Do polymer U-Bass strings that work with standard magnetic pickups sound appealing?

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ColemanGrey

Dec 24, 2022
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So in one of those "thought of it, figured it out, made it work..." deals I never considered if it was something worth doing beyond prototyping a single E string (wax mold from Aquila Thundergut) and throwing it on a Strat copy to prove it works.

Do you think rubberized polymer strings with ferromagnetic properties is worth pursuing further?

Thanks for any input.

-Coleman
 
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ColemanGrey said:
So in one of those "thought of it, figured it out, made it work..." deals I never considered if it was something worth doing beyond prototyping a single E string (wax mold from Aquila Thundergut) and throwing it on a Strat copy to prove it works.

Do you think rubberized polymer strings with ferromagnetic properties is worth pursuing further?

Thanks for any input.

-Coleman
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If it works, with decent output through the pickup, why not?
I was just recently considering how owners of the Big Island solid-body ukulele bass (with mag pickups) will be SOL if Dogal discontinues the UBS162:
Metal core ukulele bass strings for magnetic pickup
A synthetic string that does OK with a regular pickup would work at very short scales. Yeah, I'd be interested! :thumbsup:
 
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mongo2 said:
I wonder if wrapping the portion of the polymer string that sits over the pickup with thin iron/steel wire or adhesive backed steel tape would work.
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There's already such a thing, or something similar anyway. Made by Galli and Pyramid. Read the thread I linked to above.^
Of course, the fact those nylon-core chrome-steel flatwounds are magnetically-active is a by-product: they are marketed toward uke-basses and guitar-scale acoustic basses with piezos, and the original idea is probably simply to offer products with more tuning stability and a traditional, metal flatwound feel and tone.
 
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