Circle K Strings on Fretless

[henry2513]

Does anyone use them on their fretless bass? If so do you see a significant amount of wear? I've got a fretless neck for my spector on order, it's unfinished rosewood. I've been looking forward to putting on a set of Circle K's but am a little leery of roundwounds.

Thanks for any input!

[FunkMetalBass]

I didn't see any more wear than I would with any other rounds. I have a maple neck with a poly coat on my maple fretless Jazz and I use the Circle K Standard Balanced 112. I have some soundclips somewhere if you want to hear them. I totally prefer the bright sound of rounds on a fretless. It's amazing.

As long as you aren't bending the strings or fretting/plucking excessively hard, there's no reason rounds should leave any impressions on the fretboard that would affect functionality.


EDIT: Don't mind the **** poor intonation or *****y playing:
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[James Hart]

I've got them on my fretless... no significant wear beyond any of the other rounds I use on it.

[Slowgypsy]

Originally Posted by henry2513

Does anyone use them on their fretless bass? If so do you see a significant amount of wear? I've got a fretless neck for my spector on order, it's unfinished rosewood. I've been looking forward to putting on a set of Circle K's but am a little leery of roundwounds.

Thanks for any input!

I've used Circle K's on my fretless instruments. Love the sound.

Rounds will cause more wear on a fretless instrument than flats. Just how it is. However... just how much wear is completely dependent on your fretting hand technique. If you have a light touch the wear will be slight. If you have a heavy handed technique the wear will be more.

Circle K's don't have more or less wear potential than any other roundwound string, but they do sound really good

[henry2513]

Awesome thanks for all the feedback guys. I'll order a set when the new neck comes in. I play with a light touch so it shouldn't be too bad.