Re: which strings pull the hardest?
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:43 pm
Round Wounds!!!
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Re: which strings pull the hardest?
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:44 pm
Flat Wounds!!!
Re: which strings pull the hardest?
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:45 pm
Round Wounds!!!
Re: which strings pull the hardest?
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:45 pm
Okay, Jeff, that will be all! 
My solution was to have more than one Rick and put flats on some and rounds on others.
My solution was to have more than one Rick and put flats on some and rounds on others.
Re: which strings pull the hardest?
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:49 pm
Sorry. Did all that yelling hurt your ears?johnallg wrote:Okay, Jeff, that will be all!
Re: which strings pull the hardest?
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:24 pm
That's what I did:johnallg wrote:My solution was to have more than one Rick and put flats on some and rounds on others.
4005WB - Chromes
4001s - TI JR
4001V63 - Chromes
4003 TI JF
Re: which strings pull the hardest?
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:43 pm
I'm late, and have limited experience, but Fender 9050's are fairly high tension.
Re: which strings pull the hardest?
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:03 pm
Jeffrey: Why not give us a description of the differences in tone and feel.
Re: which strings pull the hardest?
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:35 pm
Sure not! I can't hear out of my left anyway.rickaddict wrote:Sorry. Did all that yelling hurt your ears?johnallg wrote:Okay, Jeff, that will be all!
I was just funning, and by the time I posted you had put the second pair up which made it even funnier to me!Re: which strings pull the hardest?
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:37 pm
Yes they are. I bought two pairs (hey, they were on sale for $13 each locally) and when I put them on the 4004C the neck moved wuite a bit from the Roto rounds I had on it, and the Rotos are known to be higher tension. Besides, the 9050s feel more taut than other strings I've tried, round or flat. I have them on my SX Jazz and they sound great on it.edski wrote:I'm late, and have limited experience, but Fender 9050's are fairly high tension.
Re: which strings pull the hardest?
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:50 pm
rickaddict wrote:Round Wounds!!!
rickaddict wrote:Flat Wounds!!!
rickaddict wrote:Round Wounds!!!
DUCK SEASON!
RABBITT SEASON!
DUCK SEASON!..
FIRE!!
Re: which strings pull the hardest?
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:14 pm
I like that idea. Could someone underwrite the whole experiment as a consumer research report, please? Or just send a check?johnallg wrote: My solution was to have more than one Rick and put flats on some and rounds on others.
I don't think roundwounds are so much fun, they're rough on my fingers and harder to slide around on. I have a busy, kinda slippery-slidy playing style, a bit o' the Macca if I may say so. And with bright flats like the chromes, I'm not missing anything from the springy roundwound sound except a bit of string noise. Why work harder than I have to?
Re: which strings pull the hardest?
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:49 pm
To get that piano-y clank? So many overtones come off rounds. My '75 4001 is just dripping with them. i just changed strings (Webstrings cheapie Stainless) on my 4003S because I put a magnetic HS and a '73 HG (neck) in it and the strings on it were dead. At a jam today, with my SVT-410HLF it sounded truly wondrous.
http://www.webstrings.com/electric_bass ... index.html
http://www.webstrings.com/electric_bass ... index.html
Re: which strings pull the hardest?
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:26 pm
I'll work on that!admin wrote:Jeffrey: Why not give us a description of the differences in tone and feel.
Re: which strings pull the hardest?
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:34 pm
+1rickaddict wrote:But flats aren't fun...
