And that is the right way to do it IMO. There are ways to achieve that. Pickup height is one, compression is another, playing technique is yet another. We are all different. String tension balance, I assume, is more important to some people than others.
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And that is the right way to do it IMO. There are ways to achieve that. Pickup height is one, compression is another, playing technique is yet another. We are all different. String tension balance, I assume, is more important to some people than others.
Thankfully, I've not had this issue to worry about.
When I played in the 70s, 80s, and 90, I used Power Slinkys. 50, 70, 85, 105. Played and felt great, but not easy to find.
Fast forward to my revived playing career. 5-string Power Slinkys (same gauges with 135 B string) still do the job great for me and and thanx to Bassstringsonline.com, they are readily available.
Still feel great and sound great. And I get 3 to 4 weeks from them, depending on how much R&B I play in that time frame. I do not find that unreasonable considering how much I play and practice.
I've really tried to get used to lighter-gauge strings, but I've spent too much time and money on that idea. I know what I like and what works for me.
When I played in the 70s, 80s, and 90, I used Power Slinkys. 50, 70, 85, 105. Played and felt great, but not easy to find.
Fast forward to my revived playing career. 5-string Power Slinkys (same gauges with 135 B string) still do the job great for me and and thanx to Bassstringsonline.com, they are readily available.
Still feel great and sound great. And I get 3 to 4 weeks from them, depending on how much R&B I play in that time frame. I do not find that unreasonable considering how much I play and practice.
I've really tried to get used to lighter-gauge strings, but I've spent too much time and money on that idea. I know what I like and what works for me.
going by the d'addario numbers, a proper balanced 4-string set is gonna be 45, 60, 80, 107.
i'm an ernie ball cobalts guy, and EB doesn't offer any gauges finer than .05 increments, so i settled on an assembled set of 45, 60, 80, 110, and these feel and sound quite even, to where i don't even think about it when i'm playing.
i figure since i'm often dropping the E to D that erring on the side of larger would be the ticket.
i'm an ernie ball cobalts guy, and EB doesn't offer any gauges finer than .05 increments, so i settled on an assembled set of 45, 60, 80, 110, and these feel and sound quite even, to where i don't even think about it when i'm playing.
i figure since i'm often dropping the E to D that erring on the side of larger would be the ticket.
