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GHS Balanced Nickel strings

#361
michael_t said:
I only played the Pure Blues (45-65-80-100) once on a borrowed Fender MIM Jazz. I also tried the DR Sunbeams (45-105) on my J once.

The round core strings by DR are noticeably looser-feeling than the GHS round cores, including the RC Boomers and these BNs.
Tone-wise, I do remember the Pure Blues to be mellower than the Sunbeams right out of the package, so there may be some similarities to the BNs there, though the PBs are a special nickel alloy ("Quantum Nickel") while the BNs are pure nickel.
I also remember both DR's to be nice and smooth texture-wise just like the BNs.
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Thanks - that gives me some frame of reference. I'll be trying BN's on a G&L L-1000 for blues gigs - soon.
 
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#362
michael_t said:
I've read a few posts in the past concerning "pure nickel" having a lower output than "nickel-plated steel". For example, Fender 7150 vs. 7250.

What has been your experience so far with these new Balanced Nickels vs. Round Core Boomers in terms of overall output?
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I'm here to answer another one of my own questions from an earlier post. Output level and responsiveness: Pure nickel vs. Nickel-plated-steel.

No perceivable difference between the BNs and the RC Boomers in my experience.
 
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Linnin said:
Best wishes to @michael_t today! Good luck with your surgery. :thumbsup:
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Thanks, @Linnin ! I'm happy to report to you everything went very well.

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#374
Jon Moody said:
Our short scale strings have a 37.25" winding length, outside of ball end to the silk. Anyone with a Mustang bass can take a measurement of a string currently on the bass to see if they'll work. I don't have a Mustang in the office, or I'd do it.




As a point of clarification, I worked with Scott Whitley, who was the originator of the SWB-1 (before Chowny took production) and head of Link Removed. We got to talking, and I asked if there was anything we could do to edit our short scale strings, and that's where the talk about the winding length started from.

The original SWB-1 did not have a thru-body bridge, so there's a good chance that the short scale Balanced Nickels will only work with the top-load option on the current Chowny SWB-1.
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Jon, just a little update-the LaBella FL-MUS I have on at the minute are especially made for Mustang basses and have a 33.25” winding from ball end to silk. This will mean that GHS short scale strings will fit many basses with a string-thru body, including the Chowny SWB-1, right? If so, I think that’s good news for a lot of users, and I’ll definitly be purchasing a set of those nickels :D
 
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TheIndieKid said:
Jon, just a little update-the LaBella FL-MUS I have on at the minute are especially made for Mustang basses and have a 33.25” winding from ball end to silk. This will mean that GHS short scale strings will fit many basses with a string-thru body, including the Chowny SWB-1, right? If so, I think that’s good news for a lot of users, and I’ll definitly be purchasing a set of those nickels :D
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Looks like there was a typo by @Jon Moody in his earlier post...

Short scale = 32.75"
Universal long scale = 37.25"
 
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TheIndieKid said:
Jon, just a little update-the LaBella FL-MUS I have on at the minute are especially made for Mustang basses and have a 33.25” winding from ball end to silk. This will mean that GHS short scale strings will fit many basses with a string-thru body, including the Chowny SWB-1, right? If so, I think that’s good news for a lot of users, and I’ll definitly be purchasing a set of those nickels :D
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At @michael_t pointed out, I had a typo (that I just edited on the original post). So no, they won’t for a Mustang. They will NOT fit the thru-body option of the Chowny SWB-1, but will fit the top-load option on the bass.
 
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#378
crucislancer said:
I finally got around to trying these on my GZR equipped Nate Mendel P. I had the BNs on my PJ Fender but wasn't digging it. The strings sound fantastic on the Nate Mendel.
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I think they sound great on my Precision bass; probably wouldn’t be my first pick on my Jazz bass — though I haven’t tried it. Finding the set that best matches your particular instrument is important!
 
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trothwell said:
I think they sound great on my Precision bass; probably wouldn’t be my first pick on my Jazz bass — though I haven’t tried it. Finding the set that best matches your particular instrument is important!
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^^^Agreed^^^ I'm keeping my second set of Balanced Nickels for my Fender American Professional Precision. Round Core Bass Boomers are perfect on my Fender American Standard Jazz, so I am just going to stay with them.
 
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Linnin said:
I'm keeping my second set of Balanced Nickels for my Fender American Professional Precision. Round Core Bass Boomers are perfect on my Fender American Standard Jazz, so I am just going to stay with them.
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Sounds like a good plan.

I knew from the beginning the BNs would be for my P bass.
As for my J, as much as I've been enjoying the RC Boomers that are on it now, I think I'm going back to the tried and true PWs when it's time for the change.
 
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