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Ernie balls or ghs bass boomers?
- Thread starter Cole Louis Allar
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They're equally mundane. Both middle of the road nickel rounds. Not awful. Not great.
Depends on what you want out of a string. EB and Boomers are very different sounding. EB are more clear, zingy and have something of a scooped sound to me. Their character is lows and highs. What they do they do OK. Boomers have more lows, a lot more low mids, not a lot of top-end zing. Their character is a thick punch for rounds. At least this is the way my ears perceive them. They feel really good. So it all depends on what you're looking for.
I like a thick, full sound so they work very good for me on some of my basses. I used them a long time ago and in between tried about everything and I now find myself going back to them when I want rounds.
Give them a listen here: GHS Strings
Try some--you won't be out much and you may like them.
I like a thick, full sound so they work very good for me on some of my basses. I used them a long time ago and in between tried about everything and I now find myself going back to them when I want rounds.
Give them a listen here: GHS Strings
Try some--you won't be out much and you may like them.
I prefer the Ernie Balls - the 45-105 Hybrid Slinkys. However; I like to use them as a starting point on a newly acquired bass, in the search for the sound I want from that particular bass. To me, EBs are the perfect "Generic Bass" string; not too bright; not too low; like Gorn said - "mundane". For me, Boomers are a destination in the search for "that sound" - not the place to start. But, I do have basses that still have EBs on them. I like the feel of them; they're relatively inexpensive, and readily available; they last long enough to get my money's worth out of them; and, sometimes "generic bass" is the sound I want...
I Love Alloy 52! so try ghs Progressives or Big Core Bass for roundwounds. Pressurewounds for a unique oval wind. They're all good. 
as said by @dagrev , they are different, probably the the opposite sides of nickel plated rounds.
EB are more flexible, focused on hi-mids and highs. I like them on those instruments with lots of basses, like Jazz or modern "soapbars", because they dry the sound a bit and sound clearer.
GHS Boomers are stiff and huge sounding, focused on lows and low-mids. they actually "boom", like the name suggest, and I like them on bright sounding basses or those a bit dry. on a Precision, however, they match perfectly. try them on a Stingray-style bass and hear how it becomes enormous.
EB are more flexible, focused on hi-mids and highs. I like them on those instruments with lots of basses, like Jazz or modern "soapbars", because they dry the sound a bit and sound clearer.
GHS Boomers are stiff and huge sounding, focused on lows and low-mids. they actually "boom", like the name suggest, and I like them on bright sounding basses or those a bit dry. on a Precision, however, they match perfectly. try them on a Stingray-style bass and hear how it becomes enormous.
tastes... after trying everything, I ended up using EBs as my main nickel, and GHS for some basses...
FE, Dr Lo Rider Nickel IMHO are on the "worst strings ever" list, and I can't understand the hype on Dunlop Super Bright strings, after trying a few sets of both nickel and steel.
simple Rotosound Swing, EB Slinky and GHS Boomers do the job better for me.
