Nickel and Steel

[Franky]

After fixing my basses setup yesterday using gavs awesome manual, i noticed that the strings were a bit high for slapping.

however, i wanted to keep it so that my bass doesnt have any fret buzz, so i want to know if i can do this without hurting my bass...

i use steel strings (dean markley blue steels) on my E and D and i use Hybrid slinkeys on my G and A.

that way when i slap the D i get a bit more definition...

will this hurt my bass at all?

thanks

 

[prickly_pete]

I can't imagine this will hurt anything. I've seen all sorts of wierd gauge sets over the years and I've never heard of them doing any damage.

But how does this address the high action for slapping issue?

 

[Franky]

it doesnt, its just that i can slap and pop the D and G just fine, and get about the same amount of zing as i was getting before i did the setup. its just that i cant get the same power out of the G and A strings? ste steel just makes it a bit more zingyer so that it sounds cool...

as long as it isnt hurting my bass

 

[prickly_pete]

it doesnt, its just that i can slap and pop the D and G just fine, and get about the same amount of zing as i was getting before i did the setup. its just that i cant get the same power out of the G and A strings? ste steel just makes it a bit more zingyer so that it sounds cool...

as long as it isnt hurting my bass

Well, that makes since; its all about the tone. Sounds expensive, though -- two sets for one bass. What about just going all steel from the same set? I used to really like the Ken Smith taper core steel strings; I'm not sure who actually makes them, but they are really bright and sound great for slapping.

 

[Franky]

Well, that makes since; its all about the tone. Sounds expensive, though -- two sets for one bass. What about just going all steel from the same set? I used to really like the Ken Smith taper core steel strings; I'm not sure who actually makes them, but they are really bright and sound great for slapping.

my teacher uses steels and he changes strings every month, so im just gonna be a vulture and get his old ones. i personally hate new strings, way too twangy