So long story short, my drummer thought he was Bootsy and broke my G string (on my bass!) My wife has stated I need a tetanus shot to touch my bass, so I bought new rounds. Another long story short... my bass now has 3 old strings and 1 new string that sounds awful! I've read on here that boiling strings brings them back for a day but they go dead really fast. Any chance I could boil this new string to death? I sound like I have a piano strung up when i run up the neck and I can't stand it. I've been trying to lay off it because it makes me cringe, but I can't all the time, think that's just opposite of what I should be doing but good grief! Can't listen to this thing! How do I get rid of this "zing" fast?
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I HATE new strings!
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The wife doesn't cook fried chicken..? Or, a bucket of KFC on your way home would be gracious for your family and for that bright sounding G string...
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If the G string broke perhaps any one of the others is next.
I'd go ahead and replace all the strings with a brand known to go dead fairly quickly.
But I hear you about the zingy. It's not wanted by me either especially with the type of music I play.
Another option is to get some flats, they're pretty non- zingy...but unfortunately they do not feel grippy like rounds.
I'd go ahead and replace all the strings with a brand known to go dead fairly quickly.
But I hear you about the zingy. It's not wanted by me either especially with the type of music I play.
Another option is to get some flats, they're pretty non- zingy...but unfortunately they do not feel grippy like rounds.
I kind of prefer a set of new strings to age for a few weeks to a month myself, but, I'd never change just one string on an instrument outside of an emergency situation like breaking a string on stage. They're all going to sound like they've been on the bass for the same amount of time.
Yes.. it costs more.. but.. I don't want to deal with a string that sounds newer than the others.
Yes.. it costs more.. but.. I don't want to deal with a string that sounds newer than the others.
I don’t know, Chrome flats sound like broken in rounds to me, and pretty much sound the same forever. I just put them on and don’t worry about strings again as long as I own that bass. Anything I want to have a passive, thumpy sound gets those strings.
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Replace all of them. In a few weeks or so, they'll feel and sound great again
Right? I can't imagine replacing 1 string.
Yeah, that’s a pain when you have a different aged strings. That would drive me nuts too.
TB’er once posted Eucerin cream does a pretty good job of making them dead. Me, I just turn down the treble and upper mids until they calm down.
Bassist Mary Huff from Southern Culture On The Skids (SCOTS) said her tone is achieved by a combination of Fried Chicken (grease) Banana Puddin’ and Hairspray.
She has a nice thuddy tone. Just sayin’….
She has a nice thuddy tone. Just sayin’….
Just remember the righty-tighty, lefty loosey rule and turn the tone down. Or get some Roto 77s and give them a week, then they'll thud forever.
Who replaces one string?!? It's not a guitar haha. In all seriousness it sounds like you need to replace them all and kill them with aforementioned compounds, or perhaps try cobalt slinkys which imo are a great option that are between rounds and flats.
Put on a new set of nickel wound and roll the tone off.
Aquaphor has the advantage of being clear, and it does work well, but I still give the edge to regular old white Eucerin cream. But you knew that already.
You'd be surprised. I only replaced one string on my upright after 5 years and after about a month it sounded like the others. A little annoying at first but time takes care of that. And Eucerin cream helps, although I'd never put it on upright strings, only electric bass.
Everyone’s different.
i hate “dead” strings.
i hate “dead” strings.
I find a good middle ground is coated strings. Not as zingy new, but stay in the sweet spot for a long time.
I have a set of Rotosound Nexus black 45-105 and I love em.
