Best Strings to use on a stingray?

[Chili]

Hey all, as some may no, am selling my p,c to go tawards saving up for a new stingray, so i'm gettin as much info on equipment to get with it etc before i do, i tryed out a ray last week and i loved it, i really badly got to get this bass, but what strings would anyone recomend to use on a stingray? from personal experiance

[markjazzbassist]

subscribed. im ordering one this week. im guessing dr rounds are going to get a lot of votes.

[cheezewiz]

I've owned quite a few rays, and to me, the best sounding strings on them are the ones they come with, Ernie Ball Slinkys. It's a bonus that they are pretty cheap.

[LoveThatBass]

EB's or DR Highbeams

[tplyons]

This is the one bass I'll say Ernie Ball Slinkies for, however, I've liked them plenty with D'Addario XL's and ProSteels as well.

[Rick Brienzo]

Originally Posted by cheezewiz

I've owned quite a few rays, and to me, the best sounding strings on them are the ones they come with, Ernie Ball Slinkys. It's a bonus that they are pretty cheap.

+1.76

I tried them all and came back to the Ernie Balls.

[Planet Boulder]

For my tastes, I'd go with something decidedly less "zingy" than, say, Pro Steels. To me, the 'Ray has MORE than enough zing to need anything like Pro Steels or any other similarly wound stainless steel string.

I have DRs on mine and, though my 'Ray currently has Highbeams, I prefer the Lowbeams on the 'Ray (and I normally don't like nickel strings).

[lowstar]

my fretted ray sounded best to me with d´addario xl´s.

cheers,
lowstar

[excane]

Ernie Ball slinky's

[dirtgroove]

Currently using Lo riders. Generally steel round wound strings will do you well on this beast.

[Arthur U. Poon]

Originally Posted by cheezewiz

I've owned quite a few rays, and to me, the best sounding strings on them are the ones they come with, Ernie Ball Slinkys. It's a bonus that they are pretty cheap.

+1.
I've found this to be true on Sterlings and SR-5's as well.

[pickles]

Slinkys and Hi-beams both work great, I prefer the high beams since the greater flexibility makes fingerstyle more comfortable for my when playing over the pickup. I use stiffer strings on a P-bass since my plucking tends to be farther up over that pickup where the feel will be softer. Going with a softer string on the ray means the transition back and forth is easier. I also really love the hi-beam slap tone.

[tZer]

I was a Regular Slinkies user - but I have also popped some D'addario Nickels (roundwound) on my 'Ray and they sound pretty great too.

Subjective topic - I'd say you can't go wrong with EB Regular Slinkies - but you probably can't "go wrong" very easily here - just about any popular brand of roundwound string will sound great on a Stingray.

[gruffpuppy]

Always like Ken Smith Slap Master but then again I put them on everything