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So, I have checked for twisted string, checked pickup heights etc, I thought maybe the string would settle down and the overtones would go but 2 days later they were still there, Google search reveals that this is a common occurrence with the short and medium scale Rotosounds, put a cut down set of long scale Rotosounds on and bam, immediate improvement

Now should I contact Rotosound about this? It sounds like it is there product rather than a bad string, I feel slightly uncomfortable about contacting a manufacturer and telling them there product sucks but I kind of feel like they need to know, not that I imagine they will redesign this string that they have been selling for years.

Thanks, I will check that, have just done a search and found a couple references to out of tune overtones in the short scale Rotosound strings so seems it may be a common thing with these strings

Yeah, when I used flats it was always TI's that I would use, less strain on the hands and I do think that tonally a less stuff string has a clearer tone, these are a bit lower tension than TI's but they feel about the same in terms of flexibility. 

I tried Labella 760fl once which is meant to be there light gauge and I took them off on the same day because they were just too stiff

Yowsers, is bad enough with most Seymour Duncans but the antiquities cost twice as much, you would expect more for the cost

@PaulThePlugI have been tempted by the EHX as it looks like a well made, solid piece of kit but the lack of an aux in has stopped me from getting one

Yeah I dont think the Prosteels would work for me regardless of breaking in period, I thought I would give them a try rather than my usual Rotosounds and they seemed to suck all the life out of my tone, way too sterile and polite, when I put the Rotos back on I was amazed how much better they sounded

I haven't tried that many steel strings but Rotos have good mids, Prosteels I found to be very lacking in mids, and this is in a bass with a very midrange heavy pickup

Thanks, i wanted to stock to around £50ish, ended up ordering an Entwistle PBXN pickup

And the strangest thing has happened, came back to my bass a couple hours later and the strings sound better, brighter, clearer, punchier....odd

I know, when I get a new bass I usually play it for a few minutes first, check how the action is and then change the strings and work on the setup but that bass as soon as I got it the first thing I did was take the strings off straightaway and clean and disinfect the bass.  The thing that really took the p!ss is that the previous owner described it an "as new" condition

You think that's bad you should see my thread about my Harley Benton jb-75, the crud that was on that was disgusting

Wow, that is a beauty, what does the switch do?

Bargain, i'm envious, would love to see a nbd thread on this one

It would be rude not to

Is sorted now, turns out it was a 2 way truss rod and not a 1 way so my error

And it's a lemon, ffs, I should have bought new

Ahh ok, the split p has blades and the model p has the adjustable pole pieces

Thanks, I think a compressor is probably a big part of that sound, it is pretty middy but there is a good amount of punch to the notes

Anyway,  I had a phone call from the drummer yesterday saying that the guitarist had phoned him and was ranting about it, the other guitarist is now saying that he has now admitted he was told about the gig but now claims that this was all part of a plan to steal the gig from him, on Saturday I was like omg this is awful and now I am just sick of hearing about it and am thinking that this situation is just pathetic and sad now

@prowla I think part of the issue was that the guitarist who was whizzed about it felt like we had stolen the gig from the rest of the band, also probably doesn't help that he is friendly with the people we did the gig for, I am guessing there is a bit of wounded pride/ego going on there

No, between 2 guitarists, in a nutshell I did an accoustic gig at the weekend with one of the guitarists, we had universally agreed that as a whole band we were not ready. 

Anyway one of the guitarists offered me the gig with me and him as he was confident we could do it, I accepted aIs had been told the other guitarist had been told about this and was fine with it.

We did the gig and it went down very well, anyway the next day I get an irate phone call from the other guitarist demanding to know why we had apparently gone behind his back and done the gig and he has only found out from other people, I genuinely thought he knew about it and had even been told he was coming to watch the gig.

Anyway after discussing it seems to be a miscommunication but the 2 of them but they don't seem to be communicating

Now stuck with the unenviable role of trying to get the 2 guitarists to talk and sort out what happened

My baby fits me like a flesh tuxedo, I like to sink her with my pink torpedo.   - Spinal Tap

Was the XL's, I assume you are talking about the feel of the strings when you say springy, if so then yes the NYXL's feel tighter

I suppose seeing how tough things were back then at least there was something good about that era

Haha , Maybe they are, I bashed it against a plywood table and it was hard enough that I checked my bass afterwards but light enough that I honestly didn't expect to find anything