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Dunlop Heavy Core BEAD string-set

#3
Trus3683 said:
How exaxtly can they make a string that tunes to B but is in ~.100/.105 gauge to not need nut mod? It'd have to be super tapered or something.

Either way, I'd love to try it. This seems huge.
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I was just looking into this very thing recently, and I read over many tb posts addressing BEAD. Seems like some said very little to no mod was needed (w/a standard set of 5'r strings), and other said they had to make a new nut. Possibly these strings are tapered at the nut end as you say. If anyone try's them, please post insights.
 
#4
JIO said:
I was just looking into this very thing recently, and I read over many tb posts addressing BEAD. Seems like some said very little to no mod was needed (w/a standard set of 5'r strings), and other said they had to make a new nut. Possibly these strings are tapered at the nut end as you say. If anyone try's them, please post insights.
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I will second that motion! Count me in.....subbed.....:hyper:
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#5
"Heavy Core Bass NPS Info

Heavy Core Bass Strings are for bass players who tune down and dig in. We craft these strings with thicker core wires for standard feel and tonal definition. With Heavy Core Bass Strings, you can play with your natural attack and retain big, punchy fundamentals when tuning below E-Standard.

Each Heavy Core Bass String set is optimized for a specific range of tunings: Heavy for Drop D and D Standard; Heavier for Drop C and C Standard; and Heaviest for Drop B and B Standard.

Available sets and gauges:

- Heavy: 45, 65, 85, 105
-Heavier: 55, 75, 95, 115
-Heaviest: 55, 75, 100, 120"

So the 45-105 set only gets you drop D. You need the 55-120 set for B apparently. I can't find any pictures but it has to be tapered if they claim you don't need to mod the nut, right?
 
#6
3234718 said:
"Heavy Core Bass NPS Info

Heavy Core Bass Strings are for bass players who tune down and dig in. We craft these strings with thicker core wires for standard feel and tonal definition. With Heavy Core Bass Strings, you can play with your natural attack and retain big, punchy fundamentals when tuning below E-Standard.

Each Heavy Core Bass String set is optimized for a specific range of tunings: Heavy for Drop D and D Standard; Heavier for Drop C and C Standard; and Heaviest for Drop B and B Standard.

Available sets and gauges:

- Heavy: 45, 65, 85, 105
-Heavier: 55, 75, 95, 115
-Heaviest: 55, 75, 100, 120"

So the 45-105 set only gets you drop D. You need the 55-120 set for B apparently. I can't find any pictures but it has to be tapered if they claim you don't need to mod the nut, right?
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That would seem to be the only way that they would work. I don't see anything about such a set of strings on Dunlops website.
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#10
If that's the case then the only potential benefit of these is
"We craft these strings with thicker core wires for standard feel and tonal definition. With Heavy Core Bass Strings, you can play with your natural attack and retain big, punchy fundamentals when tuning below E-Standard."
It has nothing to do with being able to play BEAD without modding the nut?

So if I got a 45-105 set and tuned it EADG, would the strings just be really stiff and heavy feeling? Like loriders but even stiffer? That sounds kind of appealing.
 
#11
JIO said:
Just saw this in the latest BassPlayer mag - looks like Dunlop is listening. No mods on the nut, and it sounds like if your pu's can handle the low-end definition it's worth checking out.
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The op said "No mods on the nut". That is what peaked my interest in a set of strings downtuned to BEAD on my 4 string.


:hyper:
 
#14
This is what I was refering to (verbatim) in the BP article by Brian Fox; "Stringing a Fender American Vintage '74 Jazz Bass BEAD with the Heaviest set, I was pleased to find that I didn't need to make any modifications of the bass in terms of nut slots - all four alloy allies sat groovily in their grooves."
 
#16
3234718 said:
"Available sets and gauges:
- Heavy: 45, 65, 85, 105
-Heavier: 55, 75, 95, 115
-Heaviest: 55, 75, 100, 120"
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When will they learn you cannot just add .010 to all gauges to create the next set down? This just makes the sets more unbalanced. Even worse since they claim these are good for drop tunings. A good set for D standard and drop D would be 45 60 80 110 instead.
Also, like DR DDTs these strings have deliberately stiff cores ... not good for clarity or harmonicity.
 
#18
Bought a set to put in a bass I sold to a friend. He tunes really low so I slapped these on. They required no mods to the nut. The tension felt solid and I only had to adjust the truss rod very slightly to get it right.

I thought the strings felt like crap, but the sound was decent and not floppy.

My friend was/is happy with it.

Just in case anyone is interested or cares.
 

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