GHS Pressurewound Bass Strings, love em

[G On Bass]

Glad you found a set! They are discontinued, but we have a fair amount on the shelves here, so I'm sure they'll still be here for a bit.

What's discontinued?

 

[Jon Moody]

What's discontinued?

The medium and short scale sets of the Pressurewounds. The standard length sets are still in production.

 

[G On Bass]

The medium and short scale sets of the Pressurewounds. The standard length sets are still in production.

Whew! Scared me there for a second...

 

[Jon Moody]

Whew! Scared me there for a second...

Would've scared me too; I enjoy the Pressurewounds quite a bit.

 

[Gorn]

I'm a few hours in and I'm surprised how tight these are for 40-96 strings. I was expecting loosey goosey from the short scale and light gauge, but that's not the case at all.

 

[ChunkyMunky]

How would these sound on an Ibanez SR? I'm looking to use it for functions and all kinds of other gigs. P/J pickups on the thing, too!

 

[Gorn]

How would these sound on an Ibanez SR? I'm looking to use it for functions and all kinds of other gigs. P/J pickups on the thing, too!

They might be the most versatile, all around string there is. Everything that's great about rounds minus finger noise. Mine are brand new so they're waaaay brighter than I prefer, but they apparently mellow nicely.

 

[Charley Umbria]

[...] And unfortunately right now, neither the Pressurewounds nor Brite Flats come in a scale length long enough for through-body stringing.

I'm working on that issue.

Glad to hear it! Please keep us updated. I recently tried putting a set of long Pressurewounds on my T-40, and they were too short for its string-through-body design. I'm going to try a set of Ken Smith Compressors, but I really like the Pressurewounds...

EDIT: I got the medium light Compressors (44-102) onto the T-40 and they sound great. Not quite as bright as the Boomers I had on there before, but very balanced and clear. The gauges are almost identical to the Pressurewound medium lights. Tension, feel, and tone are pretty much identical. If you need extra-long Pressurewounds, these work!

 

[uOpt]

Another video with more talking than playing. I want a refund on my time.

 

[ShonenCello]

The medium and short scale sets of the Pressurewounds. The standard length sets are still in production.

I'm disappointed to hear this.

Not selling well enough?

 

[SLaPiNFuNK]

Glad you found a set! They are discontinued, but we have a fair amount on the shelves here, so I'm sure they'll still be here for a bit.

Please double check that... My orders for 7700 7500 were cancelled.

 

[LoTone]

+1

I have been using them for a few years on different basses and this is exactly what I am observing.

Perfect strings for me.

From my experience, they are much closer to rounds than flats. I've tried several different grounds as well, and they are much closer to a balance of the two, but get closer to flats as they deaden.

 

[Jon Moody]

Please double check that... My orders for 7700 7500 were cancelled.

Yeah, I was with Melissa and saw your email when that was initially cancelled. We don't have any pre-packaged sets, but have a decent number of singles that can easily cobble together sets if need be.

I'll check tomorrow and get you actual numbers.

 

[Davesound]

Hi

I have a Fender Squier Short Scale bass with Fender 9050 CL strings.This makes my bass sound like a 50 bass.This is what I want.I just purchased an Ibanez Miko short scale bass .I also purchased a set of GHS pressurewound strings.I'm told this bass should sound different then my fender because of the strings and the Ibanez bass.This is what I want so I can change the sound on some of the songs our band does.Can anyone tell me how it may sound different then my Fender bass.I've never had two bass'es before and I've only played a bass with the 50 sound. Another question may be if needed,how do I adjust the setting on the Ibanez to make it sound as it should sound,different.I hope this makes some sense,but I'm only use to my 50 sounding bass.
Thanks
Davesound

 

[Stone Soup]

Just put a set of Pressure Wounds on my Stingray5. They sound great, but they feel incredible. Can't wait to see how long they last for me. I don't know why I didn't try these, years ago.

 

[nerkoids]

I have some Pressurewounds on my violin bass. Love the tone right off the bat.

An odd thing happens with these babies when you add just a touch of foam mute - they become flatwounds with a nice top-end click and decent low-mid punch to them.

 

[Jon Moody]

An odd thing happens with these babies when you add just a touch of foam mute - they become flatwounds with a nice top-end click and decent low-mid punch to them.

I'm going to have to give this a try; I'm usually just palm muting them.

 

[nerkoids]

So? Whaddaya think?

 

[Jon Moody]

So? Whaddaya think?

Haven't had a chance to try that yet. Hopefully I'll have some time in the office this afternoon to give it a go.

 

[Fleebag]

One week into my first set on my jazz, diggin em, lovin the feel, much closer to rounds in sound than I thought they'd be, still fairly new though. Any regular users of these out there? What's your average lifespan?