Bass string preferance?

jackajesusfreak · #1 03-14-2009, 11:14 AM

Whats the consensus, nickel or stainless steel?

jcalo · #2 03-14-2009, 11:17 AM

Nickel

jackajesusfreak · #3 03-14-2009, 11:26 AM

Let me amend that and ask which of the following is recommended:

Nickel plated steel EXL
Coated EXP
Half Round Pure Nickel

smeet · #4 03-14-2009, 11:45 AM

I like steel. I have mostly used DR Lowrider Steels, and lately been using Chrome flatwounds, which are also steel.

James Hart · #5 03-14-2009, 11:52 AM

stainless rounds... LaBella Hard Rockin' Steels to be specific.

You are aware that all 3 of those nickel strings you've listed are completely different, right?

Rounds, Coated Rounds and Ground wounds (closer to flat wounds).

John Wentzien · #6 03-14-2009, 11:54 AM

SS rounds

mwiles30 · #7 03-14-2009, 11:56 AM

Stainless steel Rotosounds.

PBFACTOR · #8 03-14-2009, 12:00 PM

dr highbeams steel on the thumb 5 neck through, 40-120

daddario exl170-5 nickel on the corvette standard ash s string (bart pre and pickups) 45-130

daddario exl170 nickel on the american p bass deluxe 4 string 45-100

each bass is has different tonal characteristics i'm trying to hear out of them.

Grizzly700 · #9 03-14-2009, 12:02 PM

Stainless Steel rounds

kevinmoore73 · #10 03-14-2009, 12:12 PM

Consensus: broad unanimity, general or widespread agreement among all the members of a group

Given that, the obvious choice is nylon tapewound.

fretlessguy · #11 03-14-2009, 03:02 PM

Nickel rounds.
Stainless or nickel for flats.

**BullHorn** · #12 03-14-2009, 03:15 PM

There are so many string choices, I don't know what I like.

Usually, it's stainless steel. For the last 5 months I've used DR SS types. Today I put on Elixir Nanoweb 105-45.