Mixed Strings On One Bass

[garyhead]

Tony Levin is currently in the UK for the upcoming Beatles fest in Liverpool. He has a 4-string Musicman with flat wound E A strings and round wound D G strings. Anyone try this???  Sounds like a simple solution for thump & twang!


This will be the first time in 42 years that the Double Fantasy band will play live.


Thinking this might throw a wrench into another thread about bandleaders rejecting the Bass sound.

[edwardofhuncote]

Upright bass players mix string sets regularly. Getting the bow to 'bite' better, getting more bottom end from the lower register, I even know one cat who likes a bare gut G and D,  paired with a chromesteel wound A and E.


I guess it's all in getting what you need outta' the dang thing.


Personally, my OCD would totally fritz out.

[StephenR]

I thought about trying this but the opposite way. I would want flats for my G, D, and A strings and round wounds for the E and B. I love the thick fat sound of the high strings when playing on flats but am not so enamored with the sound of the E and particularly B strings.