Don't be such a whore! At least not publicallyI don't believe you. I think you should gift me a set.
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Review: GHS Balanced Nickels 4M-NB
- Thread starter Linnin
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I'm sorry and because I'm Canadian I'll add one more I'm sorry. I'm sorry. (three?) So now I'll email Jon privately!
I'm sorry and because I'm Canadian I'll add one more I'm sorry. I'm sorry. (three?) So now I'll email Jon privately!
Don't even bother. I've tried that before myself without success.
Don't even bother. I've tried that before myself without success.
Deflated. Now I'll have to just, you know.... PAY for a set. Outrageous. At least they're worth it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't even bother. I've tried that before myself without success.
You Canadian Gentlemen Afford Me Much Jocularity
Hey, I like Joco as much as the next guy, eh!. Great player.
- Sep 9, 2007
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Well, you already posted about the Pressurewound Bronze, which are def cousins...
Roundwound G Strings. They are such attention whores. The loudest and brightest of the set. As the rest of the set settles in, not the G string. Unruly & incorrigible, it stays up late and parties with drunken sailors.
Not so with GHS Balanced Nickels. Enter the civilized G. Smooth & Sophisticated. Sweet Singing & Harmonious. A true team player. A well trained voice in a professional choir. Perhaps the very best sounding G string I have ever heard with only the GHS Pressurewound G in contention.
Not so with GHS Balanced Nickels. Enter the civilized G. Smooth & Sophisticated. Sweet Singing & Harmonious. A true team player. A well trained voice in a professional choir. Perhaps the very best sounding G string I have ever heard with only the GHS Pressurewound G in contention.
Well put - I couldn't agree with you more! The 40-G I have in the light set is the best-behaved G I've ever played. So well-balanced with the rest!
Ahhh, that's right! The 0.040 G vs the 0.044 G in the 4M Balanced Nickels and both Pressurewound sets.
I could walk into any recording studio with these strings on my Precision and play anything that didn't demand flats. For that I have my hot rod Precision with GHS Precision flats. Either way GHS is the professional's choice.
The only thing I don't like about GHS Balanced Nickels is that they are not GHS Precision Flats. And vice-versa. Ah well!
That is why we are polygamists and are married to both stringsets.
Pbassmanca
In the pocket n' thumpy. So woody, so greasy...
There is a lot of whoring going on in this thread......
Pfffft! Don't wait. Send those lo riders on the their recycled fate. May the joy of GHS Balanced Nickels soon be yours.
Shhhhh! Don't Ask. Don't Tell.There is a lot of whoring going on in this thread......
I don't know about the Precision Flats, but I would dare say the rich, full-bodied yet smooth, balanced and flavorful "dark roast" tone of the BNs can easily replace my Fender 9050 flats.
Pbassmanca
In the pocket n' thumpy. So woody, so greasy...
I know you've always been a proponent of the Fender 7150s, how do you find the GHS balanced nickels compare to the 7150's? I use 7150's on my Jazz bass and while I like them I'm always open to something a little different and by the descriptions of the balanced nickels on this thread, they sound like they are seriously right up my alley.
As someone who has never ever in 15+ years used a string set lighter than 45-105 (bigger is better, right?!?!), what are the virtues of a lighter gauge string?
Is it all in the tension/feel, or is there a tonal difference as well?
There is definitely a difference in feel and tension (carpal tunnel helps push you in that direction), but there's also a twang and snarl factor - when you dig into light strings, they "twang" - the pitch moves up a bit at the beginning of a note. They also have more upper mids - the snarl - it's easier to control bouncing them off the frets just the right amount for that.
Ahhhh No. 7250's and their kissing cousin 8250's yes. They are both good solid everyday roundwound stringsets. Very generic along with D'Addario XLs. Sound decent and are well worth the price of admission.
It's when you want something better for about a buck a string more. That's when you choose GHS Balanced Nickels.
