Joachim

Ok so, the intention is nice, but I think you're missing many, many, many aspects of the string making. 1- does fatter strings requires more tension to resonate etc... : no, it is not as black and white as it may be. GHS released some years ago a pdf explaining what influences tension and tone, in fact B and E strings are way more flexible than the other strings, and the A and D strings are the stiffer, generally speaking (by saying generally speaking I'm just saying that after decades of trying strings, praticing, gigging, educating bass students, and also comparing the tension charts of the manufacturers). It depends on material used cos' the weight of the string has an impact on its tension too, elasticity, sustain, ... some says they get fatter tones with flexible stainless strings for example, some will say "ear James Jamerson and his P/labella flats legendary tone"... a tone that was also tailored by a comperssor, a tube amp, a 15" cab... not all the time cos' it was mainly directly plugged in a console. 2- fatter strings = more harmonics: again no, cos' it depends on human perception, theory says "human pitch perception is between 20 and 20,000 Hz", but we all know that we bassists struggle to transcribe basslines easily, right ? it is way easier to transcribe a trumpet solo for example, because our perception, our ears are designed to hear in the high mids, high range. That's always the same misconception that we all read about amps and cabs: the lower a cab can go, the better it is, missing the harmonics suite fact a sound = it's fundamental + 1st harmonic that doubles the fundamental rate the octave so, then the fifth, then again the 2nd octave higher, then the third etc... for a C1 it gives this C1 C2 G2 C3 E3 and on and on This is why we'll never see amps and cabs going down past 40Hz, because that wouldn't make any sense, that would not be ... musical. The B0 is rated 30.87 Hz @ A440 tuning, so it's impossible to hear its fundamental on 99% of amps and cabs on the planet, some will probably say "yeah but the lower the fundamental is, the more the harmonics you'll get in the harmonics suite" nope because, again: human perception. Some tunes their instrument @ F#0 for example 23.21 Hz, 2nd harmonic F#1 46.24 so, then 3rd harrmonic the fifth C# 2 69.30 etc... it will be even complicated to hear the octave fundamental @ 46.24... So, in theory, using maths: yes there are more harmonics with lower fundamentals, but in practice our brain will interpret high mids pitches as fuller harmonics (Jaco Pastorius and his use of true harmonics, mainly on the D and G strings for instance). So as many said here on this thread, the "use your ears", and I would tell you also "use your fingers" thing is the way to go. Feelings, nothing more than feelings... haaa haaa haaa What were the strings used ? brand, material, weight, etc... did you do comparisons between materials, brands, etc.... The GHS pdf here http://www.ghsrep.net/uploads/2/2/2/5/22258814/ghs_bass_string_guide.pdf