Ive been using the same brand for decades, i pay between $20 - $30 depending on where i buy them. Thats about the average. Rotosounds (RS66 - steel, not nickle) last a long time if you keep your hands clean and dont yank on them like you are ripping out old electrical cable. They retain their bright tone longer than any string ive used.
The louder the monkey, the smaller its balls.
Not a bad price range at all. I wish fiddle strings ran in that range. But then again, I guess bass strings are more popular sellers. Otherwise characteristics that we look for seem to be similar. I've found a good quality set of violin strings will last quite a long time and deliver a good response and maintain a nice clean and bright tone if you keep them clean and don't clobber them too hard. II guess the same hold true for all stringed instruments, albeit bass guitar, guitar, violin, banjo, mandolin, etc.
Now I do know that full size double bass string sets can be quite expensive. So I guess a lot of it has to do with supply and demand.
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You have a music store in your mancave Trey.
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It's Plug and Play by design.Originally Posted by suddenseer
You have a music store in your mancave Trey.
Bring your music machine and plug into the room; play. AND, no listening to stupid drummer stories during set-up as he tweaks his do-hickys another 1/4 inch, for the umpteenth time.
I do wish the kids had a better appreciation for what they have here. The youngest 'sort of' gets it, plays and records...but, at their age, if I had access to a room like this I would have been a pale, pasty, malnourished, friendless fiend surrounded by all that mattered, 24/7.
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