STRING COMBINATION, TONE TOGETHERNESS.

[d rick man]

I finally got my string combination the way I like it. After a lot of money and trying to explain to my wife why I am buying so many strings, that was the hard part. LOL. First, Let's start with the E and A string. Comes from a Dunlop stainless steel super bright 40/100. E string is a 100, A sting is a 80. Second, D and G string comes from a Dunlop Nickel Wound 60/120. D string is a 80, G string is a 60. That means I am running a 100,80,80,60. It works, I like it. My next step is to buy an affordable Fan Fret, that will also help bring the tones closer together.

 

[Yahboy]

I am curious that the unbalance string tension will cause neck twist issue or not.....

 

[d rick man]

I am curious that the unbalance string tension will cause neck twist issue or not.....

That is a very good question and has become a concerned of mine. I don't want to mess up my bass. The tension difference is like night and day. I broke the first G string I put on. It's a heavy 60. Even though I like the tone I am at least going back to medium 60, 45 on the D and G.

 

[ixlramp]

That means I am running a 100,80,80,60. It works

That is dangerously high tension and unbalanced, tensions are approximately 40-45 lbs for EA and 75-80 lbs for DG, almost double that of EA. Bass guitars are not designed for 75-80 lbs of tension.
I have never seen a set with gauges as high as 80 60 for DG.

Due to the extreme tension imbalance i do not accept this results in balanced tone and i do accept this 'works', the tension difference itself would cause a large tonal imbalance.
Then you have the very inconsistent rate of tension increase from string to string which itself will cause tonal imbalance.
Probably the most insane set i have ever seen =)