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Worst string manufactuer you know

#102
eyeballkid said:
alright, i'm about to sound dumb, but how do you improperly install strings?? string em thru, wind em down, done. only thing I can think would be improper would be if you wound up the post and didn't get good contact with the nut, or cut em short that there wasn't enough winding to hold position.. neither way would affect your tone as much as ruin playability. am I missing something?
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Twisted strings will prevent proper vibration. Also, round core strings should be crimped at the end before winding onto the peg to prevent unwinding and breakage. It says this right on and/or in the package of DR strings, but I'm sure a lot of people don't bother reading the warning.
Also, depending on the bass (headstock angle, tuning peg height, etc) a certain number of windings makes for ideal tension and, as you mentioned, proper contact with the nut.
 
#103
Obviously everyone's answer is going to be different but basically along the lines of loving the strings you are using currently, not so much love for the ones you are not and the ones you have not tried yet...well they are simply just out there.

If you ask me D'Addario makes some of the better strings that last and get the job done. But of course I am bias when I say that. :smug:
 
#107
mellowgerman said:
Twisted strings will prevent proper vibration. Also, round core strings should be crimped at the end before winding onto the peg to prevent unwinding and breakage. It says this right on and/or in the package of DR strings, but I'm sure a lot of people don't bother reading the warning.
Also, depending on the bass (headstock angle, tuning peg height, etc) a certain number of windings makes for ideal tension and, as you mentioned, proper contact with the nut.
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Now that brings an question to mind, and I'm not looking to derail the thread.

Can you have too many windings on a post?

I honestly do not like the look of seeing the post of the tuning peg so I am always careful to have as much string on it as I possibly can. This is purely aesthetically preferred for me, but I'm curious about functionally.

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Not the best example, but it's one I have of my basses.
 
#109
Somebody makes coated strings that GC always recommends when you try to buy Elixirs. I don't recall what they're called, but they're, hands down, the worst strings I've ever had. They're also hellaciously expensive. I pretty much like everything else I've ever used. Now I pretty much put on a set of Rotosounds and leave them there forever.
 
#112
OK I am a string whore...... I love em all but have my faves but I don't care for D'Addario's or Elixers. But there is nothing wrong with them I just don't like them. BUT the brand that does fit that bill for me is hands down Dean Markley! Total whale excrement of a product. Never had a set that did not die immediately or break or just serve as a tone sucking machine on my bass. You can't give me a set of DM strings.
 

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