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[quote name='bass_ferret' post='46422' date='Aug 16 2007, 05:39 AM']I think the OP wanted something less "zingy" or my understanding of english needs improving. So the Funkmasters are just light guage swing bass then?[/quote] i stand corrected. an ADD moment...yes, a lighter swing bass. coated strings will give you less "zing", but sounds like a ground round might fit the bill.

[quote name='skelf' post='46175' date='Aug 15 2007, 10:29 PM']I was beginning to think the same thing. Alan[/quote] thank you alan, for making available a most wondrous pre

that's what i did to my '72...may god rest it's soul...

thanks! i feel very much at home

[quote name='Cygnus x-1' post='45941' date='Aug 15 2007, 09:25 AM']...long live Rush...........cygnus x-1 [/quote] [quote]On all of his basses, Lee uses [color="#FF0000"]Rotosound Funkmaster[/color] round-wound strings.[/quote] [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geddy_Lee"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geddy_Lee[/url]

after playing for 10 (fretted), i took 20 off. then i saw a 'wick fretless, by complete accident, whilst rummaging the web last year. after wasting years as a closet frettless/upright lover, i'm lovin' the naked fingerboard! i love the physical of "slab", and the sound of the urb. that's me

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='46158' date='Aug 15 2007, 05:35 PM']Roto halfs are...[/quote] the OP wanted something "zingy", so as to half-wounds/grounds...to each their own, i guess. you will definitely get more "mwah" from the rounds. with a light set, more so

[url="http://www.music123.com/Rotosound-FM66-Funk-Master-Bass-Strings-102824-i1122927.Music123"]http://www.music123.com/Rotosound-FM66-Fun...122927.Music123[/url] [quote]Rotosound FM66 Funk Master Bass Strings Gauges: 30-50-70-90. Long scale. These light gauge sets became the funk and fusion choice of the '80s, made popular by such notables as Stanley Clarke and Mark King. Rotosound makes the world's most famous and highest-quality roundwound electric bass strings.[/quote]

i've been using roto funkmasters for a year now w/o any issues. they are my favorite string. i've tried several other makes, but these just seem to sing, hold up longer, and are somewhat inexpensive. they allow a lighter gauge without losing the desired tension, which has helped me improve my technique, yet still retain a solid feel when comping. this is with an ebony fingerboard.

a link from daf has guided me here. i reside stateside, had played for many years, and have spent even more not. until i realized i loved the instrument, and had spent most of my playing years as a fretless player trapped inside a fretted's body . i'm happy to admit i'm fretless and proud

hey daf, i'm putting the acguitars pre and the q-tuners back in, as i need a bit more "aggressiveness" in the mid department to compliment the piezos. nice review, m8