Extra long scale strings suitable for the RD artist bass D'Addario EXL165SL XL Soft/Regular Super/Long Electric Bass String Set (D'Addario Bass Strings Nickel Wound Super Long Scale - Regular) D'Addario EXL160SL XL Medium Super Long Bass String Set (D'Addario Bass Strings Nickel Wound Super Long Scale - Regular) D'Addario ECB80SL Chrome FW Super Soft/Long Bass Strings (D'addario Chromes Stainless Steel Flatwound Super Long Scale - Super Soft) D'Addario ECB81SL Chromes FW Soft Super-Long Bass Strings (D'addario Chromes Stainless Steel Flatwound Super Long Scale - Soft) Thomastik-Infeld JF364 Jazz Flatwound Long Scale 4-String Bass (Thomastik-Infeld JF364 Jazz Flatwound Long Scale 4-String Bass) D'Addario EXP170SL Coated Soft Super Long Scale Bass Strings (D'addario Coated Nickelplated Steel Super Long Scale) D'Addario EXL170SL XL Soft Super Long Bass Strings (D'Addario Bass Strings Nickel Wound Super Long Scale - Soft) D'Addario EXL220SL XL Bass Super/Soft Super/Long String Set (D'Addario Bass Strings Nickel Wound Super Long Scale - Super Soft)

RD Artist Sound Clips

1978 RD Artist bass description of controls. This sheet applies to the first version of the RD Artist.

The RD Artist has no passive mode; all clips are of the active instrument. These sound clips are recorded directly into a mobilepre preamp. Recorded with flat wound strings. Pickups volumes on 10.

• funky treble
  bass -5 treble +5, bridge pickup only, bright mode
• super bass
  bass +5 treble -5, both pickups, compression/expansion mode
• midrange
  bass +5 treble +5, both pickups, straight active mode
• bright midrange
  bass 0 treble 0, bridge pickup only, straight active mode
• mudbucker bass
  bass +5 treble -5, neck pickup only, straight active mode
• even brighter midrange
  bass +5 treble +5, bridge pickup only, straight active mode

The following three clips are the ones used on the RD Artist overview page - see there for more details.

• Range of tones
  demonstrates the RD bass at its most mellow and then again at its most brash
• Compression
  natural sound of the neck pickup, without, and then with compression
• Expansion
  natural sound of the bridge pickup, without, and then with expansion
• Bright mode
  natural sound of both pickups, without, and then with bright mode