string gauges

[Bobo_Grimmer]

Hello everyone,
This may be a bit of a 'dumb blond' moment i'm having so bear (rawr) with me...
I've just recently picked up my 5-er again and for the first time since i've owned it i'm finally really really liking how it plays. At the moment i'm running 45-65-85-105-135 and they sound really nice with a low rumble but with good deffinition and a chimmy top end.... droool. I'm thinking of going up a gauge, but here's where i feel a bit blond, is that going to give me a deeper, richer and fuller bass tone? That is what i'm after you see. I'm just wondering if it will have an effect on that side of my bass's sound. Oh and how much larger shall i go? I'm thinking i'd like a thicker string...

Any thought, suggestion would be most awesome

thank you

Shawn

[Vibrating G String]

I believe the tighter the string the more sparkly the overtones. Shorter floppier strings are known for their tubby or boomy tone which basically means less overtones and more fundamental. Currently I'm running 40-60-80-100-120 and I get fat full tones as long as I don't play too hard. When I play a B as big as a 135 I find it hard to get a good tone out of it.

Edited August 30, 2010 by Vibrating G String

[Bobo_Grimmer]

[quote name='Vibrating G String' post='939851' date='Aug 30 2010, 11:18 AM']I believe the tighter the string the more sparkly the overtones. Shorter floppier strings are known for their tubby or boomy tone which basically means less overtones and more fundamental. Currently I'm running 40-60-80-100-120 and I get fat full tones as long as I don't play too hard. When I play a B as big as a 135 I find it hard to get a good tone out of it.[/quote]


Hum... interesting. thank you

[Vibrating G String]

I believe Geddy Lee used 30-90 for a while. He seemed to get a beefy tone out of them.