Intonation issues here are dealt with rapidly and no strings spared. I replace full sets at a time. You can't maintain consistency string to string otherwise.
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Intonation issues here are dealt with rapidly and no strings spared. I replace full sets at a time. You can't maintain consistency string to string otherwise.
it's kind of silly
--- it's a contest for which there is no prize.change strings, have a beer. in that order.
good luck with your authoritarian "classical music player!" 
I'm stuck on this: you only care about intonation if you're playing with classical players?
If a string doesn't play in tune, change the whole set, end of story. If you don't like the sound of new rounds, change them in advance and play them in.
Flats are a must in this scenario or half wounds.
I heard the cobalts flats are the closest roundround flatwound.
I like worn in roundwounds but they lose tension and tuning and do require a reworking in process
I heard the cobalts flats are the closest roundround flatwound.
I like worn in roundwounds but they lose tension and tuning and do require a reworking in process
I played rounds, preferably elixirs, until they died. They lasted about 18 months for me (normal rounds much shorter), when I discovered flats. The problem with those is that you need to play them in for a long time until they are settled. The good bit is that you can have them on for years, even decades. The annoying bit is that it takes a very long time to work through a set, even if you only want to try them out. I have a set of LaBella DTFs lying in the cupboard, waiting to go on my bass that currently wears a set of Optima flats. The Optimas are basically fine, but the B string is a bit too flabby for my taste.
Swapping them out will mean that I'll have to adjust the neck for the higher tension and re-set the intonation and action for the B string (from tapered to solid) which takes ages on a 6 string and when that's done I need to play them for a few weeks to get them to a place where I start enjoying them.
Swapping them out will mean that I'll have to adjust the neck for the higher tension and re-set the intonation and action for the B string (from tapered to solid) which takes ages on a 6 string and when that's done I need to play them for a few weeks to get them to a place where I start enjoying them.
Get a new set of rounds, slather Aquaphor on them. You'll get the dead zing with no tuning or intonation issues. I use Aquaphor on my acoustic guitar rounds, even. Makes the acoustic sound like Nick Drakes guitar tone.
I'd be checking those machine heads to make sure they're solid first.
None for me, but Dunlop SBNs imho are a great way to go for what you want.
And flats are just as susceptible to the same kind of thing and don't let anyone tell you different. Flats users just don't seem to care as much.
Aquaphor works but white plain Eucerin cream works better and quicker imho. A little harder to wipe off clean but not that hard.
Just send your brand new strings to me and I'll send them back within a week totally "broke in". ;-)
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No way bro, Aquaphor is the best butt rash cream for bass strings.
Yes, change the strings.
Then, put in a few very long practice sessions to rush the new strings through their break-in period to get them close to where you want them tonally.
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If you don't have time to spend breaking-in regular new strings, I'd sorta recommend Rotosound 66 strings as they have a very short (4-6 hours) break-in, but then only have another ~20 hours of play-life after that.
It has been my experience that when a strings tuning goes south, it won't be long before it breaks and leaves you stranded in the middle of a set.
Dunlop flats are quality-made versatile (tone-wise) flats. Low tension and flexibility (comparable to most standard rounds sets of the same gauge) makes them quite agreeable to play, if you like low(er) tension strings. Don't know how long they last, haven't been playing them that long.
