Herbie Flowers (Sky, Space Oddity, Walk on the Wild Side, lots of etc) was one high profile user of the black tapewound Rotosound strings who kept them on for years at a time.
Herbie Flowers (Sky, Space Oddity, Walk on the Wild Side, lots of etc) was one high profile user of the black tapewound Rotosound strings who kept them on for years at a time.
Build #1, failed solid body 6 string using neck from a scrapped acoustic (45+ odd years ago as a teenager!)
Build #2, ugly parlour semi with scratch built body and ex Peavey neck
Build #3, Appalachian Dulcimer from EMS kit
Build #4, pre-owned PB ESB-4
Build #5, Lockdown Mandolin
Build #6, Sixty six body for Squier
Build #7, Mini Midi Bass
Oh, you had to bring up the big dollop of toothpaste thing! It makes me crazy. Some people think you have to put it on like in th adverts.
Bass player in Khrangbin never changes her strings.
...and she plays an SX bass. The only thing she says she's changed on it are the pups. I have a very similar one that I got for less than $100. Seems talent may be more important than equipment. She consistently sounds better than I do.
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Build #1, failed solid body 6 string using neck from a scrapped acoustic (45+ odd years ago as a teenager!)
Build #2, ugly parlour semi with scratch built body and ex Peavey neck
Build #3, Appalachian Dulcimer from EMS kit
Build #4, pre-owned PB ESB-4
Build #5, Lockdown Mandolin
Build #6, Sixty six body for Squier
Build #7, Mini Midi Bass
Depends how much you use them but I like to change strings before a gig or recording. The brightness wares off after about a month of playing regularly. If you are just jamming they will last quite a while until they get rusty, depends on how much you sweat, the weather etc always a good idea to wipe down after playing as this will extend the life
I like my SX, but it took a little work to get there. I got it as a backup and for a while all I had done with it was to swap out the stock pickups for DiMarzio J's. It sounded OK and played OK. When I started gearing up to do a proper set up on my first PitBull kit, I put a bone nut on it, dressed the frets and did a proper setup. After that it played great, but it still sounded just OK. I did a little routing and got a new pickguard to put in a P pup where the neck J pup had been, and swapped out the pickups for some EMG Geezer Butlers. Neck dive was cured with Gotoh Res-O-Lites. I think the only the bridge is stock and unmodded at this stage. I do hear you about the weight though. It's on the heavy side of the normal range for a P/J bass at about 4.5kg.
That makes sense. You'll hear yourself better in the mix when the strings are a little brighter. I think it depends a bit on your playing style as well. I like them a little dull, except for slap...which I am very bad at and don't do much ;-)