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TweetyNick · Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 5:04 am Post subject:

Precut? What do you mean? (Does that question sound stupid? I understand the words, but I want to make sure that I have the right picture in my head.)

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gibson_thunder · Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2003 5:19 pm Post subject:

I put spare sets on the bass & stretch em & trim em, then put em in yer case or gig bag or pocket or keister Shocked

or wherever-- that way you dont have to hold up a show when ya pop a string on stage & you need em...quick... Cool

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Joe90bass · Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2003 1:09 am Post subject:

How often do you snap bass strings? Confused

In 11 years of playing I've only ever snapped a string once, that was in the early days when I really was hammering the bass!

bassman80189 · Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2003 2:48 pm Post subject:

I personally have never broken a bass string, even with intense slap/pop playing, but I change my strings every 4 months anyway.

GreyFox · Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 3:53 pm Post subject:

i have broken one and they were old strings that came on the bass (crap) and it hit me in the arm and i still have a little bit of a mark.
- i do precut my strings and put them in my gigbag because i dont carry dykes (wonder if it will censor that lol) that way if i pop a string at a practice or a gig whatever it may be i can replace it but like i said i have never broke one other than that once and i was practicing alone so there was no time problem.
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supermau · Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2003 8:59 am Post subject:

I keep a backup bass on hand instead of precut strings. I'm sure most every gigging player does this. In the four years I've been playing bass I've only popped a string twice that I can remember. I've blown many a guitar string however, especially since I took up bass. I play guitar harder now because of my bass playing.

gibson_thunder · Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2003 11:33 am Post subject:

I dont use a backup for each bass, but I do take my EB-0, EB-3 & a p-bass for certain songs,depending on style...SIT pressurewounds on the EB-0, flats on the EB-3 & usually GHS boomers on the P...though I am experimenting with Ernie Balls....
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Dolphinbass · Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2003 8:14 am Post subject:

supermau · Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2003 8:52 am Post subject:

Sounds like a good idea. If I toured more maybe I'd try that. I can't say I've ever been in a situation where I really needed to get my string fixed that fast though.

scorpionldr · Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 11:20 am Post subject:

lol, i only broke a string once, and that was a D string off a *Poop* fender set on my squire. since then i got a fender p-deluxe and i get the heaviest guage strings i can handle so they won't EVER break. EARNI BALL POWER SLINKYS BABY.......110- 55

toxicdirt9 · Newbie Alert Joined: 16 Sep 2003 Posts: 3

precut? nah. i just let the extra hang out long when i need to put on a new one. that way i look like Tom Morello, 'cept on bass Very Happy

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Neil Gray · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 8:25 pm Post subject: strings...

I have found that in recent months, I have been breaking a lot of A strings. I think it may have something to do with my bass, though. Pre-cutting strings seems like a strange pass-time to me, but I have had to do it in recent times because of this *Holy Censor, Batman* A string issue! I don't like the idea of putting a weaker string on from the outset, especially when I'm paying $95 - $120 (Australian) for them! I don't think you can argue the point that the strings are weaker after they are cut, and the brand I normally use come in some new space age non-oxidising, zero tarnish packaging. Pre-cutting is something I don't intend to do for long!
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Theta · Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 4:53 am Post subject:

What strings are they Niel:?:

Neil Gray · Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2003 9:35 pm Post subject: Strings...

Dean Markley "Blue Steel" 45 - 100 or 40 - 95. I like a lighter gauge, though I pay for it in breakages!!!
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