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If you only could have one bass, what strings would it have?

Your only bass's only strings

  • TIJF

  • GHSNR

  • D'A Chromes

  • TGIHD

  • String salad

  • String casserole

  • Rudibagas

  • Batman

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#108
Kaliums - 37-51-70-94 if its a standard tuned bass. The hardest part about one bass is I sometimes use alternate tunings, so I need different gauge strings for each tuning. Currently I have a bass dedicated if it's an alternate tuning.
 
#111
FLRT 2.JPG Well, a couple of things...
First; my usual answer to "if you could have only one..." threads is; then I wouldn't have any. I'd sell the house and pretty much everything else; pack my debit card and whatever else I needed for life on the road; and disappear over the horizon on this thing.
Next; sorry, but no carrot option = no vote. And no, "rutabaga" is not a suitable substitute. Have you ever eaten one of those things? Blech...:rollno:
However, you did ask nicely, so... if I were to comply with such nonsense?
DC-59 1.JPG Probably Fender 9050L's, on this Dano DC59 Pro. They're "polite" flats, IMO; which makes them fairly versatile. And, for flats, they're not too stiff; which is a good thing, 'cause the DC59 is one of my 24 basses that I don't play with a pick - well, not all the time, anyway... Which also answers the "only one bass" part of the question, too. It sounds good (especially with flats); it's very light; the neck is perfect - for my hand, anyway; and it was...inexpensive. So, when I get tired of the "only one" crap, I won't feel too bad about leaving it in the garbage can when I ride away...:whistle:
 
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#114
Pops OB said:
Oh, you mean which are my favorite strings? Well, why didn't you ask that?!
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I didn't ask that because that's not what I'm asking.

While many, maybe more than half of all, bassists look at bass as just a tool for a job; and the one that does the job best is their favorite. Best does not equal favorite for all of us. Variegaty in spicy lives and such.
 
#118
MattZilla said:
I didn't ask that because that's not what I'm asking.

While many, maybe more than half of all, bassists look at bass as just a tool for a job; and the one that does the job best is their favorite. Best does not equal favorite for all of us. Variegaty in spicy lives and such.
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Funny you say this...
This past weekend a guy comes up to me to check out my bass (G&L Trib Kiloton) before going on. I was explaining to him that it's my least enjoyable bass to play but it cuts through the best thereby gets the nod for a gig, usually. In that sense, it is the best tool for the job and wears GHS Boomers.
 
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#120
MattZilla said:
Kind of a riff on the other beaten thread, but also kind of serious.

Regardless of what one and only one bass you'd pick, could/would you stick to one flavor of strings?



Having less than three basses stinks because, while most of the time I'm a happy camper with some EB/GHS/Fender nickel rounds (whatever the non-GC B&M has in stock when the time arises), sometimes I want that fresh set of Roto 66s sound, and other times I have a dire thirst for some flats that the tone knob and a piece of foam just cannot slake.


Someday I'm going to get another J bass (or a Big Al 3?) and try it with a Roto PSD for the E, a Fender nickel round A, a Chromes D, and a Fender flat G. Maybe I'll play it more than ten times. I'd probably also try it the other way around as well.

It would be cool to have all of the bass sounds I ever want in one bass and also have each string truly have its own distinguished voice.
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i used to use. and this is way way back londoner for many years [have't seen in decades ] then elites and then ernie ball. so i guess it will be rotosound
 

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