Nickel pressurewound 5 string sets, what's out there?

[franzbassist]

Any suggestions?  Ideally long and extra long scale.

 

[BreadBin]

https://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/strings-c1/string-sets-c865/bass-guitar-c34/daddario-m3#t945:t988:t933

 

Only long scale available though

[PaulThePlug]

Roto 55's... but Stainless

https://www.rotosound.com/product/rs555ld/

Mo RIP: https://www.rotosound.com/product/rs555ld/

 

[franzbassist]

Thanks, but those are half rounds, rather than pressure wounds.  I want to avoid the "grabbiness" of half rounds.

 

 

[franzbassist]

2 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said:

Roto 55's... but Stainless

https://www.rotosound.com/product/rs555ld/

Mo RIP: https://www.rotosound.com/product/rs555ld/

 

 

Thanks, but not a fan of stainless steel strings.

[PaulThePlug]

The 55's are Blah Blah-ed as... a 'Squashed Swing'...

The original pressure wound stainless steel bass string designed in the mid-1970s. Similar to our Swing Bass 66 strings but with a smoother feel.

[PaulThePlug]

The Roto's are squashed with a funny hand held tool or mandrel thing...

Try dropping Roto a message, see if they can Custom-Squish a set of Roto Nickels for you? Demo Trial set!

[Supernaut]

GHS Pressurewounds and SIT Silencers. 

[Hellzero]

And Alembic strings, which as opposed to what might be read are not GHS Pressurewound strings as they are smoother to the touch with more brightness in the tone. 

 

That said, they are not that easy to find, are quite expensive ... and tend to rust quite quickly (that's nickel).

 

https://www.rocketmusicshop.com/products/alembic-cx-3-45lb-5-string-bass-strings

Edited July 7, 2023 by Hellzero

[bass_dinger]

On 07/07/2023 at 13:52, Supernaut said:

GHS Pressurewounds and SIT Silencers. 

I have a set of SIT strings on my bass, not sure which type, but I rather like them.  

 

Smoother feel and sound than the Dunlop steels that I have previously used, and a rich deep sound 

[fretmeister]

I was not impressed by the GHS Pressurewound B string. The others were very nice, but the B was bloody awful.