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Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:33 pm
by rictified
GHS light gauge bright flats sound great and last a long time and they can be as bright as many RW's but have more fullness and presence to the sound. The inner core is what really determines the "pull" of a string, not it's outer diameter, TI flats have a .105 E but you would never know it, they are the lightest set I've ever used. Fender med' light SS flats have a .100 E and you could pull a boat with one.
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:53 pm
by jnbass
DR Hi-lights!
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:46 am
by rickfan60
Bob: Which TI set do you use? I have two here that both go from .043 to .100.
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:07 am
by jwr2
When I started playing all I knew was flats ... new basses came with flats and music stores sold flats ... all of us bass players were pretty flat ... then in the early 70s rotosound round wound strings became popular ... I was hooked on Rotosound strings ... in the late 70s early 80s I prefered Kahman Strings ... in the 90s DR ... in the 2000s I have been using strings by Music Yo, Copley, Carvin, D'adario, and Dean Markley ...
Usually I prefer nickle round wounds with an E string .105
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:14 pm
by ram
I've had D'Addario EXL170's on my 74 4001 for years, maybe decades. I tweaked the trusses twice in that period... no problems and sound great.
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:22 pm
by atomic_punk
I'm a D'Addario guy too, except on my 12-string bass, which is GHS.