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  1. problem with new sets of strings
  2. Stringing up so the keys lay flat...???
  3. Ernie Ball flats
  4. Tall Order: PROPER Strings for a Danelectro Dead On '58
  5. Confessions of ANOTHER flatwound convert.
  6. Fender flats for Fender AV ´62 Jazz Bass?
  7. D'addario strings lenght for an Ibanez ATK
  8. do flatwounds have more of a tendency to have dud strings?
  9. Good strings for a bad bass?
  10. Good 32" scale flats ???
  11. SAM ASH is selling Guitar Research 50-105's cheap again
  12. Stringing my 6.
  13. Danelectro tuners and Nylon Strings
  14. GHS Pressurewounds
  15. Deep Talking Flats
  16. Which TI flats for a Mustang?
  17. Strings are 20% off at Elderly Music!
  18. 6 string bass players - light strings?
  19. Recommendation for new strings
  20. Deep Talkin Labella Flats: From 760FM to 760M - Big Difference?
  21. Nylon filament wound
  22. Flatwound for a fretless acoustic BG?
  23. TI Jazz Flats; 2 + 2???
  24. Help ID'ing flats
  25. Stingray with flats and a fatfinger?
  26. Can I have your old, dead strings?
  27. Best strings for Alternative/Hard Rock?
  28. Flatwounders, In What Context Would You NOT Use Flats?
  29. Rotosound Flats
  30. Am I hurting my strings?
  31. DR Black Beauties- High Tension?
  32. Light gauge vs Heavy gauge on a fretless
  33. Best Strings for Wal Custom 4?
  34. where to buy cheapest single strings?
  35. Love me some R. Cocco's
  36. how often do u change strings?
  37. Finally tried a lighter gage.
  38. GHS Boomers.
  39. Warmest roundwound strings
  40. not wrapping strings around post
  41. Calling all metalcore players! What kind of strings do you use?
  42. What's the Longest You've Kept Strings?
  43. Question: Why are short scale strings manufactured in lower gauge?
  44. Paul McCartney bass strings??
  45. Sustain w/ Flats
  46. Cleaning Elixir's
  47. Yet Another Happy Flatwound Newb
  48. Tapered B or non tapered?
  49. ID These Strings
  50. Does "stage fog" reduce string life?
  51. string tension-ti jazz flats vs XL chromes .45-.100
  52. La Bella Jamersons on a Road Worn P?
  53. Anyone know an EU supplier of Pyramid Black low B strings?
  54. Stock Ibanez strings circa 2008
  55. short scale problems!
  56. How do you know what gauge your bass use??
  57. any right-handed bass players strining upside-down?
  58. Did I ruin my string?
  59. Flats with green silks at the bridge?
  60. Who prefers thin strings?
  61. what gauge strings...
  62. Flatwound = lower volume?
  63. Black Beaties vs Red Devils
  64. What strings are best?
  65. Help Identifying Fender Strings
  66. So, I want to tune my Thunderbird a full octave below standard...
  67. Problem with e-string on Fender Jazz Bass
  68. Wrap on the end of strings?
  69. Super short scale (24.75") strings
  70. A Comprehensive Guide To String Tension?
  71. Looks like I should've read the whole thing...
  72. Warwick EMP
  73. Fender & Squier OE Strings
  74. Couple string questions.
  75. What roundwound B string sounds most like a TI jazz round or acousticore?
  76. What do you do when trying new strings?
  77. Ugh... did I do wrong?
  78. WOW! Rotosounds Has Moved Into My Neighborhood.
  79. flatwounds and rock...do they mix?
  80. Need help with Flats
  81. Optima/Maxima strings
  82. Anyone use Snarling Dogs strings?
  83. Spare Strings- A Good Thing
  84. in search of bass string help
  85. strings for punk? help!
  86. 5 String Tensions
  87. What string sizes should i get?
  88. Any other fans of light strings?
  89. 8 String Bass... High G Guitar "octave" string broke
  90. Half Flats opinions please
  91. Carvin strings, scale length (35"?) or string thru (34")
  92. High Tension
  93. Gauge and String questionsssss Drop C and D standard
  94. black beauties vs hybrid slinkys
  95. flatwound choice question
  96. strings with great feel and fast playability
  97. I NEED STRING HELP!
  98. Labella Flats, What color is what guage??
  99. Non Metalic Strings
  100. New formula pyramid flats? Anyone try them?
  101. Help! I wanna kill my strings
  102. Smoothest feeling stainless steels
  103. Need String suggestions for a 6 string
  104. Best strings for a warm tone.
  105. 5 string nickel set with tapered B/no cotton wrap
  106. What strings are these?
  107. Rotosoundss 88's?
  108. String suggestions for my style?
  109. too much tension on flats?
  110. Probably a STUPID question...
  111. metallic fret buzz keeps coming back
  112. do frets wear out flats?
  113. LaBella 760n Short Scale?
  114. weird plastic-ish coating coming off some Elixir round-wounds
  115. Elixers....
  116. picking out strings for a piccolo bass.
  117. I need advice on some good strings to use.
  118. How do Rotosound 77s sound compared to "dead" 66s?
  119. Looking for Ken Smith Slick groundwound strings...??
  120. 7 string dilemma
  121. New Elixer Fan!
  122. New bass... advice on new variety of strings please!
  123. ? about flats
  124. Gap between Strings and Fretboard....
  125. What kind of Tapewound on my Schecter stiletto?
  126. 35" scale strings
  127. Strings and Fret Buzz
  128. Strings that will bring the funk?
  129. Should I buy a set of Chromes?
  130. Anyone know of a company that makes wound strings under .020"?
  131. DR Sting hunt
  132. 6 string bass E-E tuning? What strings?
  133. HELP!!
  134. Wide Open Here For Opinions
  135. Light, thumpy flats needed!!!
  136. Changing strings = new setup?
  137. What are the DARKESt strings for my Cruisebass? no tinky...
  138. Buying an assortment: Suggestions
  139. The Flats???
  140. string help
  141. Johnny Brook Strings
  142. bad set of chromes
  143. Flats/Tapewounds on Headless Bass?
  144. Seven (7) String Bass Strings
  145. EB MM Stingray strings
  146. Good experience with LaBella
  147. GHS coated boomers
  148. HELP!?
  149. DR LO-RIDER Stainless Steel
  150. Best strings to get my warwick to growl?
  151. Nickel Bronze .165 F# for 7 String Bass
  152. Heavy Gauge Thomastik Jazz Flats?
  153. Tapered strings and tapewound strings on piezo elements.
  154. LaBella Quarter wounds 760QM strings.
  155. So I found the strings that clicked with my steiny...
  156. Cirrus strings
  157. Which one gets flats?
  158. What size bass strings are on my 60's classic vibe p-bass?
  159. Thomastik Jazz Round Question
  160. What is your take on these fretboard markings?
  161. Cutting tape wounds - bad?
  162. String for Musicman Stingray?
  163. 7 string flatwound. Do they exist?
  164. Recommendations - Need treble/punch
  165. Rotosounds 66
  166. cleartone?
  167. Fretless & String question
  168. Breaking Strings slap and pop
  169. DAddario customer service rocks #2
  170. replacing a string
  171. Pyramid or Alembic?
  172. poppy sounding strings???
  173. Break my strings in for me!
  174. Flatwounds for 6 string
  175. I like new strings but I'm going broke!
  176. Thomastik Infeld for 35 Scale?
  177. What flats for these tones?
  178. DR EXTRA-Life: Cool Blue and Peacock Blue one and the same?
  179. D'addario Chromes 45 65 85 105 ???
  180. Light Strings Again!!!!
  181. Trying to identify flatwounds with the red yarn winding tips! Help!
  182. Advice for P BASS please!
  183. Please to give feedback on all tapewounds.
  184. Chorusey Rotosound 77 E string
  185. B string ball end huge-ness
  186. Just lost my mind: Sunbeams vs Fat Beams vs Smith vs Blue Steels - Winner?
  187. Flats on a 5 for Clasic Country
  188. String bass combo that im thinking on.
  189. Ibanez and Elixer
  190. La Bella Flats Silk Color question
  191. Got a question
  192. Need recommendations - looking for D standard - tight, punchy, aggressive/metallic
  193. .50-.110 for Standard to Drop C#?
  194. 32" scale ABG flatwound strings?
  195. Need Thicker Flatound.
  196. Soundgear meets XL Chromes
  197. Lowest tension strings.
  198. Need flatwounds like sound like roundwounds...if they exist
  199. best feeling flatwounds
  200. help me with the terminology: bright? warm? mellow?
  201. What to do with Superwound strings?
  202. string gauges, do they fit a nut or a style?
  203. cheapest not-too-nasty flatwounds
  204. How are DR Sun-Beams?
  205. Need advice: 5str flatwounds on 36 scale
  206. My first set of Swing 66s
  207. From dAddario XL to DR Hi-Beams - noise?
  208. Colored flats?
  209. String ID Request
  210. Will Elixir strings cause resonance problems?
  211. Low B and F# = No Sustain
  212. Who Makes The Strings ----
  213. String set advice please
  214. Dean Markley Blue Steel 4 String Set
  215. Need a string recomendation that has the same tension (neck pull) as DR Sunbeams
  216. 6 string fretless problem!
  217. Tapered strings vs tension vs oscillation
  218. String dilemma...
  219. Need new strings for American Deluxe Jazz
  220. Round Wound String Tension - Questions for You Engineers (looking for facts)
  221. nickel wound vs stainless steel bass strings bad on the neck?
  222. reusing strings?
  223. Peavey Grind Bass BXP 4 - Strings 35" scale. Advice needed.
  224. Power Slinky
  225. love Flats but need more agressiveness- brighter flat, or compression/half-wound?
  226. Broke an E string last night, first time in 13 years.
  227. Question for Old Timers
  228. Flatwounds vs roundwounds
  229. 34" Low B....What do you use?
  230. any reason not to go light (100-40) on a short scale musicmaster?
  231. upside-down players needs xxxlong strings?
  232. Iconic String Choice
  233. Short Scale TI Jazz Flat Question--Really Dead E String?
  234. Tim Commerford Strings????
  235. Taper Wound Strings For 6 String With Through Body String Holes
  236. New Strings, Almost broken Nut
  237. Non-Nickel Strings
  238. best strings for a Thunderbird Goth Bass??
  239. D'Addario's for Essex Jazz SJB62QMD?
  240. Extra long scale flatwound
  241. Tone wsie, whats the difference between EB Group III's and Chromes
  242. BEAD strings???
  243. Ashbory Strings
  244. New Strings = Finger Pain!!!!
  245. WANTED 1 D'ADDARIO Chromes 100 E string
  246. Strings for Dingwall Combustion
  247. String question
  248. Good for tuning low?
  249. Strings for a defretted P-bass
  250. Help needed Indentifying Strings