![]() ![]() I'd try the bootzillas or lo-riders 50-110, there is not much difference in thickness but there's just a little more tension in the feel for you. If you have light strings/low action you'd better be a light player and the strings will still tend to choke a little if you give it some beans. Same goes for a lot of big players, both bass and guitar - you'd be surprised how awful some of the instruments they play can be. SRV was mentioned above, he used very thick strings and a very high action, thats how he got that fat sound. I know you think that 50-110's might be over the top but my bass handled them with no need to widen the nut slots and just a tweak on the truss rod, so it shouldn't take any work to speak of and it's only going to cost you £15 or so to find out if you like themĪctually a lot of very well respected players use quite a high action. I used to use lighter guages, but I've found I prefer heavier strings these days. The difference in string tension between the two basses is not enough to worry about. #US ETUNER TO TUNE TO E FLAGT PRO#So, my Ric does most of the gig tuned to standard wearing 45-105 Elites and I have an Epi T-Bird Pro IV that I use for the drop tuned stuff and it wears 50-110 Elites. It's easier to have a spare bass set up for drop tuning than dick around tuning between numbers (and having to put up with rubber band strings for the drop stuff). for some reason those songs don't have the same vibe when we played them in standard tuning. My band plays most of our gig in standard tuning, but the first 6 or 7 songs in the second set are from bands that tuned down to Eb when they did the originals Guns and Roses, Thin Lizzy etc. You will probably need to experiment to find a happy medium. If you aren't getting too much buzz or rattle then all good, but if you do find certain notes choking a bit then if they are at the first few frets and/or in the middle section of the fretboard you migh want to loosen the truss rod a little, otherwise raise the action a bit. As for the neck relief and action, see how the bass performs without changing anything and then evaluate any changes that need making from there. ![]() I would think that just tuning down a half step would be easily compensated for by slightly heavier gauge strings, but any lower than that might neccessitate a bit of truss rod adjustment and even a new nut ( maybe). I know a lot of bands in the late 60s/early 70s such as Black Sabbath used to tune down a half step, and from distant memory I think Stevie Ray Vaughan did too, so its more common than you might think. ![]() If you are already using DRs maybe some of these would help: ![]()
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