Good Smooth Strings

Uforia · #1 01-22-2002, 08:40 PM

Looking for the best strings for me. I am looking for some strings for a 5 string bass that are smooth and easy on the fingers. But I also want them to be durable and have good sound. Anyone have any suggestions.

gruffpuppy · #2 01-22-2002, 08:55 PM

You other half probally could have predicted this from me so . . . Ken Smith Compressors.

Donne Demarest · #3 01-22-2002, 09:11 PM

Sound like what your asking for is exactly the description for Elixir Strings. Try a set.

boogiebass · #4 01-23-2002, 10:04 AM

GHS Pressurewound.

Phat Ham · #5 01-23-2002, 06:36 PM

I second Donne.

notduane · #6 01-23-2002, 09:41 PM

T/I JF345 (Jazz Flats, 5-string set). Some of the G/C's in the area
are carryin' T/I

. L. Morgan's or Speir's over in Garland might have
`em too, but I'm afraid to go there without "backup"

.

SuperDuck · #7 01-23-2002, 09:43 PM

Can't get much smoother than flatwounds!

Uforia · #8 01-24-2002, 12:06 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by notduane
T/I JF345 (Jazz Flats, 5-string set). Some of the G/C's in the area
are carryin' T/I . L. Morgan's or Speir's over in Garland might have
`em too, but I'm afraid to go there without "backup" .

Awe, if we had thought we were in the area the past weekend. After we were already over there Jeff said we should have had you meet us over there.
I had a really bad case of G.A.S.
So I made Jeff Drag me to several music stores to look at and check out basses.

frankencow150 · #9 01-25-2002, 01:54 PM

I followed everyone elses advice when i wanted smooth strings,and i got flatwounds.Flatwounds are very smooth indeed,but kind of sticky,its hard to explain,but its very hard to move your fingers around.

Uforia · #10 01-25-2002, 03:53 PM

I played a bass the other day at a music store that had a set of flat wound on it. I like how smooth they where. But they were kind of hard to move up around on them. I would have to play them more than I did at the music store to really get tthe feel of them.

Mike N · #11 01-25-2002, 08:10 PM

If youre after a set of roundwounds, give D'Addario Slowounds a try.

notduane · #12 01-25-2002, 10:28 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by frankencow150
...Flatwounds are very smooth indeed,but kind
of sticky,its hard to explain,but its very hard to
move your fingers around.

Nose bridge and/or behind-the-ear grease, or KFC (original recipe

).

Marty Forrer · #13 01-29-2002, 03:05 AM

Yep, I'd go with the Slowounds too.

chucko58 · #14 01-29-2002, 03:27 PM

I just took a set of Slowounds off my Carvin LB75. I didn't care for the tone at all.

Just before I sold my fretless 5 a year ago, I put some half-round strings on it; D'Addario Half-Rounds perhaps? I don't remember exactly. They really transformed the bass. Rounds never sounded good, but the half-rounds worked really well. They weren't totally smooth because they were roundwounds that had been ground flat, but they definitely had a nice mellow tone to them.

Monkey · #15 01-29-2002, 09:46 PM

I have a set of LaBella tapewounds on my fretless five that have been on about a year, and still sound great.