Comparing 8 Different Bass String Brands! Which Is The BEST??
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00:00 – Intro
02:47 – Pick w/Neural DSP VST
04:23 – Pick w/direct audio
06:00 – Finger style w/Neural DSP VST
07:19 – Finger style w/direct audio
08:39 – Slap w/Neural DSP VST
10:00 – Slap w/direct audio
11:18 – Conclusion
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Nice work!
pick players: what strings are the best in your opinion?
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Great shoot out. I was surprised at the Ernie Balls, Fender and the Cleartones. Also, some strings sound not so good finger style but really good slapping and vise versa. I usually use the D’addarios. They sound kind of average all the way around. I may have to try some other brands. Thanks.
Thomastik infelds, DR-Strings and Labellas are the holy trinity
Fender!
Fender and Dunlop sounded the worst.
Thought EB and Rotosound were the best
Thank you for this great comparison. I think the next set of strings I'll choose will be the Dunlop nickel. I hope the lifespan of these strings is long.
I'm using elixir set for a while now, these are great but expensive. Though it's last long.
Cleartones sound like MUD! No highs, all mids & less lower end than Any of the other brands… ????????( It's noticeable in every clip, especially the slap stuff, and I literally had to see if your hand position had moved!!). I hate 'em! ????
The Rotosounds are bit smoother than the DRs & Ernie's…(the Fenders are close to the Rotos & Balls, little "brassier").
Balls, Rotos, and DRs. ????????????????
Those Boomers sounded Dead!!!
Wow ! as a Silk user for many years i'm totally surprised by the Fenders, and for now they w'll be my must-have in my set if they pass the last test on my Fender
Top3: Fender, Rotosound, GHS. Thanks for this great test! Good or bad: not relevant. Personal taste matters – and type of music you play, I guess.
4:25 er
5:23 ghs
No such thing as best strings! If you sound bad it’s because you suck. Play better and you’ll sound better. Good players sound good with proper technique. Guys like Patrick, Nate, Charles and Davie would sound great playing a shoebox with rubber bands…why is that??
Thank you for taking the time to make this video! I was recently blown away by how dull the Daddario XT's sounded right out of the box, the regular XL and NYXL are MUCH, much better. It's interesting here to see that some sound better for certain styles than others. For pick, I loved Ernie Ball and Rotosound. Slap was Dunlop hands down. The Fender's were surprisingly good too!
Thanks a lot for your comparison, it was really helpful ????
I normally just use D'Addario as I have on my guitars since 1986 and my son uses EB but I used to use Rotosound on bass for a few years… very surprised by the Fender, never even considered them. However listening to your comparison, which is freakin' awesome BTW, I'm going to go back to the Rotosounds. To me they were definitely the most balanced out of all of them but might try the Fender at some point. To me the GHS were the worst of all… but I've never cared for their strings on guitar either.
I consistently liked the Ernie Ball and the Fenders. I can't tell you how much I appreciate this video! Other videos play and talk play and talk and you just played them one after another so we could hear the difference side by side, thank you so much!
Surpprisingly the fender strings sounded the best.
For a P-bass, the Dunlops. For a J-Bass, the Hi-Beams.
I used to use Rotosound before switching to D'Addario then sometimes use DR, Fender impressed me. But I'd rank D'Addario, Fender, DR, Rotosound.
Rotos DR and D'Addario work for me. Fender are too nasal, GHS too muffled. Dunlop and Cleartone are OK, and Ernie Ball are a little bit of a disappointment.
Lots of work to make this video! Thanks for doing it!
4:24 err
5:47 drr
think the DR. Strings got more pops and dynamics that can cut through the mix and quick response as well, fender strings are surprisingly full spectrum, but the bottom response are not very fast, the root swing bass string set is very smooth, mellow but the slap is good as well, sounds very good to me.
The Cleartone claims to have volume boost, it did! maybe better for the magnetic to sense I dun know
The Ernie Ball/Dunlop/D'Addario sound very dull to me and probably not perfect for recordings, the GHS Bass Boomer I found it lacks of character compare to other strings, maybe neutral for some generic purpose maybe?
For me
No.1 DR Hi-Beams
No.2 Rotosound Swing Bass 66
No.3 Fender 7250M
No.5 Cleartone 6445 EMP Treated=GHS Bass Boomers
No.6 Ernie Ball Hybrid Slinkys = Dunlop Nickel Wound = D'Addario XT
not sure the Rotosound swing bass is a flat plated strings, it sounds like to does, which the left hand friction/noise is reduced
I liked the clear tone Dunlap, GHS boomers and D’Addario. I thought the EB and fender strings were too tingy and thin. I’ve used boomers in the past but they die very quickly. I also use EB strings they last much longer but I’m shocked at how tingy they sound as compared to the other strings. I think I’ll try the d’addarios then the Dunlap stings.
Great video thank you
Super awesome demo! Thank you!
The direct sound was so much more revealing than the muddy sound going through the amp simulation. I eventually started skipping the amp sim samples. I was surprised that the Fender strings seemed to have to most overtones, more piano like string ringing. That is a positive to my taste. It would be nice to know what country each brand is manufactured in also. I know D'Addario strings are made in NY.
With the exception of the GHS Bass Boomers (which are much darker; GHS Precision Flats would've been better), and the Fenders (which are much brighter), they all sound 'enough' alike played with a pick that the sonic differences are…musically insignificant. The same is true for finger style and too a lesser extent slap, reinforcing the idea that tone is in the fingers (nails).
Too bad Patrick didn't comment on 'feel'. That really is the tie breaker. Having said that, I feel there is a clear winner in 2 of the 3 categories, pick and finger style, and its the Cleartones, which on $600 headphones are noticeably louder, richer, and punchier (though the lengthy sustain is…a bit much) . But no one seems to care about 'musical' attributes any more except session players. Hobbyist-fans want extra-musical percussive snap, twang, and growl.
Further, the Cleartones sounded no worse on slap than any of the others, where the Fenders (which take up sonic real-estate that does not belong to the bass), not surprisingly, shine brightest, because Fender builds them that way to a retail purpose: to sell 'Fender' basses strung from the factory with them, because they know that's slap is what legions of amateur/hobbyist/gear-heads test new basses with in retail stores to try to show off.
The real surprise for me was the musicality and balance of the DR HiBeams, a brand I have never played. I expected them to chase the same super-present sound as…'other' modern bass strings, the manufacturers of which are keen to win the stage with clack and clatter that so much proliferates in modern bass-shy metal, but on this outing they were very well-behaved, punchy and sonorous. Go figure! I might have to try some.
Rotosound is good men!
I’ve been playing DR Hi Beams almost exclusively for 20yrs and could tell immediately when you switched lol. I will say that a fourth factor in deciding a string is tension: the reason I play DRs is cuz I’m a big baby when it come to tension and DRs are super low tension and last longer for me than Slinkys or Boomers.
DR still the best. Cleartone is crap tone. Rotosound used to be the best but they went down the drain. The pros don't even endorse them anymore
I live in Michigan, and GHS are made here, so I've always used those on guitars. On bass they slap real nice, but I've always chosen Rotosound Swing66 for bass (Rush thing). I ordered some Fender and Dunlop to try because of this video. Thanks for the no-nonsense presentation
Those Fenders just jumped out. Wasn’t expecting that.
I always use DR, used to use Ernie Ball. Was surprised that the Cleartone were actually louder, and sounded pretty good. I hated the Fender and Dunlop strings.
Ghs
Fenders were the only ones that stood out to me at all. They are my go to strings and sound great on a P bass too. I think the only reason most people don't like them is because it isn't "cool" to play Fender strings. But that's fine with me, it'll keep the price down.
I buy the cheapest available.
I'm leaning more towards the DR Hi-Beams. Thanks for the review.
2:49 3:01 3:13. 3:24. 3:35. 3:47. 3:59. 4:10
The Diadarrio's (3:13) are the best.
But, if Dean Markley's were represented, they would be #1