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- Sep 9, 2007
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We can't make the C string like the others (2 covers over a round core) so it wouldn't be "balanced" in that regard. However, moving from a 2 cover G string to a 1 cover C string isn't that drastic of a tonal difference, oddly. I've been using a 6st set of Round Core Bass Boomers (which have the same construction as BN now), and it's fine.
So, if we did make a BN C string, it would be along those lines. However, people simply haven't asked for one. The demand for a 6 string set is small already (compared to 4 or 5 string sets), and I can count on one hand how many times people have specifically requested it.
It's still possible, but realistically I wouldn't count on it.
Hey @Linnin, did you know this? "Balanced Round Core Boomers"!
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Thanks for the response, Jon. Tone wise the RC Boomers are balanced, but not tension wise, correct?
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If you go by the current packaged sets, no. They're not balanced in terms of tension.
Glory Hallelujah!Finally Round Core Bass Boomers with balanced construction!
WOOT!
I'm very shocked to know you haven't heard of these magic strings from GHS. They compliment very well with all my basses
I'm very shocked to know you haven't heard of these magic strings from GHS. They compliment very well with all my basses
Some of us already know how magical Round Core Boomers are. But this is the first time @Jon Moody has publicly confirmed about them being "balanced" now, as in the same "balanced" construction as the Balanced Nickels. This is something relatively new and what @Linnin is excited about.
Interestingly enough, this video was once up on the GHS website under Round Core Boomers but was taken out. Sounds like it should be back in there now.
Hmm. I guess I thought the current (e.g., past 12-18 months or so) of Round Core boomers were these more balanced sets. Did the update take longer than expected?
I wrote about them right after they first came out in the summer of 2016. Long before Balanced Nickels. Review: GHS Round Core Bass BoomersI'm very shocked to know you haven't heard of these magic strings from GHS. They compliment very well with all my basses
- Sep 9, 2007
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Balanced Nickels 6-string set? Is this a factory set, or is the high C available only as a single? What's the gauge on the high C?
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Yep.
At this point, it's merely a prototype.
If we make it, it'll only be available as a single. There's such a small market for 6 string players (or 5 string E-C players) that offering a packaged set just ties up inventory.
I asked for a .030, but tell the production staff to not focus on that so much that they miss making a good string. I haven't mic'd it yet to see if it is, in fact, what I asked for or something closer.
- Sep 9, 2007
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