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Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:50 am
by rictified
Pyramids are close in sound to Fenders, they're a little lighter though. They are not as bright as Fenders are when they are new but keep their tone for a long time. They have a very round type of sound, very even, I think their sound is more complex than Fenders, better sounding mid, they are really a nice sounding string and ought to be for the money they cost. I have them on several Rics.
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 12:03 pm
by johnashfield
Jeff: I don't want to palm mute all the time, and I just like that old style bass sound. Rounds are also more likely to break than flats. And at the moment I only have 1 bass, and it looks like I am moving from guitar to bass.
Bob: The pyramids sound like the way to go! The fenders do feel stiff, so if the pyramids are lighterfeeling, then that'll be nice.
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 12:07 pm
by iamthebassman
I can recommend Pyramids too.
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 1:27 pm
by jwr2
I have never broke a round but I have broke a flat ...
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 1:36 pm
by atomic_punk
I broke an E string once. Blew my mind, and my band's mind...but hey...that's rock and roll, baby!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 4:07 am
by iamthebassman
Thru the years I've broken plenty of both.
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 5:50 am
by incubus2432
I use round wounds and break strings (any) on a regular basis.....that's why I change them before every gig
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 6:05 am
by jwr2
the last time I broke a string was about 1970 ... and I am not gentle with my basses ... I have had 3 ric basses where I popped a string out of the nut ... but the string was still intact ...
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 6:45 am
by iamthebassman
"I change them before every gig"
That would get expensive.
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 6:49 am
by edski
Broken an A and a D string...both on my Fretless J Bass...separate incidents.
Technically I did break a G on my 4001, but that was when I was young, and stupidly detuned the strings after I played it (didn't know any better then). Eventually the repeated re-tensioning broke the G at the tuning peg, but that wasn't the result of playing stresses.
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 3:15 pm
by rickenbrother
I've never broken a bass string in 31 years of playing, but I know players that break them all the time.
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 12:23 am
by henny
I've broken a few G-strings.... (lol)...
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:39 am
by RutleDirk
Ronn,
Great paint job! What did you use for a reference?
I dig the blue pic, too!
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 1:00 pm
by iamthebassman
Dennis, thanks!
I used the booklet inside the MMT LP, and the Anthology "video" of "Hello Goodbye". As I think I said somewhere, I substituted teal for silver/grey 'cause I liked it better.
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 2:42 pm
by thinneckrick
Heres my two beautys ! Photogenic are'nt they
