Hey guys, .050 - .0110 steel strings on Epiohone is a good choice?
Wondering if heavy gauge and steel strings may harm Tbird neck and frets.
Wondering if heavy gauge and steel strings may harm Tbird neck and frets.
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Keep us posted. I already have EBCF on one of my birds that I love (capped Goth) but I have other birds that I need to restring and I’d be interested in trying something similar in sound and feel.
BTW - you may have given members of the Princess Club a good alternative to the Cobalts.
(Hopefully this will show up.)
I have 66s on one VP and the frets should be fine. More a problem years ago I think, or on really cheap basses with cheap fret wire. Or people who play with a death grip and do a lot of bending. I do neither.Hey guys, .050 - .0110 steel strings on Epiohone is a good choice?
Wondering if heavy gauge and steel strings may harm Tbird neck and frets.
Can't comment on the heavy part, but would think so. I've never needed to adjust either VP regardless of what gauge of strings I put on them. So the necks seem very stable. But wouldn't like that heavy a set.
I have a set of the EBCFs that I took off an American Jazz as bridge through. Would fit well on the small tuners if a Bird
PM me if interested. I’d rather deal with a bird brain than the general population
PM me if interested. I’d rather deal with a bird brain than the general population
I haven't had any Chromes in ~5 years. Me no remember.
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The Chromes have much more tension the EBCF's.
Sometimes, I long for the 'good ol' days' when we didn't know from tension, gauge, round vs flat, etc. Ya went in the store and it was "Hey! Ya got any bass strings?"
Sometimes...
I so hear ya Mike!
I never cared back then, never paid any attention to all that.
Was also way younger and thought i was invincible. Ugh!
"Although it is a player's vintage aircraft, there is no doubt that its cool looks will be useful on stage!"
I've never seen or played one of those... Sounds like a must have.
The second sounds interesting and could maybe be had at a decent price. I'm not in the market for a higher dollar instrument, but this one looks good if I were.
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I put those on my VP because I was in a band that played in Eb. I’ve kept them on tuned in E and find the tension is a little high for playability. There are no issues with the neck, just adjust the truss rod. I don’t really worry about fret wear, but it will happen.Hey guys, .050 - .0110 steel strings on Epiohone is a good choice?
Wondering if heavy gauge and steel strings may harm Tbird neck and frets.
I’ll go back to 45-105 soon because I have some rock gigs coming up.
Now we all (painfully) know otherwise!
better yet, remember, “do you sell single bass strings? only nylons? ok, need an A”…
Dude...how old are you anyway?better yet, remember, “do you sell single bass strings? only nylons? ok, need an A”…
Hey guys, .050 - .0110 steel strings on Epiohone is a good choice?
Wondering if heavy gauge and steel strings may harm Tbird neck and frets.
I use those on just about everything but I use the regular gauge .105's. Some basses can take heavy gauge strings, others can't, the only way you can tell is by trying them on it. If the neck doesn't seem to want to flatten out or if the truss rod stops turning in I'd take them off and use the regular gauge. You'll probably have to enlarge the nut slots too or they'll ride too high if you decide they'll work on your bass.
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how old or how poor?…Dude...how old are you anyway?
Dude...how old are you anyway?
Sonny, I remember when they switched from gut to those goldarned new fangled metal strings.
I remember that, just asking for bass strings and taking whatever they gave me. For some reason I seem to remember getting Gibson flatwounds but my bass was a long scale so who knows? You didn't buy strings very often back then either, when one broke was about the only time I bought a set.
Thanks.
I think will downgrade the next set of strings from .050 to .045, but sure gonna keep steel strings.
I've never played with steel strings, it would be my first attempt.
I mean, already use GHS and La Bella flat steel strings, but they're so polished, and look like they have a cape over them, the touch of the fingers is nice; but they are flats, not rounds.
