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Originally Posted by Variant
Well, that's what the exposed core is about in the first place, super big strings at super low tunings need a high string excursion (movement from center) to create a suitably powerful and defined fundemental.
The pickups on the Dark Lord should be designed to handle the low F# I'd imagine... but perhaps that was overlooked to some extent too. The Bariolini's on my Conklin are great so far as that is concered, very balanced across the range and desinged to work with the subcontra strings. I only wish they were a little less noisy.  |
I don't have a Dark Lord bass, I'm just using those strings. I have an Ibanez SR1006NTE that I got for a steal. It's got Bartolinis but they don't have as much power on the F string as the others. It works, but I have to pump the active EQ and use the neckside pickup.
If the windings actually started right after the core crossed the bridge, the SITs would probably be fine. But the dramatic change in mass an inch away from the bridge seemed to dampen the waves. It ended up a dull, metallic clunk sound. I'm no physics expert but I can say without a doubt that the Warwick string sounds 5x better on my bass than the SIT.
Sorry if we got off topic there. It's almost related, really!