Pics are in the TBC club thread. Last Lightwave Jack will ever make. OK here is one pic....
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NBD TBC LIGHTWAVE.... Yes Lightwave
- Thread starter TimWinter
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My question. Since the pickups are just lights... string material would make no difference right?
You can use any material for strings, it doesn't have to be magnetic.
Still, strings change tone a big lot just like with any pickup.
Magnetic, piezo or optical, it's still a device meant to reproduce an acoustic image.
Still, strings change tone a big lot just like with any pickup.
Magnetic, piezo or optical, it's still a device meant to reproduce an acoustic image.
Yes indeed. There are guys that use the TI bronze strings. I have even though about trying to find a pure gut string with the proper gauge/tension, but those would be some $$$$ strings. So far the TI flat do it for me. I tried LaBella flats, tapewounds, DR flats and they just did not do it for me.
From what I have heard the lightwave system is the absolute best at replicating really good fretless sounds Ed Friedland has video posted on youtube for the lightwave stuff, this is the same but with more exotic woods
Yes and strings really make a difference with this bass. What is really cool is that I can tell right away if I put on a new set of stings what they will sound like before I plug in much better than a magnetic pickup. That is why I thought the TI flats would be good. On my other bass I had the TI's on it and acoustically it sounded like what I wanted, but plugged in it sounded like a good fretless tone, but just wasn't there. The Lightwave is just so true to the string's original tone. Neither is better; basses are just tools. Just got to use the right tool for the job. For instance, I would not have a Lightwave for a fretted bass. I just don't see the need. And if you are going for old school r/b..... just get a P or Jazz and pick your string. But for what I was hearing in my head the bass Jack made for me was the ticket. It would really be interesting to a/b mine with a Lightwave produced bass and see how different the cocobolo fingerboard sounds to the Lightwave ebony or whatever they use. For my goal I needed a softer wood to dampen some of the high end and accentuate the mids. It gave me what I needed.
