I know what you mean
Brand new strings, especially on a base just sound too bright.

For me, base strings were always at their best after 3 months and before 1 year. A bit of a boil to keep them going for a month or two after the year was up depending on how broke I was, but never more than 2 years!

5 years ..... wow. At the very least, take em off, pop them into a big pot of boiling water for 20 mins or so then once they are fully totally cooled (important) pop em back on.
( RadG Drinking Mojitos in the sun, Sat 6 Sep 2008, 23:13, Reply)