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Post by xgator4u on Jan 28, 2016 20:06:42 GMT
I,like most of you,have spent YEARS and scads of coin on different strings over the years.
Some sucked,some were,meh ok,some more were pretty damn good.
What I have finally settled on is rotosound Steve Harris signature flatwounds.
They start off kinda bright,and settle in nice and smooth.
AND THEY last a LONG time before going dead.usually the D goes dead first.
AND the flats DON'T chew up the frets like rounds do.
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Post by OOD on Jan 28, 2016 20:19:55 GMT
I used Fender flats for a few years and dunlop super brights for a little while. When I switched to BEAD I started using Fender NPS rounds.
Most recently I put on a set of D'Addario nickels 60,80,107,145 and I really like them for the balanced tension, but they sound a bit uneven from string to string. They aren't broken in yet though.
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Post by Nukes on Jan 28, 2016 22:14:06 GMT
Imma DR Hibeams guy, and a Labella flats guy.
And I have chromes on a booteek $4000.00 fretless. lol.
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Post by xgator4u on Jan 28, 2016 22:27:45 GMT
Imma DR Hibeams guy, and a Labella flats guy. And I have chromes on a booteek $4000.00 fretless. lol. Them chromes don't chew up the fretboard? |
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Post by Nukes on Jan 28, 2016 22:57:35 GMT
Wenge.
Should i go to pyramid?
Whats the gentlest flat for wenge?
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Post by xgator4u on Jan 28, 2016 23:06:48 GMT
Wenge. Should i go to pyramid? Whats the gentlest flat for wenge? Probably tape wound, I'm really pleased with the S.H. flats though, MAN I was sick of having to dress my frets,and have my basses refretted, That shit was getting old. |
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Post by Nukes on Jan 28, 2016 23:21:22 GMT
S H flats?
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Post by Nukes on Jan 28, 2016 23:23:24 GMT
Oh Steve Harris. What makes them easier on frets than regular Roto Jazz 77s?
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Post by xgator4u on Jan 28, 2016 23:38:43 GMT
Oh Steve Harris. What makes them easier on frets than regular Roto Jazz 77s? Besides being a higher gauge,THEY are very very smooth. |
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Post by will33 on Feb 8, 2016 19:52:49 GMT
Played the same type for a long time now. The DiAdarrio nickel set that goes 45, 65, 80, 100. I like to think it helps give some heft to the high notes while not letting the low ones get muddy but who knows, probably just used to them.
I played Slinky stainless years ago. Yeah, they wear out frets, but I mostly moved away from them because the strings wore out quick. Not a gradual fade. More like bright one gig and dead the next.
"My sound" actually ain't that incredibly bright. Just rather have it and tone it down a bit than want a little more and not have it to give. I dig the nickels.
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