Rounds that sound like tapewound.

[Betrayer_Bass]

Hey all! So I'm not new to this whole bass world by any means, but have been wondering this for a while. Since I got my Spectorcore Fretless 5, I've had it strung up with black nylon tapewound strings from D'Addario. They sound and feel fantastic, but this bass has a Fishman piezo bridge that just does not work with the tapes, so I only had the one regular pickup in use.

Now I have it strung with some ProSteels and the piezo bridge works, but the strings are far too bright for the sound I want this bass to produce. Sure I can roll off the treble and shape the tone that way, but I lose a lot more than I want. Of coures I can just play the hell out of the strings but they're still not close to the sound of the tapes I had on before. Which were exactly what I wanted.

So the question is, are there any roundwound strings out there that function with the Fishman Piezo bridge that sound like tapewounds?

 

[lz4005]

There's no reason the piezo elements in that bridge shouldn't work with tapewound strings.
They pick up vibration regardless of what the string is made of.
Get the electronics checked.

 

[Gorn]

Yeah there's no good reason tapewounds shouldn't work with a piezo.

 

[Abner]

Yeah there's no good reason tapewounds shouldn't work with a piezo.

Unless, of course, the piezo is in a metal saddle and designed in such a manner that relies on the string being the ground conductor from the saddle to the bridge/tailpiece/circuit ground.

As for strings, a shot in the dark — have not tried them myself yet — TI Jazz rounds.

 

[winegamd]

GHS Pressurewound would be worth a shot.

 

[Betrayer_Bass]

Unless, of course, the piezo is in a metal saddle and designed in such a manner that relies on the string being the ground conductor from the saddle to the bridge/tailpiece/circuit ground.

As for strings, a shot in the dark — have not tried them myself yet — TI Jazz rounds.

This is exactly the case, they have metal inserts in the saddles, which need steel strings for them to function. As mentioned, I had tapes on there before and it didn't work. I have steels on there now and it does work. It even says on the Spector website that it needs steel strings for the piezo bridge to work (Special Note:
For the proper operation of the Fishman piezo bridge pickup system the strings used must be standard metal. Coated or tape wound strings will not work)

I'll check out the Jazz wound strings, thanks.

GHS Pressurewound would be worth a shot.

I'll check them out