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Looking for a Mellow roundwound string

Bassworship1

Bassworship1

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I've been playing mainly Flats on my basses and love them. however I have Ibanez Premium bass that is light ash and the bass is extremely bright with it's tone. I was wondering what string in the roundwound would be the least zingy if that makes since. Want something that is on the low end and smooth.
 
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Gorn said:
Most nickel rounds would do. Or pressurewounds like ghs. DR sunbeams would be a good choice. Or Dunlop super bright nickels, though the sunbeams are smoother. TI jazz rounds are an expensive but awesome option as well.
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I always Sunbeams Dunlop super brights would be on the bright side. I want something not bright but smooth on the Low end.
 
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Sunbeams, GHS Pressurewounds, and La Bella Nylon Tapes (Any color I feel like does the job) But I would HIGHLY recommend GHS Pressurewounds. I always go back to those and they are the best, 4 years and going strong supporting the Pressurewounds :thumbsup:
 
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David Jayne said:
Never tried Pressurewounds. Love Sunbeams. Soft feel, somewhat bright initially but they settle down quickly and stay there awhile before going really dead. Strong in the low mids.
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sonojono said:
You really gotta try out Pressurewounds, I have a set of Sunbeams but they're not ready to be slapped on my Bass just yet ;)
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Here's my personal take on Pressurewounds vs. Sunbeams...

Sunbeams (45-65-85-105) - Warm, full bottom with smooth top end, bright without being too zingy. Wonderfully supple feel for fretting, thanks to their round-core flexibility. Probably the smoothest in texture of all the rounds I've tried.

Pressurewounds (44-58-80-102) - Punchier, though not too aggressive, with stronger mids with slightly stiffer feel than the SB due to the hex core. Well-balanced from string to string both tonally and tension-wise, I personally prefer their stiffness for my plucking hand over the flexibility of the SB. My Jazz bass growls better with these and the surface texture is even smoother than the SB.
 
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Dean Markley nickel blue steels are pretty mellow.

or you could just get some Dunlop Super Brights --------and never change them. They sound really good when some other strings would be dead and rubbery sounding.
 
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+1 on the pressure-wound strings. I use Rotosound Solo Bass (55), but I'm sure that the GHS would be equally good. They feel very positive under the fingers but without stickiness. There is an initial zing but that soon goes away leaving a well-balanced string with plenty of thump and growl (on fretless). I have a nickel allergy that prevents me from using nickel strings, although the one time I tried them (D'Addario groundwounds) I found they died off and became lifeless rather than becoming 'nicely played in' like stainless tend to do (IME).
 
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Gorn Captain recommend DR Jonas Helborg roundwounds. They have a thinner core, and thicker windings, resulting in a stronger fundamental, with slightly less harmonic overtones.
The thinner core produces less tension, giving them a slightly mellower tone. I have them on my Lakland Skyline Glaub. They may very well be what you are looking for.
If you want smooth in terms of feel, these may not be it, since the thicker windings give them a coarser feel.
 
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Yes. Pressurewounds will also do. I use a Pressurewound 44 with Progressives 60-80-105 on my Rickenbacker 4002 (yes, "2," not "1" or "3") to tame the G string twang.
 

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