Thank you for the video, but it seems to me that it would be more useful from a practical point of view to compare strings of different series from one manufacturer with one gauge.
I just switched from 45-105 Fenders to 45-100 Super Slinkies on my Stingray and the bass has sprung to life like never before. Lighter gauge lets you raise the pickup up higher without getting magnet warble above the 12th fret. Should have done this ages ago - it sounds like a Stingray again!
I've spent years playing standard gauge and now I've switched to a lighter gauge and it feels so much better, It has also forced me into playing with a lighter touch which has improved my technique.
Same. I prefer the sound of thicker strings, but my tiny fingers just can't handle it and I make mistakes. I'd rather play cleanly with slightly less tone than killer thick tone riddled with mistakes 🤣 how the instrument feels in your hands is the most important thing.
That is probably the most impressive blindfold challenge that I have ever seen. Cici has not only amazing ears but also the way she describes sound is not something I could do. 🤯
I don’t play bass but thought this would be a fun video given the presenters and definitely wasn't disappointed! Amazing work to guess all the gauges correctly!
I got them all, though I am actually blind which helps, and probably easier with the bass recorded than the sound of the amp in the room. Prefer the 100s for an all-round sound.
Helpful because bass strings are so expensive and last so long, we can't be changing every few weeks to try things out. I'm interested, though, in the sonic differences between steel and nickel wire, round and hex core.
I genuinely don't know of a single bassist who plays Ernie Ball. And personally I'd never be caught dead with them. EB's gauges are also weird AF. So used to 45-105. Or rather 45-65-85-105-130 as 5 strings are my weapons of choice. All that bitching aside.... Well done Cici and Dave on a fun little video and quite fine playing.
The past couple of years I've been playing StringJoy 30-40-60-80-100-130 (or 125) based on feel preference, but I seriously doubt I could guess gauge based solely on sound, especially with someone else playing. I may get a string or two correct, but definitely not 100% correct like CiCi did
Got 110's on my Rick, dual truss rod.. probably the only bass I have I trust to bare the tension of these, monster sound! but a real pig to play for more than a few songs but my J and P's are all 100 .. middle road, versatile neither too skinny or too thin, nor too phat or too weedy
Haha!! Of course it's John, just cos!! Brilliant seeing how Cici picks out the nuances of each set, Amazing!! How the hell you get those right? Cracked me up that has. Well done Cici, amazing hearing.
Blimey, I made that John blindfold so long ago, I forgot I'd made it. It was ages before Digital John appeared on our screen and I've only just made the connection. I don't think it's ever been seen has it? Do these 2 need their own blindfolds?
That intro was such a let down ha. Anyway, my go to set are 105 - 50. They are a nice blend of lightness and warmth. I do sometimes picking 105-45 string if available on certain basses. Can't say no to a set of 110 tho, beefy low-end with that warmth. Does give you a work out playing them for sure. Cici nailed the blindfold test very impressed. You can easily tell the lightest from the heaviest. The hardest ones I think are the middle two because they are very similar.
I run hybrid 100-50 on my old Peavey Fury! Single bar pickup with 1 volume 1 tone, gives it a lively low end while maintaining some punch with the higher tones 🙂 seems to sit better in a mix as well, while still vibrating the the drummers snare chain on our kit with a good low Bb! 😆
Wow, see sound and picked them all out. Doesn't hurt to be a talented bass player either. Heard sounds from a bass I have never heard before, or knew could be done, and it sounded great. Now do the same with guitar strings. Think that would be a little more difficult.
I'm not picky when it comes to strings. My takeaway: I'm in the market for PJ bass and boy, a P7 sounds great. I'm about ready to pull that trigger now (or a P8 if I can justify the price difference to myself)
Surely seeing sound when you're blindfolded is a level of cheating we don't normally 'see' ... Still blown away and in awe of the skills non the less. Thanks for the laughs all
Hahaha true! In my defence it’s not necessarily a reliable way to tell string gauges, as I still need to actually be able to hear the difference in order to see it (if that makes sense 🤣)
@@CiciVonStrangelove Without question just another level of skills in your set. But I hear you... I can tell when stereo speakers are wired incorrectly but the sound has to speak correctly or rather 'incorrectly' to me, if that makes sense...
When I saw the title, I thought it was going to be different string makes (but same guage). For the record, Rotosound RS66LD (which are 45-65-80-105) can't be beaten - you guys should do a shootout with them.
The bass itself is also an important factor here. For my Rickenbackers for example, playing half a step down to E Flat, I use 40-90 Rotosounds because they just sound the best on those basses. The low end sounds much tighter with the thinner strings, more present and fatter. Going with 100 or more on the low E just gets too muddy. For a Fender or a fat active bass, that would probably not be viable though.
She's such a star! I'm old enough to know that one should just agree with an intelligent woman. Oh, plus those are the exact strings that I play and they perfect.
strange that you call the set based on thickest string, we use to call it based on thinnest one in czech :D ..also for guitar string s we call it 9, 10 ..13 .. etc
