For amusement, I ordered some "Eujgoov" roundwound bass strings for $8 bucks from the big A.
They claim to be "anti-rust", but I dunno--out of the bag, they had some discolored spots already. They were dull silver, slight steel smell to them, not nickel or stainless, I think. They came in only a clear plastic foldover bag, wound together in a tight 3 inch diameter ring. The tight winding left a small kink in the G string. No documentation.
Sizes were .98, .78, .55, .41. Winding length 36 inch on E, 37 on A, no taper on D/G. Overall length I forgot to measure, but plenty--about 42 inches, I guess. Round core.
Tried them on my Yamaha TRBX504. I knew I was in for a treat when the loose strings hardly reacted at all with the pickup magnets--usually the strings hold against the pickups and help in stringing. Sure enough, very low output once strung. They tuned up fine, similar stretch to most other new strings.
These strings sounded like the deadest of dead roundwounds. Very little tone other than the fundamental. Ancient flats are more bright than these things. Zombies are more lively. Rocks have better resonance.
The surface feel was a touch sticky, I think there's a anti-corrosion coating on them that could be cleaned off, but I couldn't be sussed to do it after hearing them.
If you're a) broke; b) love that dead round sound; c) willing to risk that these don't have bad-for-you contaminants in the alloy; and d) dislike loud noises, then these are the strings for you!
They claim to be "anti-rust", but I dunno--out of the bag, they had some discolored spots already. They were dull silver, slight steel smell to them, not nickel or stainless, I think. They came in only a clear plastic foldover bag, wound together in a tight 3 inch diameter ring. The tight winding left a small kink in the G string. No documentation.
Sizes were .98, .78, .55, .41. Winding length 36 inch on E, 37 on A, no taper on D/G. Overall length I forgot to measure, but plenty--about 42 inches, I guess. Round core.
Tried them on my Yamaha TRBX504. I knew I was in for a treat when the loose strings hardly reacted at all with the pickup magnets--usually the strings hold against the pickups and help in stringing. Sure enough, very low output once strung. They tuned up fine, similar stretch to most other new strings.
These strings sounded like the deadest of dead roundwounds. Very little tone other than the fundamental. Ancient flats are more bright than these things. Zombies are more lively. Rocks have better resonance.
The surface feel was a touch sticky, I think there's a anti-corrosion coating on them that could be cleaned off, but I couldn't be sussed to do it after hearing them.
If you're a) broke; b) love that dead round sound; c) willing to risk that these don't have bad-for-you contaminants in the alloy; and d) dislike loud noises, then these are the strings for you!
