bright clangy bass sound !?

[zawinul]

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They are both pretty bright but you'd probably want the steel ones. I've no idea what the difference is between the standard steels and the Marcus version though! They are very low tension however, I put a set on the same as my usual gauge and found I needed to change the setup quite a bit.
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I want high tension strings amy recommendations for bright high tension strings please?

[Painy]

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I want high tension strings amy recommendations for bright high tension strings please?
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D'Addario ProSteels. I find they stay bright for a good while too.

[Riffmunster]

Steel roundwound strings and a pre amp definitely help

[paul_5]

Another vote for Pro Steels. Try lowering your action too for extra clang!

[bassmachine2112]

Hiho.Dunlop super bright steels,BDI21 RECORD straight from preamp or into amp and use DI from amp or Mic Cab.

I find getting pups up nice high helps but not to high.

[dudewheresmybass]

For this kind of tone I use a passive bass w roto swing bass, a very heavy right hand, a combination of an ehx bass soul food, an orange burst by caline, a mid boosted eq, and a loud rig with lots of 10" speakers

[chrismuzz]

Passive bass, preferably with single coils, steel roundwounds, low action, and a decent drive pedal. Sansamp will do the job easily enough!

Edited February 12, 2018 by chrismuzz

[Lozz196]

2 hours ago, dudewheresmybass said:

For this kind of tone I use a passive bass w roto swing bass, a very heavy right hand, a combination of an ehx bass soul food, an orange burst by caline, a mid boosted eq, and a loud rig with lots of 10" speakers

 

14 minutes ago, chrismuzz said:

Passive bass, preferably with single coils, steel roundwounds, low action, and a decent drive pedal. Sansamp will do the job easily enough!

Combination of the above, Precision, Roto Steel Rounds, Sansamp, 410 (& 210 if needed).

[King Tut]

Turn the high mids up on your amp

[EBS_freak]

Ahem.

February. TWO THOUSAND AND SEVENTEEN.

Hell of a thread revival for your first post...

[acidbass]

Precision Bass

New Roundwounds

Sansamp

10" Speakers

Done

[4000]

I find the Dunlops less 'clangy' than Rotos, which are my choice. TBH, I can get a clangy sound out of pretty much anything, playing with fingers or pick (and I play pretty gently), and I don't even use tweeters. I struggle to get the opposite! I do have very low action and a straight neck though.

[Defo]

Old school Trace will deliver but heavy heavy 

[EBS_freak]

FFS people.

[ped]

What's wrong with reviving an old thread?

[EBS_freak]

10 minutes ago, ped said:

What's wrong with reviving an old thread?

Good point. Whatever strings he put on a year ago are probably dull as dishwater by now.

[Raggy]

On 2/4/2017 at 22:27, zawinul said:

 they can sound 'raggy'...

 

 

 

[ped]

27 minutes ago, EBS_freak said:

Good point. Whatever strings he put on a year ago are probably dull as dishwater by now.

Unless they’re Elixirs

[EBS_freak]

Just now, ped said:

Unless they’re Elixirs

In which case, they were always sh**.

[chrismuzz]

I've had Elixirs on my main basses since 2017 and theyre still bright and clangy. I'm gonna find a few older posts and mention it in there too.