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Hello, back in 2005 i used to be the Lucky owner of a 1991 natural Stingray-5 with a rosewood fretboard and also it's original tolex case.
Unfortunatly i've traded this bass in a Music store around...

Hello,

I noticed that almost all type of EB strings have the newer type of silver foil package except
the Stainless Steel strings??

Probably these aren't so popular??

Strange?

I find...

It sounds great on my Bongo-6 and on my Stingray Bass as well!!
....i'm still wondering why John Myung still uses standard Slinky's.....??

You should give the new Ernie Ball Everlast strings a try!

a set of Skinny Top/heavy Bottom might be too skinny for drop C tunings, Beefy Slinky's are (mostly) used for drop D, and for drop C you might try either a set of Not Even Slinky's (P02626) or Custom...

yes, also i would like a .032 single cobalt bass string added to the catalogue
or even better: 6-string cobalt sets

Well... from all the EB strings i've mentioned are no single high-c's available....

Only the (far too thin) Stainless .028's

I just find it somewhat strange that a company that builds 6-string...

Hello,

Are there any 6-string bassplayers on this forum??

If so:

Would you also like to have more versatility within the EB strings catalog??

Things like:

I'm really looking forward to these strings!

Will there be 6-string Bass sets as well??

....because up until now there are still no 6-string Coated Bass sets.....

I mostly use the coated EB strings (Bass, Guitar, Acoustic)

Next to that i also use EB stainless bass & Flatwound bass (both on my Bongo-6 HS basses)

what about using the 5-string super slinky set?
this one has gauges from .040 to .125

a .130 as a low-B is a good matching gauge
a .125 as a low-B isn't a good matching gauge: string tension is...

i don't suspect John uses the stainless slinky's

for two reason's:

1. there's only one gauge for the c-string available for stainless EB,
which is .028, which is way too thin, and Myung's...

sounds good, but as a minor detail: i'm missing playing techniques such as staccato
on the song Money

but then i'm just refering to the orginal Pink Floyd recordings...

well i would like to see Flea coming back home to musicman as well

but... i like his vintage jazzbass tone as well, and when he is hardly heard on that bass (live) there mostly is one reason: the...

well then there's also a big difference between the ears of the person's that listen to music, and i personally most certainly hear a difference in fretboard wood, especially with fretless

but i'm...

well i don't know if a luthier will be able to remove a fretboard
without creating to much damage....

but i think i may email a luthier on the options on that one!

i mainly explained most points in my reaction below

but yes, ofcourse Pino's hands matter a lot, but that counts for every bassplayer, but that doesn't mean that the spec's of their equipment...

well, not writing down other variables doesn't mean that i didn't consider those

for a start Pino uses Rotosound swingbass strings (.040 - .095) on his fretless (who didn't back then ;) )

and...

let's put things another way: i may persume that most Musicman bass players are formiliar with the fretless sound from Pino Palladino (?)
this amazing sound comes from a fretless Stingray, but this...

maybe because ebony "sings" more....

pau ferro sounds flat, boring, etc...
i mean, pau ferro would be nice for just playing grooves etc., but when you want to play melodies or solo's only ebony...

count that for 2 person's, because i'm also having thoughts on a HHP fretless Bongo-6

but if the piezo option will see the light of day....

perhaps when there's enough interest for a piezo...

the singles you're using come quiete close towards a Skinny top heavy bottom set from EB, product code 2215

those gauges are 10-13-17-30-42-52

worth a try?

that's so cool!

but being a bassplayer and EB addict and needing lot's of strings every year:

when will the coated bassstrings be available??

well those inked leather straps allready come a lot closer to the kind of thing i'm looking for, i only rather would like a lot EB or MM logo's on the strap

let's say in the same style as these...

well, when having a M.M. bass you'll actually have a decent bass that isn't cheap

but when adding a nylon EB strap: the strap looks cheap! so i would like a strap that add's value to my bass
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