Deadest sounding rounds

[J.Wolf]

Thanks y'all. I find most rounds to be fairly zingy, pure nickel or otherwise. I have used plenty of flats and pressurewounds, and they sound good but I like the feel of rounds for what I'm after. Might try the round core boomers as a starting point. I really didn't care for the medium gauge hex cores, so maybe I'll try the lighter round cores

 

[GodPlayedBass]

Black Beauties. They feel weird; kinda grabby but sound good. They also dull down with age and the coating comes off.

Yeah i agree with the black beauties. Not my cup of tea for this reason. Theyll give you what you want. Round feel, dark sound

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

any rounds, just kill em with the thick Eucerine cream.

Dead rounds ftw!!!!

 

[dbsfgyd1]

Any tips on which rounds, out of the box, sound like dead old rounds? kinda a funny request, but thats what I like on this one P bass, and dont want to spend the months/years getting bright rounds to mellow that much. thanks..

I hear a treatment of Eucerin cream will deaden them, but have never tried it. Me? I just roll off the treble on my amp and or bass.

 

[wncBass]

DR sunbeams aren't too zingy. I usually play flats and don't like zing. Sunbeams are the smoothest mellowest rounds I've ever played...great strings!

 

[J.Wolf]

Eucerin Skin Cream Kills Strings DEAD!!!

Without reading 14 pages, is there a instruction manual for how to do this? I just see "overnight application" anything more specific??

 

[JimB52]

I like TI JR344s. And they improve with age, like a fine wine.

 

[Medicine Man]

I hate fresh rounds, but the ghs pressurewounds get me out of there in like 20 hours of playtime.

 

[onestone]

Without reading 14 pages, is there a instruction manual for how to do this? I just see "overnight application" anything more specific??

The real experts have posted a lot in that thread I've only tried this on one set as follows; strings off, apply cream, sleep, wipe off, strings on.

 

[Altitude]

Never found any. That's why I use Eucerin cream on them.

+1, this works. The cream approximates the effect of the oil and dead skin from your hands accumulating among the windings and affects the string harmonics the same way.

I strung up a set of DR Sunbeams a while back and it seemed like they'd died completely after a single rehearsal. I'm not a dead string guy so I didn't like it. Maybe others would.

 

[GreyBeard]

I hear a treatment of Eucerin cream will deaden them, but have never tried it. Me? I just roll off the treble on my amp and or bass.

I use XL's and turn down the treble on my 5502. As they age, I gradually add treble until they sound dead with the treble maxed, then I change them out. I just bought a ultrasonic cleaner I plan on cleaning my old strings with to see if I can get a little more life out of them.

 

[J.Wolf]

I like TI JR344s. And they improve with age, like a fine wine.
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Are these lower tension, like the flats are?

 

[zubrycky]

I hate the sound of new strings.

 

[tindrum]

Are these lower tension, like the flats are?

Yes they are super low tension.

 

[JW56789]

Dead-est rounds?

1) Pick out what you prefer . . .

2) Send them to me for a month . . . .

3) I'll send them back, won't charge another TB guy for this service. They will be DOA, believe me.

 

[anightintunisia]

DR sunbeams aren't too zingy. I usually play flats and don't like zing. Sunbeams are the smoothest mellowest rounds I've ever played...great strings!

I agree. Sunbeams are truly excellent strings.

 

[ThudThudThud]

With my skin chemistry, Rotosound 66. From zing to rope in minutes.

 

[AboutSweetSue]

Coat them in Aquaphor and voila.

 

[Rib 13]

I imagine that if you buy any set, leave them in a hot car for several days or a week (put them on the dashboard sill, etc), theyll get pretty dead quick

 

[dbsfgyd1]

I use XL's and turn down the treble on my 5502. As they age, I gradually add treble until they sound dead with the treble maxed, then I change them out. I just bought a ultrasonic cleaner I plan on cleaning my old strings with to see if I can get a little more life out of them.

I never thought of buying an ultrasound cleaner for strings.

Interesting. Most of the work I do involves recording work with about 10 gigs or so a year. I've found my best results come from newer strings. But I certainly understand how the twang click and rattle off new strings could drive one over the edge.