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Halfwounds vs. Pressurewounds - help please!

#21
My fingers have a force field around them that allows me to slide them along strings with absolutely no string noise. I developed this Super Power by sheer moral superiority, y'all are just too lazy to develop this skill. Slackers!

Or.....get the GHS Pressurewounds, I've had them on my fretless forever. Ground Rounds still have a lot of hard edges, I don't see the advantage.
 
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Squint said:
Have you considered a brighter sounding flat? I have used Ernie Ball Cobalt flats a lot lately for this... round sound with flat smoothness. Many seem to like D'Addario Chromes for this too, but I didn't like them as well as the Cobalt Flats.
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Chromes worked great on my p bass and the key is to never ever change them, at least on a p...
 
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Been posted a few times but comes in handy sometimes

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Yeah GHS Pressurewounds. More growly goodness than Chromes (my go tovflatwound for many years) which some are recommending. I tried the Brite Flats ground wounds and did not care for the feel even after a good break-in.
 
#28
I haven't tried most of the strings suggested in this thread yet, though I have to assume that given the amount of praise for GHS Pressurewounds, you should probably start with those if you really don't want to use rounds.

I tried d'Addario Half-rounds recently on a whim and was thoroughly unimpressed. I thought they could allow for a bit more brightness than the months-old Chromes I had on my bass at the time, but they were worse in pretty well every aspect. Should have skipped the experiment, saved myself some money, and gone for a set of rounds.
 
#29
michael_t said:
There are people whose technique is perfected to the point where they can slide from one note to the next on any type of strings without making any unwanted noise. And there are some of us who could benefit from strings with special design features to help deal with some of our less-than-perfect technique.
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You mean mask your technique problems so you don't have to do the work to fix them.
 
#31
I use D'addario half-rounds on my American Standard P-bass, and they gave me both the tone I've been looking for and a very smooth string feel, almost like flats. I highly recommend them. They can be a little grabby at first, so I give them a quick swipe or two with 0000 steel wool before installing.
 
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michael_t said:
There are people whose technique is perfected to the point where they can slide from one note to the next on any type of strings without making any unwanted noise. And there are some of us who could benefit from strings with special design features to help deal with some of our less-than-perfect technique.

If you're worried about the squeak factor, I would think flats would be the way to go. That or just roll off the treble on your controls.
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#36
I think the pressurewounds do have a little less "zing" than typical rounds,more like a set of rounds that you've had in for a while. I used to use Rotosound Swing 66 on my Ric, but they go dead too fast. Now I use D'Addario Nickel Rounds, not as abrasive as stainless. The TI chrome flats are supposedly pretty bright.
 
#37
You won't see or hear much about them, but I would recommend giving Ken Smith Slick Rounds a try. They are much smoother than any other half/ground wound strings I've tried and they sound much better than the pressure wound Compressors.
 
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Annnnddddd...... speaking of flats. Because of neck wear on my fretless, I use only them. In the brief period of time, I recklessly used rounds. Was thinking about trying pressurewounds. I think Gilmour, you mentioned you use them. How's the neck wear?
 

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