Re: [strings]ABG

#1 · October 28, 2015, 3:12 pm

Quote from Forum Archives on October 28, 2015, 3:12 pm
Posted by: lone.rhino <lone.rhino@...>

You might be referring to Marc's and Ted's recently...

Marc said: The problem I've had with every single Kelly I've ever played has been that they're overly BRIGHT. Flats are the way to go here. Absolutely. I love the sound of Thomastik's, but they are expensive and don't seem to last very long. I've had a lot of success with D'Addario Chromes. They're kinda "pre-dead" and they last forever.

YMMV.

Ted said:

Thanks for the input. I ended up going with D'addario EXP Coated Phosphor Bronze. My mileage did vary, compared to Marc's suggestion for flats: I've never ever played a set of flats I've liked, so was wary..

But after settling down to playing the new Kelly I realized something I learned about the Dragonfly fretless when I tried one a few years ago. The fret dots on the side of the fingerboard are not offset to match a fret. So scale patterns have to be visually adjusted up by ~a quarter tone. 🙁

It's like the company said, "Hey! Let's make a fretless model! It'll be easy cuz everything is the same, just no frets! And we'll even save $$ on that whole fret thing!"

Well, one gets what one pays for.

Still, it is rather fun to play. I just have to close my eyes. 🙂

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I saved them because I will need to replace the strings on my Kelly as well...

On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 12:08 PM, Doug Mansfield <dougmansfield1@gmail.com> wrote:

I recall a recent email about strings for a Michael Kelly ABG, but cannot find the email anywhere. I have a 5 string club custom and am not overly happy with the acoustic bass strings. Somebody made a suggestion based on the overall brightness of the bass. Can some one remind me of that recommendation?

Thanks!

Doug

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Posted by: lone.rhino <lone.rhino@...>

You might be referring to Marc's and Ted's recently...

Marc said: The problem I've had with every single Kelly I've ever played has been that they're overly BRIGHT. Flats are the way to go here. Absolutely. I love the sound of Thomastik's, but they are expensive and don't seem to last very long. I've had a lot of success with D'Addario Chromes. They're kinda "pre-dead" and they last forever.

YMMV.

Ted said:

Thanks for the input. I ended up going with D'addario EXP Coated Phosphor Bronze. My mileage did vary, compared to Marc's suggestion for flats: I've never ever played a set of flats I've liked, so was wary..

But after settling down to playing the new Kelly I realized something I learned about the Dragonfly fretless when I tried one a few years ago. The fret dots on the side of the fingerboard are not offset to match a fret. So scale patterns have to be visually adjusted up by ~a quarter tone. 🙁

It's like the company said, "Hey! Let's make a fretless model! It'll be easy cuz everything is the same, just no frets! And we'll even save $$ on that whole fret thing!"

Well, one gets what one pays for.

Still, it is rather fun to play. I just have to close my eyes. 🙂

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I saved them because I will need to replace the strings on my Kelly as well...

On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 12:08 PM, Doug Mansfield <dougmansfield1@gmail.com> wrote:

I recall a recent email about strings for a Michael Kelly ABG, but cannot find the email anywhere. I have a 5 string club custom and am not overly happy with the acoustic bass strings. Somebody made a suggestion based on the overall brightness of the bass. Can some one remind me of that recommendation?

Thanks!

Doug

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