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Jason at bassstringsonline.com is the bomb!!!
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Agree with everything said. I'm happy to keep posting on these threads if it helps Jason's business, which is top notch. Kudos to a great small business owner.
Working on adding more upright strings to the lineup...
have a bunch more than is listed though!
I use Corelli 370 F gauge on my Kolstein, 380 M on my Knutson electric upright, and Thomastik Spirocore Weich gauge for my 1930s King. If your prices are lower than Gollihur and Lemur I may get them from you in a year or two when I new strings. Fortunately for you electric bass strings need changed way more frequently!
That's only true for some players. A lot of us like our strings better when they've been on the bass a while. My best-sounding strings ever were GHS Boomers that were at leat four years old. Almost cried when one broke, especially because it was my fault. I had to loosen them to repair the nut.
Still, plenty of guys want the new-string trebly sound so change more often than even a guitarist.
New guy here, really a guitarist, but just bought the new Nate Mendel P Bass sig, love it so far, but need some advice on the flats.
I'm still learning the string verbiage for bass strings, but I love the sounds and longevity of Flats. I'm looking at the DR Sunbeams, Lo Riders and La Bella's. I pretty much play Contemporary Christian music at church.
So Jason, What flats fit the bill? What string size to get as well?
I'm still learning the string verbiage for bass strings, but I love the sounds and longevity of Flats. I'm looking at the DR Sunbeams, Lo Riders and La Bella's. I pretty much play Contemporary Christian music at church.
So Jason, What flats fit the bill? What string size to get as well?
Without a doubt ...some of the Best service I have ever received...sent him an email last night at ridiculous time about a juvenile question...and he answered within minutes..
Truly grateful and will continue to be a customer!!!!
Truly grateful and will continue to be a customer!!!!
I love the sound of a bass with brand new Rotosounds and I love the sound of a guitar strung with nasty old nickels (.013-.56 or greater please). Funny how opinions work.
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I ordered a set of Rotosound SM77 Jazz Flats from bassstringsonline.com and they arrived (Australia) within a week!
Jason, you've done it again!
You got 'em in the mail almost immediately.
Most impressive!
Greg
I ordered a set of Rotosound SM77 Jazz Flats from bassstringsonline.com and they arrived (Australia) within a week!
Jason, you've done it again!
You got 'em in the mail almost immediately.
Most impressive!
Greg
BassStringsOnline
What an amazing company. I have never seen so much well deserved love.
I love the "reorder" button when you view your history. Used it a couple days ago.
I was dissapointed once...when my order arrived without a sticker!
The sticker I got yesterday says "BOOM BOOM BOOM"
So, now I have:
1) "We sell G-Strings!"
2) "Supersonic thunder thump served daily."
3) "BOOM BOOM BOOM"
What other stickers are out there that I need to collect?
What an amazing company. I have never seen so much well deserved love.
I love the "reorder" button when you view your history. Used it a couple days ago.
I was dissapointed once...when my order arrived without a sticker!
The sticker I got yesterday says "BOOM BOOM BOOM"
So, now I have:
1) "We sell G-Strings!"
2) "Supersonic thunder thump served daily."
3) "BOOM BOOM BOOM"
What other stickers are out there that I need to collect?
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I didn't get any sticker with the Rotos that arrived this week!
(Ha! No problem Jason, just teasing! I'm sure I'll get one next time.)
I didn't get any sticker with the Rotos that arrived this week!
(Ha! No problem Jason, just teasing! I'm sure I'll get one next time.)
There is a yellow sticker that says "24-hour access"
There are two prints of the supersonic thunder sticker...a darker blue and a lighter blue.
There are two prints of the supersonic thunder sticker...a darker blue and a lighter blue.
Jason exemplifies "Great Customer Service" in my experiences as both a longtime purchaser/price-matcher/haggler of Bass Gear as well as years spent on "the other side" of the Retail Counter. I had wanted to make the jump to Progressive Tension sets but didn't know exactly how to translate the sets I'd been using and the improvement I desired over to PT... so I *called* him, explained that I had read the great things said about him on TalkBass as well as in the most recent "Berklee Today" which mentioned him and BSO, and could I pick his Brain for a few minutes for a conversation to Progressive Tension sets?
He then took about 20 minutes out of his afternoon while I explained the above and what I was looking for in terms of the Progressive Tension gauges I'd need to equal my generally Light sets, my specific needs in terms of a Tapered B-string (for my Spector Bridges, which can't take the upwards "bend" from the Ball at the back of the bridge to the saddle using fully-wound B-strings) and that I'd need the majority of sets in D'Addario Strings' "Super Long Scale" as all my 5-strings were 35" scale and the standard Long Scale started to taper less than 1/8th inch before the Nut. :scowl: He informed me that D'Addario had re-worked their Long Scale sets and that they would now fit 35" scales with room to spare and that I wouldn't a) be as limited with my choices from the Super Long Scale compared to their Long Scale (as well as saving a few bucks per set by staying in "Long Scale"), b) that a Progressive Tension set of .040/.055/.075/.100/.135T would be the equivalent of my .040-.100 Light Sets plus a separately purchased .130 B-string, & c) while giving me a bit more tension and heft on my low-B while still clearing my bridge & saddle issues with the Tapered B-string. And if all of the above wasn't enough, the prices for each set came to cost less than purchasing my usual Standard Sets that came with the Scale Length and B-String Issues built in!
I purchased 4 & 5-string sets of my "majority used" D'Addario ProSteels as well as 1 of XL Nickels for my Fretless 5-string as "Test Sets", and told Jason if I dug these then I'd be placing bulk orders in the future. I suppose it's about time to string up the *rest* of my Fleet that need new strings with sets from BSO, as I've been absolutely loving both the feel as well as the tone of the sets than Jason made up for me. And with the Customer Service I received from Jason, I quite frankly have absolutely no reason to go back my former sources for strings.
...and I had my conversation and ordered late in the afternoon, so my order wasn't posted until first thing the next morning...
He then took about 20 minutes out of his afternoon while I explained the above and what I was looking for in terms of the Progressive Tension gauges I'd need to equal my generally Light sets, my specific needs in terms of a Tapered B-string (for my Spector Bridges, which can't take the upwards "bend" from the Ball at the back of the bridge to the saddle using fully-wound B-strings) and that I'd need the majority of sets in D'Addario Strings' "Super Long Scale" as all my 5-strings were 35" scale and the standard Long Scale started to taper less than 1/8th inch before the Nut. :scowl: He informed me that D'Addario had re-worked their Long Scale sets and that they would now fit 35" scales with room to spare and that I wouldn't a) be as limited with my choices from the Super Long Scale compared to their Long Scale (as well as saving a few bucks per set by staying in "Long Scale"), b) that a Progressive Tension set of .040/.055/.075/.100/.135T would be the equivalent of my .040-.100 Light Sets plus a separately purchased .130 B-string, & c) while giving me a bit more tension and heft on my low-B while still clearing my bridge & saddle issues with the Tapered B-string. And if all of the above wasn't enough, the prices for each set came to cost less than purchasing my usual Standard Sets that came with the Scale Length and B-String Issues built in!
I purchased 4 & 5-string sets of my "majority used" D'Addario ProSteels as well as 1 of XL Nickels for my Fretless 5-string as "Test Sets", and told Jason if I dug these then I'd be placing bulk orders in the future. I suppose it's about time to string up the *rest* of my Fleet that need new strings with sets from BSO, as I've been absolutely loving both the feel as well as the tone of the sets than Jason made up for me. And with the Customer Service I received from Jason, I quite frankly have absolutely no reason to go back my former sources for strings.
...and I had my conversation and ordered late in the afternoon, so my order wasn't posted until first thing the next morning...
