GHS Pressurewounds thru the years, any changes?

[michael_t]

I went ahead and loosened the strings and wiped with 91 alcohol....no real change, keep in mind i am used to flats and i think the Pressurewounds are about the smoothest 'RW type' ive read about and experienced....almost went with TI rounds since they are very smooth but no complaints with the Pressurewounds, the intonation is dead on E & A string and close on D & G string coming from a 105 set.

'Piano tone' compared to whatever was on there before which is remarkable for a Epiphone Newport with its lone neck 'mudbucker' with NO thud whatsoever and a lot of brightness with various picks...i mean 'way different' sound than the many Gibson EB0's ive played with flats...i do EQ-6 db at 110 hz on my Eden Metro which is the key to get the 'mudbucker' cleaner and leaner down low.

When I tried the PWs for the first time, I had been using Fender 9050L flats on my Fender Jazz, which was my one and only bass at the time. My first impression of them was NOT, "wow, these strings are great!", but rather "what's so special about them? They sound and feel just like any other rounds I've tried".

I went on a spree trying out all kinds of rounds after that, and it was when I came back to the PWs when I noticed how much smoother they actually were compared to any of the rounds I had tried. This just goes to show it's all relative, I guess...

I always tell people not to expect anything flatwound-like from PWs as they're definitely more "roundwound" both in tone and feel.

 

[Spidey2112]

Hmm, interesting about the 'stickier' 2nd set...maybe my new set of PWs need some kind of cleaning....btw, saw Rush on the 2112 tour in 76 opening for Nugent....unreal!

It almost seems as if the longer I play them, the better they feel. The other set I put on was great from the get go... and I clean the strings pretty regularly, too.

I bet that was a great concert! I think my first RUSH concert was Permanent Waves*... can't remember who opened for them, but Max Webster sticks in my head as one of the opening acts I've seen for them.

* Hemispheres is what sold me... I remember saying, 'That's what I want to play!'

 

[JTE]

I think the timeline is more likely 1979 that I got the 'Ray. I know the first one I played in a store around '78 or so had flats, and the earliest photos used in ads did show definite flats with black silks. By the time I got mine they were coming with different strings. Of the several StingRays and Sabres the store I got mine from had (all had come in within a month or so of each other) some had the flats, some had the Brite-Flats, and some had rounds. Knowing what I learned later from our G&L rep, and inspecting the strings, and Leo's relationship with Squier/GHS, they were all GHS strings- Precision Flats, Brite-Flats, and Boomers. By the time G&L came out and we became a very early G&L dealer all the basses from CLF Research came with Boomers.