Super heavy guage?

What tuning will you be using? Standard?

 

Now for more questions.....what strings have you tried so far and what were the gauges? I'm really trying to help I swear!!

 

I heard GHS makes the heviest strings, with a 1.15 E

 

have you actually ever tried a .110E ? because that is already a lot and a .115E is even more

 

Well, Pyramid Strings makes custom gauges up to .215 and you might ask those people who have low f# strings on their 7 or 8 strings where they get their strings

 

If you are tuning to E you should probably not try anything more than .120, if you go any higher I think it would significantly shorten the life of the neck

 

I'd definitely give the D'Addario XL1605's a shot man before I started special ordering stuff, I know they aren't as heavy as you mentioned but for around $22, why not at least give them a shot. I love them. Anyway how can you tune a b down to an A and not have that thing flopping all over the place. Especially in a lighter gauge??? I think that would be like playing rubber bands. I heard that Fodera makes custom strings to if that's what you want to do but I'd definitely give the xl's a try. I will mention that's the first set of strings I've ever sought to buy a second set of. Which was this week since I snapped my A string.
But all the luck to you on finding a heavier gauge than those at a decently affordable price, and coated like Elixer's will probably cost you your left arm, but to each his own.
Brad

 

Why would you wanna do that??? Don't you think a .130 is gonna break as soon as you try to tune it to E?

 

You can order several brands of individual strings from www.juststrings.com including some very heavy strings.

I have a bass I string ADGC and I currently use .145 for the A, .110 for the D, .85 for the G and .70 for the C. This seems to give good string to string balance.
The heaviest string that I could find on www.juststrings.com is the .145 Ken Smith B.
I would recommend buying a 4 string set for your higher 4 strings (maybe a .110-.50) and then add a .145 to it.
Steel strings tend to have more tension than Nickel strings, so that might be something to consider. Other considerations may be core thickness as thicker cores would produce a string that requires more tension.

 

Maybe you should have two basses (one for each tuning). Your ADADG bass could have something like 45-65-80-120-145. Just a thought. But IMO a 130 tuned to standard E is overkill.

 

That's a really big jump in gauge between your A and E strings there man. Good luck, hope you can still move your hands by the time you're 30.

 

man.....130 is a LOT for an E. .120 sounds good though. The heaviest gauge string I could find at a local shop is .110...but if I'd found heavier I would have bought those.

maybe I should get a tree-trunk warwick....if I equipped my bass with something like .130, the J-type neck on my bass might snap off hardcore.

 

Something else I forgot to mention is that you might have to take your bass in for a tune up after putting those strings on, that being if you can, I don't know how well a factory set nut will saddle those strings. you might have a hardtime keeping them over the fretboard. Also I'm sure you'll need to adjust the bridge to keep this tuning right up on the fretboard, cause I'm sure this will bend the tar out of your neck and make the farther up the neck you go be out of tune.
Just thought I'd let you know. And if you knew all this and how to fix it sorry to waste your time.