Holy Cow! 110 B string!

[JimmyM]

I used to do that out of necessity Nowadays, even though the majority of the music I play live was recorded with flats, I'm liking new roundwound zing, to the detriment of my wallet's contents. But yeah, old rounds have a sound you just can't get with flats.

 

[Jaco Taco]

But yeah, old rounds have a sound you just can't get with flats.

I like to call it the "Poor Bassist's Tone".

 

[JimmyM]

I like to call it the "Poor Bassist's Tone".

The trick, though, is to do it when you have money, then it's called a "choice."

I know dudes who love that sound a lot, though. Got a good friend around here who can't stand new rounds and only changes them when they break.

 

[Jaco Taco]

I know dudes who love that sound a lot, though. Got a good friend around here who can't stand new rounds and only changes them when they break.

I guess I should be envious. I play for about a week on new strings and I'm like "I remember when these strings used to have overtones".

 

[somegeezer]

I like to call it the "Poor Bassist's Tone".

If only on my other bass, I hadn't spent more in strings than the bass itself. =P But it is definitely very different. I think my main reason for not changing them is that it's not a bass I use often these days. It's ok for recording a particular sound. But I prefer my 5 string.

 

[Pier_]

Let me up this topic!

I'm a huge fan of light strings, my favourite sets sre Thomastik JF344 for flats and Rotosound Funkmaster for rounds.
I had a 5-string bass last year (sold not being used much), a Yamaha BB415, and I tried two sets on it: hi beam 45-65-85-105-130 and TI JF345, with a 136 B.
both sets sounded dark (the bass did it even, obviously. It's not a bright bass) and the B was really muddy...
Better with the TI, ironically, because they have a little less bass frequencies and more mids.

I was thinking of buying a new 5 string bass, and I thought that, loving so much the Funkmaster would lead me to buy them, but for the B?
110? 115? 120? Will it be good?

Considering that they are 30-50-70-90, I think that a 110 would be good, but I don't know... maybe a 115 will be better for tension balance? Like a 130 in a 45-105 set, right?

anyone have samples of this kind of B?

 

[Jaco Taco]

Let me up this topic!

I'm a huge fan of light strings, my favourite sets sre Thomastik JF344 for flats and Rotosound Funkmaster for rounds.
I had a 5-string bass last year (sold not being used much), a Yamaha BB415, and I tried two sets on it: hi beam 45-65-85-105-130 and TI JF345, with a 136 B.
both sets sounded dark (the bass did it even, obviously. It's not a bright bass) and the B was really muddy...
Better with the TI, ironically, because they have a little less bass frequencies and more mids.

I was thinking of buying a new 5 string bass, and I thought that, loving so much the Funkmaster would lead me to buy them, but for the B?
110? 115? 120? Will it be good?

Considering that they are 30-50-70-90, I think that a 110 would be good, but I don't know... maybe a 115 will be better for tension balance? Like a 130 in a 45-105 set, right?

anyone have samples of this kind of B?

Just to let you know, I play with a 95 E string and my B is 110. It sounds perfectly balanced to my ears, but it may be different on different basses. I'd really urge you to try it out, I was very pleasantly surprised and for the first time, my B string matched my E string in terms of tone. I use DR Hi-Beams, by the way, a great string if you like bright stainless steel roundwounds.

 

[Pier_]

For my taste the Hi Beam are not so bright I've even tried the 30-90 gauge, but Rotos are way brighter and with more mids.

The kind of 5-string I'm after is a Precision style, like the BB415 or the new Squier vintage modified, so I guess they'll work well, to give me a clearer sounding B

 

[Jaco Taco]

For my taste the Hi Beam are not so bright I've even tried the 30-90 gauge, but Rotos are way brighter and with more mids.

The kind of 5-string I'm after is a Precision style, like the BB415 or the new Squier vintage modified, so I guess they'll work well, to give me a clearer sounding B

It's definitely worth trying out.

 

[flameworker]

I would use a 200 if they made them. Might try it once tho, been just going thicker, haven't experimented with thinner

 

[BioWeapon]

I would use a 200 if they made them. Might try it once tho, been just going thicker, haven't experimented with thinner

200?!?
That's not a B string! That's a E, an octave lower! :L

 

[steelbed45]

I would use a 200 if they made them. Might try it once tho, been just going thicker, haven't experimented with thinner

They do indeed make them!

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[mmbongo]

I would use a 200 if they made them. Might try it once tho, been just going thicker, haven't experimented with thinner

Your bass neck would probably snap before you got a .200 tuned up to B!

 

[flameworker]

Didn't think of that , making a neck now, I better reinforce the hell out of it. Wish I could do modulus.

 

[mmbongo]

Didn't think of that , making a neck now, I better reinforce the hell out of it. Wish I could do modulus.

Oh you were serious. Umm no....you can't tune a .200 to B. BioWeapon was not joking..that's not a B string.

 

[Jaco Taco]

Oh you were serious. Umm no....you can't tune a .200 to B. BioWeapon was not joking..that's not a B string.

Sometimes I get the feeling that these dudes who have to play with the biggest, thickest strings are..... compensating..... for something.

 

[JimmyM]

Well I don't like the phone cables either, but the mere act of getting up onstage is compensating for something already

 

[bassike]

I did a quick search in the TB store and couldn't find anything lighter than 125, amazon has a set of Dunlop 120.
does anyone know where I could get a set of 115 or 110.

this would be for a fretless


thanks

 

[Jaco Taco]

I did a quick search in the TB store and couldn't find anything lighter than 125, amazon has a set of Dunlop 120.
does anyone know where I could get a set of 115 or 110.

this would be for a fretless


thanks

If this is for a 5 string bass, you should just buy an individual 110 string and then get a very light 4 string set starting at 95 for the E string. Just my recommendation.

 

[bassboysam]

I did a quick search in the TB store and couldn't find anything lighter than 125, amazon has a set of Dunlop 120.
does anyone know where I could get a set of 115 or 110.

this would be for a fretless


thanks

dunlop makes a 120-60, 115-55 and 110-50 4 string sets.