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What are you strung up with?
- Thread starter darkside 88
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i recently tried a few different strings...but decided to go back to my 8 YEAR OLD DR Sunbeams for my L'1000 fretless. they sound infinitely better than the new set of sunbeams i recently purchased. warm, yet still bright with great harmonics, and a smooth (but not slippery) feel. new sunbeams have the typical too bright, metallic quality, but with an overactive (and noisy) harmonic response that's a bit much for my taste and technique. i replaced the G string with a spare Sunbeam that is also 8 years old, but hadn't been played, and it matches up pretty well. maybe new Sunbeams are somewhat different than they were 8 years ago? Dunlop nickels are also pretty good--not as dynamic as Sunbeams...yet they are actually smoother feeling (to my hands.)
My L2500 Tribute is coming up for its first set of replacement strings and I'm seriously considering DR Lo Riders.
I found the set supplied with the bass really nice new, and they're still pretty good after 6 months. Are they GHS? Anyway, as nice as they are, I can't use the active tones at full instrument volume without very nasty clipping, regardless how much I wind down my preamp gain.
I've heard that Stainless strings aren't quite as magnetic as Nickels - can anyone verify this claim? I just love the wide open sound of those pickups with a bit of gain from my SansAmp for some big rock tones. The trick is how I'll avoid the clipping and am hoping that going to a Stainless string will fix this.
I'm open to other suggestions from like-minded heavy rock bassists as to other strings you'd recommend. Being in a 3-piece it's important for me to have some midrange presence to compensate for lack of rhythm guitar.
Cheers for any help here!
I found the set supplied with the bass really nice new, and they're still pretty good after 6 months. Are they GHS? Anyway, as nice as they are, I can't use the active tones at full instrument volume without very nasty clipping, regardless how much I wind down my preamp gain.
I've heard that Stainless strings aren't quite as magnetic as Nickels - can anyone verify this claim? I just love the wide open sound of those pickups with a bit of gain from my SansAmp for some big rock tones. The trick is how I'll avoid the clipping and am hoping that going to a Stainless string will fix this.
I'm open to other suggestions from like-minded heavy rock bassists as to other strings you'd recommend. Being in a 3-piece it's important for me to have some midrange presence to compensate for lack of rhythm guitar.
Cheers for any help here!
