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Post by Maxwell on Oct 23, 2016 14:45:50 GMT
Bought sets of Dunlop Super Bright Nickel strings for my four and fiver basses out of curiosity about em and trying to decide on what strings to play regularly and keep in my go trunk... a. Got nickel because I don't want stainless steel rattling on my nickel frets. b. Got Super Brights because you can tone down what you have but you can't turn up what you don't have... link
My opinion: 100% sold on em. Badass strings. Done decided and done looking. They sound like more balanced Rotosounds, are a LOT easier on fingertips, and damn easy to play as they are extremely limber strings... Sooooo, Gibson Brite Wires for all my guitars, Dunlop Super Bright Nickel for all my basses....and Fender 346 Medium shell picks... Love it when I don't have to decide anymore... Maybe somebody will find my mini review a bit helpful.... Maybe a bit... Edro
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Post by Maxwell on Nov 12, 2016 22:41:31 GMT
After playing the Dunlop Super Bright Nickels for a good while, I'm still sold on em....
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Post by Schidney on Nov 13, 2016 17:58:38 GMT
After playing the Dunlop Super Bright Nickels for a good while, I'm still sold on em.... What gauge you using Eds?
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Post by Maxwell on Nov 13, 2016 21:35:49 GMT
I've got 100 on my four and 125 on my fiver I think... Love em...
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Post by Marshall 'n' Moonshine on Dec 7, 2016 19:12:55 GMT
I don't know how much of a difference it makes, but what kind of music are we talking? Would they work for (what I'll just sum up as) Americana??
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Post by Maxwell on Dec 8, 2016 13:27:11 GMT
Those strings would work for anything. You eq a bit different with different strings. Play what's comfortable. Same as guitar strings, every single guitar amp has a preamp you can adjust for different gauge strings... Same for bass amps...
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Post by Maxwell on Dec 8, 2016 13:29:41 GMT
Some don't like bright strings, I do. You can back off what you have, you can't boost what you don't have. Flat wounds are of the devil.
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Post by Marshall 'n' Moonshine on Dec 9, 2016 0:48:39 GMT
I kinda feel the same about bright equipment, be it strings, guitars, pedals, amps. There's a tone knob somewhere. Use it.
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Post by Schidney on Dec 9, 2016 11:09:26 GMT
I like the bright sounding strings. Good for slappy funk & outrageous heavy P Bass growling. I go for a hybrid gauge of 100, 80, 60 & 40 stainless steel Rotosounds or Elixir's. I always found 105's on the E string to be less bright & goes duller super fast. I have a slight allergy to nickel which makes my palms & fingers break out with lots of angry, itchy tiny red spots which on occasion has led to some mighty vast water blisters on the ends of my fingers.
Now where was I? Just started waffling away there. Ed why don't you like steel strings rattling off of nickel frets? Never heard of anyone complaining off that before.
Yep Ed is correct...Flat wound strings are the Devils work. Got them on my upright & hate them. Only reason I haven't bought round wounds for them is there to damn expensive.
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Post by Maxwell on Dec 9, 2016 18:25:20 GMT
The problem with SS strings is that SS is a good bit harder metal than nickel frets so you can wear down frets a lot faster. I freaking LOVE Rotos just don't want to wear my frets down. These Dunlop's sound like Rotos to me but are much easier on the finger tips too.
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Post by Maxwell on Dec 9, 2016 18:32:59 GMT
They actually feel looser too which forces me to stay aware of touch to keep from splattering... My late bro preached to me to no end about conservation of energy and movement playing bass. He played close to fifty years and was a master of pocket bass playing. He could play shit being belief but on stage he played exactly what was called for in that tune, no more no less. He was one of those rare bass players that had the fret hand that looks like slow motion no matter how fast he played... He could do Stanley Clarke and it looked like his fingers were barely moving... Learned more than could fit in a train car from him. Miss that big lug....
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Post by Maxwell on Apr 11, 2017 17:30:01 GMT
String Update:
I still love the Dunlop Super Brite Nickels. I find them extremely good strings. They are more limber strings down on the E and low B. Makes me stay aware of touch which just makes me play with more control.
We carry the NYXL strings in the shop and my partner ordered NYXL bass strings for his JP four skrang bass. He is more or less learning bass (hell of a guitarist way back, hasn't played in years)...
He found the Dunlop Super Brites too limber for him so he tried the NYXL strings. I played his JP and they are damn good strings and are stiffer.
I was curious so I put a set on my Dimension fiver skrang bass.
My thoughts on the NYXL: - damn good strings - not near as bright as the Dunlop Super Brites - the mid/upper mid "meat range" is actually more balanced than the Dunlops. - the overall color seems to be evenly distributed across the freq spectrum, no real spikes if you graphed output vs freq. Very nice balance. - although not as bright/snappy up in the top shelves as the DSBs, the NYXLs could be used for any style of music without dancing EQ on bgtr or amp...
I'm gonna keep em on the Dimension for a while (compare life) and keep the DSBs on the Ray bass... I like 'em both.
NYXL cost more too.... Damn good strings though....
If I want the lower end of grand piano, I would use the DSBs. Just plain beatiful rich lower range piano tone... Some slow open stuff begs for that tone... If I want the more balanced across the spectrum, the NYXLs are perfect for almost anything....
If I played just a P, I would use DSBs as a P is a bit darker naturally and lacks the crystalline sparkle of a J... If I played just a J, I would probably put the NYXLs on it as the J is a bit brighter naturally and lacks that magic fat mid punch of the P.
My Ray and Dimension basses (both fivers) have the bass humbucker so both sound killer and very similar because of where that humbucker is.
My old Cali Series PJ has both P and J pickups sooooo, just gonna have to alternate to see which I like better on it... That old bass be killer with either....
Maybe the above is interesting to somebody that hasn't experienced those skrangs before.... Damn good skrangs, both of em...
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