Hey my brothers,
I am new here, I introduced myself over at the introduction thread. I play bass for HalfStep
a New York based Dead Tribute band. I have been with them coming up on about 10 months and I love it. I am 50 years old and majored in jazz performance at City College in Manhattan, and its just great to apply and sometimes not apply what I have learned throughout the years in the quest for the learning the language of Phil. I recently bettered my rig with a purchase of an Eden Wt550 along with 212 and 210 cabs, I can see why Phil and Mike Gordon use Eden. I just purchased a Carvin SB5000, its not a Modulus...but it is a very fine instrument....if all goes according to plan, I will be purchasing a new Q6 next spring....ALL this being said, I have been bouncing around looking for the right strings. When it comes to Phil's sound....my feeling is, what time period do I wish to attain, I am a big fan of his current Furthur tone, I also dig how his mid 80's - 95 was as well. I know that most folks say he used flats in the early days through late 70 and then he switched to Half Rounds. Then I read in the "Anthem of the Tone" article that he uses Ken Smith strings and after further investigation a lot of folks were saying he uses the Slick Rounds, which is interesting because in that mentioned article the gauges that "they" said he used don't match up with Slick Round gauges. I did try the Smith's and feel that was the closest I came to getting the elusive "IT".....I had stepped away and have been dabbling with SIT Silencers some nickle rounds made by a company called Circle K.
The rounds sound cool from where I am standing.....in front of a rig....but loose what I am looking for when the tone is projected in a large room.
So , my friends, "What is Phil Lesh's current string of choice?" I know for a fact Mike uses the Slicks, he even has a section on his personal site devoted to his gear. It seems he and Phil are often on the same page(not McConnel)with gear etc.
Sorry for the long ramble. Peace.
I am new here, I introduced myself over at the introduction thread. I play bass for HalfStep
a New York based Dead Tribute band. I have been with them coming up on about 10 months and I love it. I am 50 years old and majored in jazz performance at City College in Manhattan, and its just great to apply and sometimes not apply what I have learned throughout the years in the quest for the learning the language of Phil. I recently bettered my rig with a purchase of an Eden Wt550 along with 212 and 210 cabs, I can see why Phil and Mike Gordon use Eden. I just purchased a Carvin SB5000, its not a Modulus...but it is a very fine instrument....if all goes according to plan, I will be purchasing a new Q6 next spring....ALL this being said, I have been bouncing around looking for the right strings. When it comes to Phil's sound....my feeling is, what time period do I wish to attain, I am a big fan of his current Furthur tone, I also dig how his mid 80's - 95 was as well. I know that most folks say he used flats in the early days through late 70 and then he switched to Half Rounds. Then I read in the "Anthem of the Tone" article that he uses Ken Smith strings and after further investigation a lot of folks were saying he uses the Slick Rounds, which is interesting because in that mentioned article the gauges that "they" said he used don't match up with Slick Round gauges. I did try the Smith's and feel that was the closest I came to getting the elusive "IT".....I had stepped away and have been dabbling with SIT Silencers some nickle rounds made by a company called Circle K.
The rounds sound cool from where I am standing.....in front of a rig....but loose what I am looking for when the tone is projected in a large room.
So , my friends, "What is Phil Lesh's current string of choice?" I know for a fact Mike uses the Slicks, he even has a section on his personal site devoted to his gear. It seems he and Phil are often on the same page(not McConnel)with gear etc.
Sorry for the long ramble. Peace.