I love hi-beams but have trouble finding the 45-100 guage roundwound nearby, any other brands making that guage in stainless with a round core?
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Stainless with round core?
- Thread starter jbassbrett
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I pretty much order strings online now. The selection of bass strings locally is minuscule. Even Amazon will have these.
GHS had experimented with some stainless steel round core strings, but they never made it to regular production.
Mapes is currently not making guitar/bass strings, but seemingly expect to get back on it at some point. I remember they made a hex core string and also an octa-core string, which, while not round, would be closer. I don't recall if they offered it in stainless steel though.
Mapes is currently not making guitar/bass strings, but seemingly expect to get back on it at some point. I remember they made a hex core string and also an octa-core string, which, while not round, would be closer. I don't recall if they offered it in stainless steel though.
If you're relying on the local store for your strings, your selection will always be limited. I stopped shopping for strings locally a long time ago. I would suggest you consider reputable online dealers, such as Strings By Mail and Fret Nation (my top two), for your strings.
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A shout out to gimmesomestrings.com as well as shipping is free. I get my strings in a few days and the service and selection are great.
In the round core steel string market DR basically has the most options and is the most accessible through the typical retail channels. If you don't want to try fodera which we know is another DR string then you can see if you can find Sandberg strings that they use on their basses. I don't know who builds those but it could be DR for all I know. GHS might be able to custom built some strings but their main round core string is nickle plated in the round core boomers.
No, they're hex core. As far as I know, Rotosound doesn't offer any round-core strings.
Do you know for a fact the Sandberg strings are round core? I ask because the last time I heard, they're their version of GHS Super Steels.
Dogal carbonsteels, but they are pricey. Stringsbymail has em. I switched to SIT stainless rounds and have yet to look at other strings. Hated DR's too, floppy rubber bands, went dead pretty quickly.
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I was confusing these with Warwick black label that are supposed to be round core. I did some digging and found that Curt Mangan also makes a round core string.
I wasn’t aware of that store. I may give them a try. Thanks!
Now back to your regularly scheduled program…
If you don’t like the idea of ordering online or would prefer to give the business to a local shop, just ask your local store to order them for you. If they are DR dealers it should be no problem at all.
