowering the pickups may also help achieving the tone you're after.
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