{"id":4706,"date":"2013-09-18T08:04:42","date_gmt":"2013-09-18T13:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=4706"},"modified":"2013-09-18T08:07:55","modified_gmt":"2013-09-18T13:07:55","slug":"what-strings-do-you-use-and-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/gear\/hardware\/strings\/what-strings-do-you-use-and-why.html","title":{"rendered":"What Strings Do You Use And Why?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently we received an email asking to poll the audience (you) on what strings you use and moreover why, so before continuing, the goal of this article is simple: <strong>Please comment with what you use and why you use it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Tips on making a good comment that&#8217;s useful here:<\/h3>\n<p>1. Do you prefer <em>new<\/em> or <em>old<\/em> strings? Some players like the piano-like twang of new strings while others prefer the old (and there are even some players who play 40 or even 50-year-old strings out there).<\/p>\n<p>2. What <em>type<\/em> of string do you use? Roundwound, half-round, flatwound, tapewound, etc.?<\/p>\n<p>3. Is the string you use <em>easily available<\/em> or hard-to-get?<\/p>\n<p>4. If you buy strings in sets, is it for 4-string, 5-string, 6-string, or greater?<\/p>\n<p>5. What type of bass do you own? Those who read this would appreciate knowing the kind you&#8217;re installing your strings on. It doesn&#8217;t matter whether it&#8217;s an inexpensive Squier or a high-grade Spector. Go ahead and mention what you have.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently we received an email asking to poll the audience (you) on what strings you use and moreover why, so before continuing, the goal of this article is simple: Please comment with what you use and why you use it. Tips on making a good comment that&#8217;s useful here: 1. Do you prefer new or &#8230; <a title=\"What Strings Do You Use And Why?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/gear\/hardware\/strings\/what-strings-do-you-use-and-why.html\" aria-label=\"More on What Strings Do You Use And Why?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":4705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4706"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}