Their are pretty flexible without being as low tension as a regular round core string. Feels good under the fingers. I've like both the stainless and nickel sets I've tried. The nickel are pretty bright too
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Their are pretty flexible without being as low tension as a regular round core string. Feels good under the fingers. I've like both the stainless and nickel sets I've tried. The nickel are pretty bright too
Yeah Ive been using them a few years now on my Spector also. I like Slinencers, which are a compression-wound nickle. Like them a lot.
Interesting thread. I'm going to have to jump in and ask what the overall character is like with especially stainless foundations and power steels. I hear things ranging from bland to omg these are amazing. I have tried rock brights or "fusion wound" and a used set of power steels that came on a bass. Rock brights I was happy with the surprisingly flexible feel and the bite of the strings. Not as impressed with the lower output but at least the tone was nice for a while. Power steels sounded ok but very bland to me. Just wondering if they were deep or growly or bitey sounding to anyone since I couldn't really get a good read on them since they were very worn in.
I’m new to spectors… I absolutly love it. Very bright and responsive and growly. Which so much fun. Like I was saying earlier the daddarios are so aggressive. I think the SITs are just perfect.
powerwound not very bitey, unless I rig in. Tight low end and good mids. Bright but not overly aggressive
If you like growly, aggressive strings DR Lo-Rider stainless steel strings are like that. That's what I found with them on my Warwick. They also have the nickel Lo-Riders but I haven't tried them.
I love them. I prefer the Foundations by a hair because I feel like they're a little growlier, longer lasting, and a bit more flexible, but 4/6 of my basses have SITs on them.
Which Warwick do you have? I have a streamer standard and Corvette double buck.
I wonder how much brighter and aggressive the steels are vs the nickel. Typically steels are livelier so it'll probably go well for what I'm trying to do. Basically I have a Dean edge q5 with passive EMG soapbars. They remind me of another bass with emg that I no longer have but anyway I'm trying to figure out how to bring out a certain balance to these. They want to be big sounding but I'm trying to dial in the mids to tighten up the tone while not strangling the natural deep punchy tone they have too much. It's been an adventure. From what you've said already I'll probably be happy with the power steel on my Ibanez SR that's a bit different in its string needs. That one does excellent with deep Grindy sounding strings. I love Labella RX on that one.
I have always wanted a fortress but with thumb bass pickups how they sit in there. Freaking beautiful balance but huge growly thumb tone.1995 Fortress Masterman. My profile picture
From my experience, the stainless are brighter and more aggressive. The nickels warmer.
A lot of “how long they last” can depend on things like preference and body chemistry. That being said, I’d think you’d get at least as much life out of them as you would the D’Addario XL’s.
I had a set on an Ibanez bass for about 6 months and still thought they sounded good when I sold it.
I had a set on an Ibanez bass for about 6 months and still thought they sounded good when I sold it.
If you're not allergic to the nickel and kill them then they should last pretty long. I definitely kill nickel fast which is why I stopped using it.
I defiantly agree the have a big deep punchy tone…..takes my bass a bit. Xls so a little too bright Clancy bitey…. Which I do love just not very universal
Depends a lot on the bass. I have active 5 j bass with high beams and my Spector with the powerwound nickels is way more brighter and liveleir….my jazz is darker sounds growly bass tho
I see. These would probably suit my Ibanez very well. Labella RX is very similar to what you described with deep punchy growl. This bass it's already got that but I'm looking for more grab and bite to compliment the deep punchy tone it's got already. It's interesting in the stainless steel world how certain strings just bite so hard like pro steel, Rotosound, Dean Markley Blue Steel which is somewhere further towards deep but still articulate much like DR Fat beams. Also Dunlop standard series stainless steels in that category. Then deeper sounding like Labella RX, SIT Power Steels, DR Low Riders, Warwick Black Label, and others I'm less familiar with. Maybe we should create a sticky thread just on stainless steels and graph out the tonal characteristics and give them all a sort of rating system. It's so much to keep track of.
True that. After a lot of experimenting with different strings, my basses have (what I consider) the best pickup/string combination for the sound I like. I tried the High Beams (on my active 4 J Bass), and they weren't the sound/feel I wanted. 2 of my basses (J Bass Active, Warwick Fortress MM) have EB Cobalt Flats, the J Bass Passive has GHS Pressurewounds and the Cort Rithimic Jeff Berlin has DR Black Beauties (it's still in transit, so I have no idea what the Black Beauties are like).
I was trying them on a Fender Am Pro II Jazz 5. I have them strung through the body. Maybe that was the problem? Either way, I switched to the D'Addarios and have had no problems at all.
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