Roundwounds with a darker tone.

[BrunoBass]

I’ve played Ernie Ball Slinkys for years and have always been happy with them. More recently I’ve found myself favouring a darker tone than the brightness of the Slinkys. I’ve tried flats and whilst I loved them they weren’t right for my band, I need the bite of a round, just less twang. Obviously I can darken the tone with EQ, but then I feel like I’m losing something of the character of the string.

In an attempt to avoid costly experiments, what are your recommendations? 

[hooky_lowdown]

Pure nickels, pressurewounds or half rounds may be your best bet. 

I was in a similar boat, hate bright rounds, love flats, but wanted something darker with some bite, and settled on D'Addario half rounds, they have a 'tacky' coating which is strange at first, but once the coating wears off they sound really nice. 😎

[BrunoBass]

2 hours ago, hooky_lowdown said:

Pure nickels, pressurewounds or half rounds may be your best bet. 

I was in a similar boat, hate bright rounds, love flats, but wanted something darker with some bite, and settled on D'Addario half rounds, they have a 'tacky' coating which is strange at first, but once the coating wears off they sound really nice. 😎

Thank you, I’ll investigate 👍🏻