GHS Pressurewounds

[R&B]

Pressurewound Pros:
Inexpensive
Well balanced tension and tone
Easy on fingers and frets
Long lasting
Tone is full without excessive zing or mud
My fave for Fender Jazz bass!

Cons:
Occasional bad G string with a weird buzzy overtone (sounds like slammed action). Happened twice.

Overall: solid "A" grade. I'm a fan.

My favorite Precision strings are Sadowsky flatwound, followed closely by La Bella 760FL and GHS Precision Flats.

 

[Altitude]

I have a Valenti J 5-string that has an ash body and maple board, Sadowsky preamp. It's one of the most comfortable basses I've played, but boy is it bright. With steel strings it's unacceptably clicky. With nickel rounds, it's still growly enough to do the rock Geddy thing, but I play in a horn funk group. Either way, I find myself rolling off the tone control more than I want to, because that tends to pull out some of the mids that I'd prefer to keep in.

I just ordered a set of Pressurewounds to see how they tame back the high end. Based on what I read in these threads, they could be just the thing to keep this particular instrument in the roundwound ballpark but to make it a little more laid-back sounding. I'll report in.

Report back -

I'm a few gigs in with these strings (this bass is not my #1 but I have taken it out). I think they are doing what I want them to. They are still bright enough to sound reasonably in the roundwound camp, but they transmit a lot less percussive non-fundamental information than any roundwound I'd used on this particular bass. I'm going to leave them on a while.

 

[Arthur U. Poon]

.....They are still bright enough to sound reasonably in the roundwound camp, but they transmit a lot less percussive non-fundamental information than any roundwound I'd used on this particular bass.

Thanks for the update, Altitude!

I took the liberty of paraphrasing your post, this portion of it very much describes what I hear from PWs, plus a lot of detail in the lower mids and mids. I also dig how strong their low fundamentals are.

If this is your first set of PW's, I think you'll appreciate their lifespan. Their brightness will mellow some as you put more playing time on them, yet they'll still provide enough clarity.

Best regards!

 

[Yahboy]

I take out the PW and put a new set of Elixir ~ my Cort Arona IV sound become nicer !
PW sound a bit muddy/unfine on E and A string.

 

[Altitude]

Thanks for the update, Altitude!

I took the liberty of paraphrasing your post, this portion of it very much describes what I hear from PWs, plus a lot of detail in the lower mids and mids. I also dig how strong their low fundamentals are.

If this is your first set of PW's, I think you'll appreciate their lifespan. Their brightness will mellow some as you put more playing time on them, yet they'll still provide enough clarity.

Best regards!

I played them again last night on the Valenti. Louder gig than the wedding I'd used them on a few weeks ago, and I was able to dial in the tone on the GK rig a little more. They killed; really dug the mids.

I'm playing that bass again tonight at a casino gig; to your point it will be interesting to see what happens when the strings settle in a bit.

 

[Arthur U. Poon]

I played them again last night on the Valenti. Louder gig than the wedding I'd used them on a few weeks ago, and I was able to dial in the tone on the GK rig a little more. They killed; really dug the mids.

I'm playing that bass again tonight at a casino gig; to your point it will be interesting to see what happens when the strings settle in a bit.

I think those killer mids will really help on a Casino gig. I also played Casinos, and they were always lower volume gigs. For my old ears, I rely more on mids to hear myself in the mix.

I no longer have time to play with a band, but my bass with the PW's still gets lots of playing time. They've been on my bass for almost a year now, and they still sound closer to roundwounds than they do to groundwounds or flatwounds. They aren't as bright as they were new, but there's plenty of definition left in them.

Best regards!

 

[Altitude]

I think those killer mids will really help on a Casino gig. I also played Casinos, and they were always lower volume gigs. For my old ears, I rely more on mids to hear myself in the mix.

I no longer have time to play with a band, but my bass with the PW's still gets lots of playing time. They've been on my bass for almost a year now, and they still sound closer to roundwounds than they do to groundwounds or flatwounds. They aren't as bright as they were new, but there's plenty of definition left in them.

Best regards!

Ha. I'm actually just a few years younger than you, and very much not sure how many more casino gigs I have in me - or any other kind where I start playing later than I'm in bed otherwise.

The bass sounded good last night. There was some FOH and the house guy was running me really boomy out there. The mids got lost a little and I had to dial them up after the first set. It helped a lot; second set sounded good. 90% of the time I have no FOH support though, and it's really hard to get my head around hearing a lot of my volume coming out in front of me, versus all of it from the cabinets right behind me. I'm sure I'd get over that if I did it more.

 

[Jonathan C]

I've converted my 2 P basses (AM Select and MIM Deluxe Special PJ) to wearing Pressurewounds M7200 from Prosteels. Love the comfort, stiffness, and lower mids these strings project. Next I'm putting them on my MIM Jazz. Love them!

 

[michael_t]

I've converted my 2 P basses (AM Select and MIM Deluxe Special PJ) to wearing Pressurewounds M7200 from Prosteels. Love the comfort, stiffness, and lower mids these strings project. Next I'm putting them on my MIM Jazz. Love them!

Here is where most of us PW users hang out:

Review: GHS Pressurewounds ~ Tangy Not Twangy

You're welcome to come join the party.

 

[Dave rosener]

I've had my set of Pressurewounds sitting here for a couple of weeks now. I'm going to put them on my Precision Bass.

I hope they live up to the love they get around here.

Thanks for the review.

How did they do on your P? I've been using the same strings on my for 20 years and it's time to do something. (74 P with GHS Boomers - heaviest weight)

 

[lowplaces]

How did they do on your P? I've been using the same strings on my for 20 years and it's time to do something. (74 P with GHS Boomers - heaviest weight)

That was two and a half years ago but best I remember, I didn't care for them.

But honestly, I don't think I left them on long enough for them to even break in. They might have grown on me.

I wound up putting Rotosound 77 flats on that bass and those became my favorite strings for a P Bass.

 

[Dave rosener]

That was two and a half years ago but best I remember, I didn't care for them.

But honestly, I don't think I left them on long enough for them to even break in. They might have grown on me.

I wound up putting Rotosound 77 flats on that bass and those became my favorite strings for a P Bass.

I'll check that out, not sure I am ready to go flats on my main bass, definitely need a change from super heavy GHS boomers.