Obnoxiously bright bass

[iamtak]

I'd like some suggestions on obnoxiously bright bass strings.  I'd like to make my bass offensively piano-bright. If anyone has any other parts suggestions for achieving an unreasonably, chiming bright tone, i'd love to hear them... a different bridge perhaps? I have a gotoh 201 on there at the moment.

 

[whyachi]

I threw away a set of Warwick Red Labels because I couldn't get used to playing with welding goggles on. Stainless roundwounds, you better bring shades. Warwick says "brilliant," I say "f-ing bright as hell."

 

[-CB-]

Fender Original 7150's, pure nickel, very even flavored.  Much less brilliant than NPS... and not even close to stainless.  There is a Roto pure nickel wrap too, but its a rare find, even online.

 

[whyachi]

I'd like some suggestions on obnoxiously bright bass strings.  I'd like to make my bass offensively piano-bright. If anyone has any other parts suggestions for achieving an unreasonably, chiming bright tone, i'd love to hear them... a different bridge perhaps? I have a gotoh 201 on there at the moment.

Fender Original 7150's, pure nickel, very even flavored.  Much less brilliant than NPS... and not even close to stainless.  There is a Roto pure nickel wrap too, but its a rare find, even online.

I think he was looking, specifically, to get brighter, not to tone it down. Which seems odd to me, but maybe he knows something I don't. I'm with you on nickel though, playing some coated EBMM Regular Slinky's right now because it is a pain to find flats and they're delicious. The coating makes them sound broken in fresh out of the packaging.

 

[-CB-]

Ha my bad.....

Stainless strings.  Hard on frets, bright to cut glass.

Generally, dialing the mids way low too, will give punch yet crisp.

 

[tubby.twins]

D'Addario ProSteels are very bright, and have an almost painful edge to the midrange.

 

[whyachi]

I forgot to mention you can get Red Labels free if you find anyone who's purchased a Warwick Rockbass recently. Trust me, they'll be willing to give them up.

 

[iamtak]

Thanks for the fast replies!

Sounds like I need to get my hands on a set of stainless strings. I love the hatred for the red labels, pretty funny stuff.

Don't worry, I get a wonderful, rich tone from my Warmoth. I'm just looking for a particular sound for recording purposes.

 

[tfarny]

Unplug your tone pot entirely and severe scoop to the mids.

 

[stubhead]

I was going to say the same thing, even wire it straight through to the jack if you can do without a volume control. Every pot & capacitor in the chain mellows it. Another huge factor is speakers - the modern bass style involving harmonics and slapping requires the use of high-frequency horns or tweeters along with the bass speakers, so it may be that your bass is putting out enough bite but your amp/speakers aren't transmitting it.

 

[bpmorton777]

you could also try out Rotosound PSD 99 bass strings (Piano String design). supposed to be very bright and punchy.

Brian

 

[BobR55]

Or try a 500k volume pot. :headbang: