Dead strings aren't the sound I look for, but EBCFs just seem to age at a planetary pace rather than a butterfly pace.
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Dead strings aren't the sound I look for, but EBCFs just seem to age at a planetary pace rather than a butterfly pace.
I have two of the Ultimate Guitar stands. One like below and the other with the useless mechanical closing ears. I didn't want one like that but it was cheap years ago. Nice pick holder slots at the top as well.
What's wrong with the self-closing ears? The ones on my Hercules stands work great.
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My amp stand has a similar leg lock. I had that not quite locked one time and it collapsed.
I found that last bit especially interesting since, while I notice them if I haven't played in a few days, they're so much smaller than gaps in rounds. Closer to 90 degrees, of course, but so narrow that within one practice session I no longer feel them again. And they're much nicer to my fingers than Roto 66s were!
But that's why there are choices!
Fortunately the Rumbles are robust!Ditto.
If I were in a band playing certain kinds of music, I'd have to have some Rotos on a VP/60s/64/etc. I don't need the Angry Piano right now, but it is a glorious sound.
I've carefully kept the packages of the strings on each bass so I know what's on them. Prolly woulda been really smart to've put the date installed on the packages.
I like that the EBCFs are flats but keep the slight roundwound ring that they have for a good while. And now with the short scale sets, a couple of my short scale that I recently put them on are sounding utterly gorgeous.
I have chromes on a ‘73 P and it’s a good sound, classic thudding bass, and fun to change to and play with once in a while. Lately I have been going down the Ken Smith road. I put a set of the Metal Masters on my ‘bird with the Gibson re-issues in it and it sounded fantastic. However, after a handful of practices and couple of gigs, they have noticeably aged. Not sure how I feel about that, I was hoping to get more mileage out of them.
I had bad luck with the good old classic rotos. I got tired of putting a new set of strings I expected to sound like we all know they are supposed to, just to have them sound dead out of the package. This happened more than once.
Yeah. I like those too. Only have one stand with them that George gave me for my birthday when I bought his first BaCH.
I only had the one set, and they came on a bass I bought used. They were glorious but I passed them on at the last GTG.
A have a single bass stand and a dual bass stand that have them. Oddly, on one stand they flip up but on the other they flip down. Both work fine. I'm guessing the type that flips down to open came later to avoid snagging the headstock with sloppy removal.
yeah, I lose track quick…I've carefully kept the packages of the strings on each bass so I know what's on them. Prolly woulda been really smart to've put the date installed on the packages.
Oh, they work (open/close) fine. I'm just not sure what problem they actually solve. If they are not utilized on the stand, if you hit an instrument hard enough to dislodge it from the "ears," it's almost certainly going to be hard enough to just knock the whole thing over, center of gravity or not. I'm sure there is some scenario where they might help, but I've yet to encounter it or even imagine it. Just doesn't seem needed on those IMO. Wall hanger, I get, just not on those.
I don't care for angry piano when I play. I live in the "no clank zone." Interesting when others do it, but just never interested me or fit what I played. I've got 66s on the '76 and the '64 Epi Embassy. Big, fat and punchy. I tried them on the '64 Thunderbird, didn't sound angry piano through my heads and cabs, but they are generally warm by nature. Oddly enough, I found them uninteresting on the '64. Go figure. The SIT Power Wounds/D. Ellefsons on the other had sound fantastic--95-98% as good as the much more expensive (and shorter) Infelds. Fat and punchy with nice clarity. Just ordered two sets of SIT Power Wounds. Just in case. They have become my go-to string, and "fixer" string for basses that seem to be missing something.
Do these have silks?
This will sound ridiculous to everyone I’m sure, but I kinda hate when strings don’t have silks.
I don't think any of SIT's rounds have silks.
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