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wich strings will you use with a Gibson thunderbird?

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solitario

Oct 13, 2011
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Spain
#1
hello, I just bought my first gibson thunderbird. It came with old wasted string so I have to change them. In my jazz bass I use dr lo riders or dr sunbeans.

I have 1 lo rider set 1 sun beam set and 1 marcus miller fat beam set (I have never try fat beams before but I bought them for my jb)

the question is, wich of those 3 sets do you think will sound better with the tbirb? I think that sunbeams will probably sound to mellow in a mahogany body but i dont know...

I also have a set of fender nickle (emergency set)

Thank you for the answers
 
#6
solitario said:
Thank you for the answer, why fat beams? I mean, do you like fat beams in any bass or they are a good choice for the tbird?
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Between the 3 DR's you listed that you have on hand, the Fat Beams have a firmer feeling tension and a very complete spectrum of tone. In my set up, I think they bring out the best attributes of the Thunderbird sound and fill in some of the naturally recessive frequencies creating a more musical palette.

I have always liked DR's on my guitars, so I tried the Lo Riders and Hi Beams before settling on the Fat Beams along time ago. I agree with the Rotosounds being another good choice if you want to pick up a set and are after the straight up growl.
 
#7
I have just tried fat beams, the sound mid scooped and tonds of clanky highs and fnguer noise. I have never tried them before but I dont like them they sound too modern / slappy IMO

I dont know if the low riders nickle are going to have to much mids on a tbird... what do you think? fatbeams sound good on all my fenders but having a low tension maybe they are not the best option for a tbid playing with a pick... what dou you think?
 
#11
i have an explorer bass that is mahogany and uses the TB pick ups and i use it to play sabbath that is tuned down to C#. so far i have found that DR .110 DDT's sound the best. not too clangy and a dark very deep tone. i don't know what sound you're after but if it's sabbath this will get you in the ball park. i still want to try a 5 string set with the G string in the trash can and see how that goes. i also discovered that plugging into the -15db side calms down those ceramic pu's too. good luck.
 

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