ficelles Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 After much deliberation on strings for my tatty old DB I decided on a set of Super Silvers and they finally arrived on Saturday... so they are now fitted and bridge adjusted (nut had been widened for gut/nylon strings long ago) and I've been playing them in most of the weekend. So first impressions, they are a very bright silver! A bit garish after the Spirocores. But they sound superb and have just the tone I was after. Very rootsy. All the previous wolf tones and buzzes have gone (I think maybe my old student DB is just too battle-weary for high tension strings). The output over the lower register is so much more even and no longer boomy on certain notes - open E used to generate a horrible vibration from the bass bar and D used to make the whole bass sound like it was about to explode. All sounding good right? The lower tension seems to have cured the instrument's problems and they sound great. Unfortunately they are not nice to play. They feel rough and the friction affects my intonation. I loved the slippery feel of the Spirocores and my intonation was pretty good (even though I say it myself). The Super Silvers are less hard work in terms of tension but far more demanding in other ways. Maybe this just means I need to improve technique, maybe be more strict about positions etc, but anyway they haven't been quite the total solution I was hoping for. That said, I'm for sure not going back to higher tension on that DB so they are there to stay for now... Any other Super Silver users who can comment? ficelles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daflewis Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Hi Ficelles, Interesting comments; I'm doing some some work for Innovation and these comments are of real interest to me - though I've not had anyone else mention roughness in the silver slaps... I wonder, would you mind filling out the survey that I've written? I'd be interested to know any other thoughts you've had about both the Innovation and any other strings that you've used.... (and that, of course goes for anyone else too!) - just click the link in my signature. Thanks! Daf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Do they have the same sort of surface as the Silver Slaps? Because I find those to be quite coarse-feeling too. It's a weird thing to get used to after steel strings - feels like playing rope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ficelles Posted September 19, 2011 Author Share Posted September 19, 2011 [quote name='daflewis' timestamp='1316425620' post='1377757'] Interesting comments; I'm doing some some work for Innovation and these comments are of real interest to me - though I've not had anyone else mention roughness in the silver slaps... I wonder, would you mind filling out the survey that I've written? I'd be interested to know any other thoughts you've had about both the Innovation and any other strings that you've used.... (and that, of course goes for anyone else too!) - just click the link in my signature. [/quote] I've done your survey! Limited my response to the 2 current DBs I am afraid but hope it's of use ficelles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daflewis Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Hi Ficelles, Thank you! the 2 dbs are great - i don't want people to feel it's a chore or they won't want to do it! The NS designs "contemporary", are they the ones that come with the NS EUBs? and sorry - i mentioned silver slaps not super silvers.... I wonder if the supers will smooth off with playing? or maybe if you have any fast fret around you could try a bit of that... Thisnameistaken, i don't know if the coating is the same - but i'll find out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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