D'addario Balanced Tension sets

[TRBboy]

Spotted these recently, and it seems to make perfect sense, in fact I don't know why string sets haven't always been put together following this logic!

http://www.daddario.com/balanced_tension.page

Has anyone tried them yet? Is there actually a noticeable difference to a normal D'addario set?

There's no 5 string sets at the moment, but at £16.00 a set from stringbusters you could put a single B string with them and the whole set would only come in at £24.00, so not too bad.

Thoughts?

[discreet]

I think there was a thread about these recently... hang on...

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/197240-daddario-balanced-tension-strings/page__hl__d"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/197240-daddario-balanced-tension-strings/page__hl__d[/url]

[TRBboy]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1363723799' post='2016651']
I think there was a thread about these recently... hang on...

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/197240-daddario-balanced-tension-strings/page__hl__d"]http://basschat.co.u...ngs/page__hl__d[/url]
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Ah yes, so I see...... Apologies everybody!

[Dood]

Did you see the Blog competition for Balanced Sets? - The closing date has passed now, but we'll have three reviews coming up from the lucky string winners soon!


http://blog.basschat.co.uk/competition-daddario-introduce-new-balanced-tension-sets-for-guitar-and-bass/

[Machines]

Soonish

[Dood]

I;ve posted about the review competition here:

http://basschat.co.uk/topic/202180-basschat-blog-competition-time-again-win-strings/page__p__2008288__hl__d'addario%20competition__fromsearch__1#entry2008288

I also have a connection now with the D'Addario tech team, so if you have any questions about the BT gauges, I can formulate a message to them and ask for us at BassChat!

[iiipopes]

Going back to the OP -- why haven't sets been made like this before? Answer -- arc of the fingerboard over a flat topped pickup. The D and A strings were made larger so that, being ever so slightly farther away from the pickup pole pieces, they would need more mass to induce a signal of similar strength as the G and E strings being closer to the pickup, to maintain tonal balance. Now, pickups are made with arced pole pieces, and, of course, a P-bass pickup is completely adjustable, so now the string sets can be made for feel as well as tone.