Hi everyone,
I'm a new member here ... And I need help regarding my strings on my bass.
I come from the background of playing a double bass and expanded into playing the electric bass.
From my understanding, (electric) bass uses either nickel or stainless steel strings (correct me if i'm wrong).
However, I'm searching for a tone and sound that is as close as a double bass.
In light of that, I am thinking about getting bronze strings (double bass uses them too) for my electric bass to have a different tone. I suppose musically wise, it isn't really a problem as it's just a different sound.
But on the technical side, my fren who's a guitarist is against this idea as he says the bronze strings (which are stronger and harder than the usual nickel/stainless steel ones) will snap the neck of my (electric) bass as the tension required to tighten the stronger and harder bronze strings is higher.
I, being a total blur block to guitar/electric bass stuff, am a lil discouraged and scared after hearing his advice. So I decided to seek more opinions, especially from the bassists themselves on their views.
PS. I know its kinda of weird for a bassists to be using bronze strings, but I wanna try so pls offer ur advices.
Thks evryone,
Sushi.
I'm a new member here ... And I need help regarding my strings on my bass.
I come from the background of playing a double bass and expanded into playing the electric bass.
From my understanding, (electric) bass uses either nickel or stainless steel strings (correct me if i'm wrong).
However, I'm searching for a tone and sound that is as close as a double bass.
In light of that, I am thinking about getting bronze strings (double bass uses them too) for my electric bass to have a different tone. I suppose musically wise, it isn't really a problem as it's just a different sound.
But on the technical side, my fren who's a guitarist is against this idea as he says the bronze strings (which are stronger and harder than the usual nickel/stainless steel ones) will snap the neck of my (electric) bass as the tension required to tighten the stronger and harder bronze strings is higher.
I, being a total blur block to guitar/electric bass stuff, am a lil discouraged and scared after hearing his advice. So I decided to seek more opinions, especially from the bassists themselves on their views.
PS. I know its kinda of weird for a bassists to be using bronze strings, but I wanna try so pls offer ur advices.
Thks evryone,
Sushi.