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herb nice

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  1. Those roto 88s are FAT 0.65-0.115. They feel substantial. And they sound awesome. One of my band mates sent a video of a festival gig we did last summer when I was rocking them, and I do miss them quite a bit. Thud. The sg bass can definitely handle them, and obviously you will need to make a couple adjustments. The problem is that you cannot get the 3 point bridge's low E saddle out far enough to intonate that 0.115 correctly: I had to flip my saddle backwards and it still was not quite enough, I still felt the need to quickly tune that string +/- to compensate between songs, depending on key. And, you get the silk over the saddle problem with those strings unless you use a spacer. A spacer definitely helps with the intonation issues. I'm on the TI jazz flats right now, and they are certainly some of the nicest strings around, but often they're feel a little too delicate for me- usually when playing live. Other times, I ******* love them, they're very musical, especially now that they are well broken in. I'm probably going to give d'addario chromes a spin on the sg next time I have the strings off and see how they go. I love them on my 25" super shorty. Please let me know how the rotos go with that hipshot... I'd consider going back to them one day for sure.
  2. I had rotosound 88s on my sg bass for quite some time. They are great strings. I really like them. I did have problems intonating the low E on the 3 point bridge, but if you are dropping in a hipshot it shouldn't be an issue.
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