What round strings have medium-low to low tension, are bright and stay bright for a long time, and sound amazing for slapping/getting that digging in-strings slapping the fretboard tone? D'Addario Chromes are not working out for me.
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Slappy/digging in strings
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I use Ernie Ball Regular Slinkies for all of my basses now after trying almost every brand.
I HATE old strings and EB's seem to retain their brightness the longest IMO. They sound great for slap and all other styles of music.
I HATE old strings and EB's seem to retain their brightness the longest IMO. They sound great for slap and all other styles of music.
Cool, they're cheap too. Do they have the same feel as D'Addario, where it feels almost sandpapery? I want smoother strings than that, almost greasy, Chromes just feel wrong.
Slinkys have a slightly looser, still controlled, feel than Daddarios. They are not rough, and stay bright the longest. Yes. The price is right.
If you think about it, these strings are marketed toward, and come on a musicman bass, which has a one- piece, maple slab neck, which is more feasible with a lower tension string.
Slinkys:
A solid choice.
If you think about it, these strings are marketed toward, and come on a musicman bass, which has a one- piece, maple slab neck, which is more feasible with a lower tension string.
Slinkys:
A solid choice.
Medium low to low tension, bright, long-lasting, good slap tone = definitely NOT Chromes!
I'd recommend DR Sunbeams. They stay bright for a very long time (even "broken in" they still retain their initial character), nice low tension too. Great strings (IMO).
I would say Sunbeams for an easy tension with a long-lasting snap. They are not the smoothest feel however.
Elixirs have that almost greasy, slick feel. They sound like a broken in set of rounds right out of the box, and stay that way for a long, long time. That's about all I use anymore.
Also, why are you using flatwounds for that sort of playing?
Elixirs have that almost greasy, slick feel. They sound like a broken in set of rounds right out of the box, and stay that way for a long, long time. That's about all I use anymore.
Also, why are you using flatwounds for that sort of playing?
