Dread Bass Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 (edited) Had a set of these on my 7 string bass for a few weeks now and i must say they are excellent strings. I was looking for bright, punchy and clear and they deliver perfectly. I tune my bass: EBEADGC so its tuned an octave slow a normal E so finding strings is challenging. For anyone who is not aware these are handmade strings made in the Midlands. There is a wait for custom strings but they are available from Strings Direct. The idea of having something wound for my needs really appealed to me. I must say the strings really complement both my playing style and my gear (Aguilar amps and cabs, ACG custom basses). The strings have a good tension and great harmonic content, I am able to get a full spectrum of tones from them. The staff are very helpful and extremely knowledgeable. They were able to wind my low string a .175 with no issues. I was using D'addario strings but I will now be using Newtone on all my basses. Check them out here: [url="http://newtonestrings.com/bass_page.htm"]http://newtonestring...m/bass_page.htm[/url] Edited June 20, 2014 by Dread Bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Good call I really like these strings. I got them to make me a custom stainless steel set and they lasted a really long time! Customer service is perfect too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Yes good call! You'll find me on their links page I think! They wound the original custom strings for my 7 string too when I took delivery from Jon Shuker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I have a custom heavy set on my 6 string. They took ages to come, although no longer than quoted. Anyway, when I got them the high C snapped straight away. I emailed them about it and they were dead nice and sent me a new one within a couple of days - well impressed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 what is the deal with those Platinum series strings? Would I be right in assuming that they are basically wound to have the played-in sound straight away? Or is there some other magic going on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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