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anyone in here in a surf band. if so what type of bass string does your
bassest use ? "Nickle, flat....ect.."
just courious i guess.
thanks.
I have a set of the D'Addario chromes flatwound strings , after 10
years of using the Blue Steel roundwounds.
waaaay better, great for that full low Bass tone of surf.
Jeff(bigtikidude)
--- In , "batinyourface2002"
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> anyone in here in a surf band. if so what type of bass string does
your
> bassest use ? "Nickle, flat....ect.."
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> just courious i guess.
>
> thanks.
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I think there's LOTS of guys here in surf bands. Heh.
Our bass player, Mike, uses Thomastik Infeld
(commonly called "TI's") flatwounds which I believe
are nickel. There's a cool article on surf bass that
states unequivocally that THE bass string is Labella
Deep Talkin flatwounds, which are stainless. I like
these and just got some for my little Musicmaster
bass. You can find the article in the files section
of this yahoo group.
Richard
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> > anyone in here in a surf band. if so what type of
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> your
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> > just courious i guess.
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This Q gets asked on the various groups fairly often.
On my Peavey Accelerator, I use D'Addarios round-wound. Definitive
ballsy tone with a David Eden/Bag End rig.
On my Danelectro Longhorn, I use RotoSound Jazz Bass 77 shortscale
flatwounds 40-90. This blows everyone away. Here's a cool vid (but
lousey lighting in the club!) of me (2nd from left) playing it from a
recent performance with The Jump Kings in Cupertino, CA. Really rich
tone! (you need speakers to hear it well)
And, of course, you can't go wrong with a classic Fender P-Bass.
bIG wAvE Dave
Bass, The Aquamarines, The Tube Sharks
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>anyone in here in a surf band. if so what type of bass string does your
>bassest use ? "Nickle, flat....ect.."
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>just courious i guess.
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>thanks.
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I like the Elixir strings. They last a long time, if you do not use a pick.
Mont
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Been using these med. gauge Alembic strings even
before adding an Alembic to the arsenal:
Alembic Steel Roundwound 4-String, .045 - .105,
CX-3-45L
Available at:
There is an elliptical final wrap so it's not noisy
(squeak...squeeak) as you fret. Used on Rick 4003,
J-Bass, Alembic...great strings for me. Though what
really works for you (and/or your bassist) is
something that you'll have to find out for yourself.
~ Jonathan
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Subject: question ?
anyone in here in a surf band. if so what type of bass
string does your
bassest use ? "Nickle, flat....ect.."
just courious i guess.
thanks.
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--- batinyourface2002 <> wrote:
"...anyone in here in a surf band. if so what type of bass
string does your bassest use ? "Nickle, flat....ect.."
Rotosound: nickel round-wound (on a RI '51 Fender
Precision).
great "Surf Beat" tone...
-dp
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--- In , "batinyourface2002"
<batinyourface2002@...> wrote:
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> anyone in here in a surf band. if so what type of bass string does
your
> bassest use ? "Nickle, flat....ect.."
>
> just courious i guess.
>
> thanks.
>
I don't play in a band any longer, but I've always used Rotosound
stainless steel roundwound on my '75 Ric 4001.
What do you all use to clean your strings? I keep a Visine bottle
full of Graves 190 grain alcohol in my bass case. It really works
well for getting the grit out from between the windings. Once the
strings are dead, I boil them; makes them like new again.
On 3/29/06 4:36 AM, Bernie Kornowiczwrote:
> What do you all use to clean your strings? I keep a Visine bottle
> full of Graves 190 grain alcohol in my bass case. It really works
> well for getting the grit out from between the windings.
Hmmm... Alcohol in a Visine bottle, eh? Sounds like a recipe for disaster
to me...
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Paul Fritz
Guitarist
Kelp
Santa Barbara Surf Music
www.kelpsurfband.com
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