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The Modified BEAD 4 String Bass Club

#781
Repost from 'The Praise and Worship Band Bassists Club'
Old Geezer said:
Well, today was interesting.

During the week, I decided to tune down to BEAD. The La Bella LTF-4A strings on my 73/74 J Bass tuned down okay, but were a little too floppy for my taste. The truss rod needed to be loosened about a half a turn, and the bridge saddles moved up about a little over a turn. I found that the strings did not stay in tune too well and had to be retuned between songs.

Overall, I am pleased with playing BEAD tuning, and will probably keep playing that way. Now I need to see if I can get a 4 string set of LTF strings for the lower tuning (.056 .075 .100 .118). If not, I guess I will purchase a 5 string set and store the G string (.042).
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#782
Old Geezer said:
Repost from 'The Praise and Worship Band Bassists Club'
Old Geezer said:
Well, today was interesting.

During the week, I decided to tune down to BEAD. The La Bella LTF-4A strings on my 73/74 J Bass tuned down okay, but were a little too floppy for my taste. The truss rod needed to be loosened about a half a turn, and the bridge saddles moved up about a little over a turn. I found that the strings did not stay in tune too well and had to be retuned between songs.

Overall, I am pleased with playing BEAD tuning, and will probably keep playing that way. Now I need to see if I can get a 4 string set of LTF strings for the lower tuning (.056 .075 .100 .118). If not, I guess I will purchase a 5 string set and store the G string (.042).
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Welcome a new Club number! 😁​

#127 @Old Geezer

I'll be monitoring to add more members as they post here. If I skipped anyone, please let me know. There's still a few numbers left for even more members! 😉

And, you can find the entire BEAD Club Membership list on the BEAD Club Wiki page. 👍
 
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#783
Good afternoon, everyone. And big thanks to the ones who created and keep this club running.

I am in a bit of a conundrum. I bought an Ibanez TMB100M and decided that I want to join the BEAD club without modifying my bass. Therefore, this means that flatwounds are required since i've been informed that they have much higher tension than roundwounds. However, it has come to my attention that not all flatwounds are created the same (in terms of tension).

After much research, I've narrowed my options to the following
RS77LE (50-110)
Ernie Ball P02811 (55-110)
Labella 0760M (52-110)
Dunlop Flatwounds (50-110) ***however, i wont get these bc they r too expensive***

My question is: which one of these sets of strings has the highest tension in the B string (110)??? I don't mind if it isn't bright. All I care about is that the B string is not sloppy. I want it tight.

If you know other flatwound strings that have higher tension than the ones I listed, please let me know

Big thanks to everyone. I hope to join the BEAD club soon
 
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#786
Time I joined y’all in the deep end! (OK fact is I’ve been down there for a while…)

4 basses total, 2 in BEAD, including this humbucker’ed monster of a Rickenbacker… I’m a disciple of the light gauge, 50-110 Rotos. I feel like they give a clearer tone on the low stuff, last a bit longer, and if I want to get a little more physical with my right hand I just move back towards the bridge. I might experiment with a heavier set after I thoroughly kill these though.
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The other BEAD in the arsenal is this Harley Benton P… with a few mods. EMG GZR, replaced bridge and tuners, not alot of HB left! Same strings, might use this one as the proof of concept for something in the 120-125 range.
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Any recs for a Roto user that doesn’t want to go full 130 but wants to keep in the same neighborhood tonally?
 

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#789
BadHombres said:
Good afternoon, everyone. And big thanks to the ones who created and keep this club running.

I am in a bit of a conundrum. I bought an Ibanez TMB100M and decided that I want to join the BEAD club without modifying my bass. Therefore, this means that flatwounds are required since i've been informed that they have much higher tension than roundwounds. However, it has come to my attention that not all flatwounds are created the same (in terms of tension).

After much research, I've narrowed my options to the following
RS77LE (50-110)
Ernie Ball P02811 (55-110)
Labella 0760M (52-110)
Dunlop Flatwounds (50-110) ***however, i wont get these bc they r too expensive***

My question is: which one of these sets of strings has the highest tension in the B string (110)??? I don't mind if it isn't bright. All I care about is that the B string is not sloppy. I want it tight.

If you know other flatwound strings that have higher tension than the ones I listed, please let me know

Big thanks to everyone. I hope to join the BEAD club soon
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bobomatic said:
Time I joined y’all in the deep end! (OK fact is I’ve been down there for a while…)

4 basses total, 2 in BEAD, including this humbucker’ed monster of a Rickenbacker… I’m a disciple of the light gauge, 50-110 Rotos. I feel like they give a clearer tone on the low stuff, last a bit longer, and if I want to get a little more physical with my right hand I just move back towards the bridge. I might experiment with a heavier set after I thoroughly kill these though. View attachment 7365847

The other BEAD in the arsenal is this Harley Benton P… with a few mods. EMG GZR, replaced bridge and tuners, not alot of HB left! Same strings, might use this one as the proof of concept for something in the 120-125 range. View attachment 7365848

Any recs for a Roto user that doesn’t want to go full 130 but wants to keep in the same neighborhood tonally?
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Welcome TWO new Club numberS!! 😁​

#128 @BadHombres and #129 @bobomatic

I'll be monitoring to add more members as they post here. If I skipped anyone, please let me know. There's still a few numbers left for even more members! 😉

And, you can always find the entire BEAD Club Membership list on the BEAD Club Wiki page. 👍
 
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#790
Miles_ONeal said:
This. And the Ernie Ball Cobalt Flats 5 string set works great i this way.
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Four out of my five basses have 130 cobalt flats on them, the other one has TI jazz flats. I think I recommended these strings to you about a year ago in the praise/worship club (unless I have you confused with somebody else)

All of this skinny string talk is wild to me, some guys must have a very very softhanded approach to playing in comparison to me. I remember when my friends and I were starting up crappy bands in college, over the years we would tune lower and lower, I remember playing in c sharp with whatever 4 string slinky set I could get to work best.... And hating it!!

But yeah, the cobalt flat five string set is the quick and easy answer, at least for me!
 
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#792
urkel3000 said:
Four out of my five basses have 130 cobalt flats on them, the other one has TI jazz flats. I think I recommended these strings to you about a year ago in the praise/worship club (unless I have you confused with somebody else)
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I think it was actually me to whom you recommended the EB Flats in the P&W club... thank you, once again!
 
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#794
I keep forgetting to come back here. I currently have two Dunables, a DE Gnarlwhal and a US R2 both strung up with DR DDTs with 135 Bs and a BC Rich Eagle with the GHS heavy BEAD Boomers. The GHS's are okay, but I won't be buying them again. I have a Dunable Thunderclapper on the way and may try out the four string extra heavy DDT set. I think it's a 125.
 
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#795
nickpc said:
Right now I have Fender 7250-5's on my Squier Sonic P BEAD bass, but I have a set of EB Group Flats that I think I need to try. I think that might just be the sound I'm looking (listening?) for with that bass.
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Could be. Or not! Strings are so hard to predict... what sounds good. More to the point... what's the sound YOU want! Keep trying... and write down what works and what does not!
 
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#796
davedamage said:
I keep forgetting to come back here. I currently have two Dunables, a DE Gnarlwhal and a US R2 both strung up with DR DDTs with 135 Bs and a BC Rich Eagle with the GHS heavy BEAD Boomers. The GHS's are okay, but I won't be buying them again. I have a Dunable Thunderclapper on the way and may try out the four string extra heavy DDT set. I think it's a 125.
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Welcome a new Club number! 😁​

#130 @davedamage

I'll be monitoring to add more members as they post here. If I skipped anyone, please let me know. There's still a few numbers left for even more members! 😉

And, you can always find the entire BEAD Club Membership list on the BEAD Club Wiki page. 👍
 
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#797
urkel3000 said:
Four out of my five basses have 130 cobalt flats on them, the other one has TI jazz flats. I think I recommended these strings to you about a year ago in the praise/worship club (unless I have you confused with somebody else)

All of this skinny string talk is wild to me, some guys must have a very very softhanded approach to playing in comparison to me. I remember when my friends and I were starting up crappy bands in college, over the years we would tune lower and lower, I remember playing in c sharp with whatever 4 string slinky set I could get to work best.... And hating it!!

But yeah, the cobalt flat five string set is the quick and easy answer, at least for me!
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I've been using EBCFs for years now. I had a set on a 5 string I sold several years ago; I put the original strings back on and used the lower 4 from the EBCFs for the BEAD bass when I converted. Must have been someone else.
 
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