new strings, again

[Kirk P Brosius]

Hello all and a "+" to Tim Bishop,

My new set was the same guage as the first so I didn't have any set-up issues. My main concern was staying in tune. I have found that the Smith strings are stable and hold tune very well. The gig went well, also, and there were no issues with staying in tune. I usually don't wire my tuner into my signal path at gigs, I just park it on my Markbass and check tuning before each set.

I cleaned the old set in de-natured alcohol and put them on my back-up bass which I bought to use while I sent my Smith in to Ken for some work. I really wish that I could have afforded a Smith as back-up but just couldn't put the funds together. There's a great looking KS 5 on the 'bay for $2500 but....
I did all the necessary (and more) research and bought a HumanBase 5str. It is a worthy substitute but....
The 34" scale, 3-up/2-down tuners made string swap easy and it plays well but...

Anyway, there's my story for this morning.

Regards, Kirk