CamdenRob Posted July 20, 2015 Posted July 20, 2015 (edited) Anyone else tried these? I bought a set of yellow ones for my Schecter C7. They look great but sound absolutely crap, dead and muffled from the off.. Are they all like this or did I just get a duff set? They are comming off tonight, I can't possibly use them in public they sound terrible. Edited July 20, 2015 by CamdenRob
Beer of the Bass Posted July 20, 2015 Posted July 20, 2015 A guitarist I played with tried an orange set and came to the same conclusion. They sounded like old, dead strings right out of the packet.
CamdenRob Posted July 20, 2015 Author Posted July 20, 2015 [quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1437415328' post='2825824'] A guitarist I played with tried an orange set and came to the same conclusion. They sounded like old, dead strings right out of the packet. [/quote] Yeah they are truly awful, the b string sounds like a rubber band.
Mr Arkadin Posted July 21, 2015 Posted July 21, 2015 So their only real use is when you make your pop video I guess.
Oopsdabassist Posted July 21, 2015 Posted July 21, 2015 Or, if you are like me and love the sound of dead strings, I've had a set of greens on for about 4 years now and I think they are great! The coating is only now starting to flake off where I use a pick and around some frets. Expensive, but in my case well worth it.
Ancient Mariner Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 I have a set of blacks on my (all black, ebony FB) Godin xtSA. Bought for the looks and hoped longevity, they do work OK in synth cntrol mode, but can sound distinctly plunky on the bottom E and A strings. I couldn't recommend them for standard electric use, but they're fine with synth and don't sound any worse than any other acoustic guitar when using the piezo in the bridge.
CamdenRob Posted July 22, 2015 Author Posted July 22, 2015 (edited) Mine have been consigned to the bin and replaced with my usual elixirs... I had a set of red ones on bass before and they were fine, actually sounded quite bright and lasted a fair while and to be honest, I could have lived with the E-E on the yellow guitar set but the Low B was horrendous... I should have made a video of it just to demonstrate how bad it actually was. Edited July 22, 2015 by CamdenRob
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