Lowwwww bass tuning… which strings?

[woodyratm]

Hey guys.

looking for a smidgen of advise 😊

 

I’m going to be recording our latest EP soon, my basses are normally setup for CGCF. The newer songs are A# and G#. Live I’m using the drop feature on my QC to hit these notes. Which works fine.

 

But for recording, I want the bass in the right tuning. So I’m considering using one of my status 4 strings for the A# tuning and the 5 string Status Stealth for the G#. Unless anyone has a status 5 string that I could borrow and tune to the A# ha.

 

What sort of string gauge would potentially be alright?  Both basses are 34 inch scale. The stealth has .130s I think and can hit the G# but not sure if a 135+ may give a better feeling. 
 

I’m considering using the headless S2 4, and the stealth is also headless. So maybe double ball preferred.

[Hellzero]

0.145 at the strict minimum for an useable G#.

[Doctor J]

One of these for your low string

 

https://www.amazon.de/-/en/dp/B000OR75QQ?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

 

and these for the others

 

https://www.amazon.de/-/en/dp/B00AQBT3GK?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

 

Then hit it hard 😉

[woodyratm]

6 minutes ago, Doctor J said:

One of these for your low string

 

https://www.amazon.de/-/en/dp/B000OR75QQ?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

 

and these for the others

 

https://www.amazon.de/-/en/dp/B00AQBT3GK?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

 

Then hit it hard 😉

For the G# aye? Thankfully battering the string is what I do 😂