OK...I finally tried a set on my P bass. Ive had them for a week or so, but just couldn't decide to put the on my P or Jazz, the P won. My usual brands are GHS, and DR and my P bass has had a fully broken in set of DR nickel Lo-Riders for several months, so I figured its time to put some new ones on it and why not finally try the Super Brights. My initial fears were 1) waaay to bright, given the name and 2) to low tension, given the Lo-Riders i'm used to.
I will say I was pleasantly surprised to find them not at all overly bright, as a matter of fact they are even less so than your typical round-wound is right out of the package. I did have to tweak the neck and set up a bit, and while they are lower tension than the Lo-Riders, they are comfortable to play and not at all floppy. My P bass has the Fender Orig 62 p-up, which already has an upper/mid bump and now coupled with these strings it grinds and snarls big time. Compared to the DR's, these strings crunch and snap alot more, a lot less bright/brittle highs(out of the package), tighter lows and definitely even more mid forward. The DR's are a bit darker and possibly more focused on lower-mids, but the Super Brights seem to bump the mids across the spectrum. The hollow grind im getting on the P bass is huge.... Im able to get that great P bass tone form "Pat Travers Band....Live! Go For What You Know"
