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Praise Report: GHS Big Core Bass Strings

#41
Linnin said:
Second Monthly Report with close to 90 playing hours on this stringset. While most rounds would be on their way to the recycling center at this point, not so GHS Big Core Bass. They really haven't changed much at all since last month's report. The all important E-string is still lively; meaty, and well focused as is the rest of the set. Overall sound quality is excellent. The more I play the Nickel-Iron alloy wrap the better I like it. No special treatment is being given to the stringset other than being played with clean dry hands, and wiped down after every session or set.
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Thanks for the words; I'm a big fan of Nickel-Iron in all of its incarnations here at GHS myself.
 
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#44
Root 5 said:
Oh wait a minute... I have briefly noodled on a set of Brite Flats. ( Very nice!)
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Funny story. Until I got this job (almost a year ago), I had never tried Brite Flats before but, since I had previously tried a set of flats prior and hated them (figured I just wasn't a flatwound guy), never gave them a shot. Then I got a theatre gig playing doo-wop and motown songs for a month and after talking to our resident tech inhouse, decided to give the Brite Flats a try. After the initial grabbiness wore off, I really liked them. They had a good feel and sounded amazing in the mix (had them on a Warwick Jack Bruce Survivor with foam under the strings).

And, full rundown of our Alloy52 strings:

-Progressives
-Boomers B52s
-Big Core Bass
-Pressurewound
-Brite Flats
 
#45
superheavyfunk said:
No, it's not the twelfth fret that I'm thinking of although you're right that they're one of the all-time best shops.

It may be tundra or something...? I've got the day off tomorrow, so I'll go hunting and take some pics.
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FWIW 12th Fret does sell LaBellas and Thomastiks, not sure about GHS though. The L&M on Bloor will generally special order stuff for you (I got them to order Warwick finish wax) so I would just ask in store, those guys are usually pretty cool about stuff like that.
 
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#47
Root 5 said:
^^^^^ L&M will order La Bella strings for ya if you ask.

Now if only they'd carry the full-line of GHS strings...
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I've brought that up to our international sales rep a number of times. The problem is that L&M doesn't buy directly from us; they go through the Canadian distributor, who will gladly get whatever they want. Our rep has mentioned it to the distributor, but that's about as much as we can do, sadly.
 
#48
GHS Official said:
Funny story. Until I got this job (almost a year ago), I had never tried Brite Flats before but, since I had previously tried a set of flats prior and hated them (figured I just wasn't a flatwound guy), never gave them a shot. Then I got a theatre gig playing doo-wop and motown songs for a month and after talking to our resident tech inhouse, decided to give the Brite Flats a try. After the initial grabbiness wore off, I really liked them. They had a good feel and sounded amazing in the mix (had them on a Warwick Jack Bruce Survivor with foam under the strings).

And, full rundown of our Alloy52 strings:

-Progressives
-Boomers B52s
-Big Core Bass
-Pressurewound
-Brite Flats
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I very much liked them, too. They felt great and sounded wonderful on a Precision. I like strings made of alloy 52 because they maintain their 'out-of-the-box' tone longer; they're highly resistant to corrosion and they're louder.

What's not to like?

I got some shopping to do!
 
#49
Root 5 said:
I like strings made of alloy 52 because they maintain their 'out-of-the-box' tone longer; they're highly resistant to corrosion and they're louder.
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That's one of the biggest things the old marketing failed at pushing; the longevity of tone that they have. They were so caught up in being more magnetically active (and therefore, louder) that they missed another key feature.
 
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GHS Official said:
I've brought that up to our international sales rep a number of times. The problem is that L&M doesn't buy directly from us; they go through the Canadian distributor, who will gladly get whatever they want. Our rep has mentioned it to the distributor, but that's about as much as we can do, sadly.
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I think it's time for a good ol' Canadian Pitch-Fork Riot! Sigh...
 
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#51
GHS Official said:
That's one of the biggest things the old marketing failed at pushing; the longevity of tone that they have. They were so caught up in being more magnetically active (and therefore, louder) that they missed another key feature.
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Agreed. And the old marketing didn't explain what the heck "Alloy 52" is or spell out WHY it's a superior material - aside from its higher magetic properties.

If I owned GHS, I'd consider changing Progressives' "Filament Grade Alloy" to Alloy 52. Having two definitions/descriptions for the same material creates market confusion.
 
#52
Root 5 said:
If I owned GHS, I'd consider changing Progressives' "Filament Grade Alloy" to Alloy 52. Having two definitions/descriptions for the same material creates market confusion.
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Oh, we didn't have just two definitions. One of the biggest issues that I addressed in the catalog is the fact that we used "filament grade alloy," "magnetically active alloy," "nickel-iron alloy," and Alloy 52 for different strings, and yet it's all the same. I changed most of it (and probably missed some still) to "Alloy 52, a nickel-iron alloy that is magnetically active," as it helps explain what it does right away.

We're in talks to revamp Progressives as a whole, since it doesn't really say anything about the strings; what they do, why they're great, etc..
 
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#53
superheavyfunk said:
If you're in toronto, there's a shop up on the danforth that sells labellas, TIs, and Pyramids. They seem to have the most varied selection in town but unfortunately, I can't remember the name of the place at the moment.
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The shop is called "Elite Music Academy." It's at 822 Danforth. They didn't have GHS when I went in, but they seem like the type of place that would happily carry their line of products.
 
#54
superheavyfunk said:
The shop is called "Elite Music Academy." It's at 822 Danforth. They didn't have GHS when I went in, but they seem like the type of place that would happily carry their line of products.
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I was talking with our international sales rep about this. It's a little trickier over there, because we sell to a Canadian distributor, who then sells everything to the stores/chains. So, while I'd love to shoot him locations to check out, we can only notify our distributor about it and hope that they'll follow up on it.
 
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#55
GHS Official said:
I was talking with our international sales rep about this. It's a little trickier over there, because we sell to a Canadian distributor, who then sells everything to the stores/chains. So, while I'd love to shoot him locations to check out, we can only notify our distributor about it and hope that they'll follow up on it.
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That seems a little unnecessarily complicated to me... Is that the norm in Canada? Or, is that just the way it kinda worked for GHS when the company decided to start exporting to here?
 
#60
RJC1811 said:
I have two questions on these. Would the taper work with a string through the body bass? Would they be long enough to fit a G&L L2500?
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The winding length of the BCB sets are 38" ball to silk. The taper is about 3"-3.25" (depending on which end of the ball you measure from). I'm not familiar with G&L, so I'd grab a tape measure and take some measurements on your instrument to be sure.


fourstringdrums said:
How do these compare to the boomers tonally?
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I'd say they're a little more aggressive sounding, while still retaining the girth and low end tone of Boomers.
 
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