Go to the DB forum. Some guys use three different makes of strings. If it feels and sounds good to you, I’d be asking “I like this yellow string with these others, can anyone tell me what it is? So I can buy another to make my next set this nice?”
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Non-matching G string flatwound… would this bother you?
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Non-matching G string flatwound… would this bother you?
No, since one of my favorite string sets is this one:
Rotosound Nexus
No, since one of my favorite string sets is this one:
Rotosound Nexus
if I got strings like these, I'd keep them on. I dig the look, it somewhat resembles the flag of Ukraine. a yellow D would be even better.
I couldn’t care less about silk color. Back in the day, I used to use D’Addario Slowounds which came with different colored silks.
I don' t have a problem with non matching strings - I often use B strings that are from different sets, because sometimes you get a better match that way than the ones that are "supposed" to match.
However, in the case we're discussing, if I buy a used bass (or one that hung on the shop wall), the strings that come with it are taken off immediately - I don' t want to play on someone else's funked up strings. I know flats guys like broken in strings, but....ewww.
However, in the case we're discussing, if I buy a used bass (or one that hung on the shop wall), the strings that come with it are taken off immediately - I don' t want to play on someone else's funked up strings. I know flats guys like broken in strings, but....ewww.
If I had broken a string,and didn't have an extra from the same maker,but had one from a different:I would tolerate it until I could get one from the original set.
Big thanks to @iiipopes for mailing me a 45 gauge g string! This is a great community
Is it a GHS Precision Flat 45G? Does the purple silk on that one actually match the purple on the other three? I ask only because there have been a couple of threads about mismatched silk colors (as in different shades of purple) on them in the last year.
No silk… I believe he said it’s a Curt ManganIs it a GHS Precision Flat 45G? Does the purple silk on that one actually match the purple on the other three? I ask only because there have been a couple of threads about mismatched silk colors (as in different shades of purple) on them in the last year.
I guess I should have clarified, but it wasn’t so much the silk color that worried me… it was the actual strings being different. I was worried they would age differently or sound weird together over time.There you go... No worries about "mismatched silk colors" anymore.
The only thing I was wondering about was mixing a round-core G with hex-core D, A & E. With the Curt Mangan G, they're all hex now.
Good point! That’s the type of thing I was more worried about.The only thing I was wondering about was mixing a round-core G with hex-core D, A & E. With the Curt Mangan G, they're all hex now.
