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  1. Anyone using/try Dean Markley Bass Helix Strings?
  2. Different strings, different basses.
  3. Cutting string length and rewiring ball end
  4. BC Rich experts question. Warlock body size changes
  5. Should I try flats?
  6. DR LO-rider for 3 weeks??
  7. Flatwound String ID ??
  8. Bright rounds that don't go clanky when downtuning
  9. Getting my first bass (5-string)...help me choose strings (tension geeks, come here!)
  10. Rotosound Swing bass 66 .40 .60 .80 .100 string set
  11. which DR set for my P bass...?
  12. Strings for C F Bb Eb Piccolo tuning
  13. string company for sponsorship, heavy strings?
  14. need a longer string
  15. Which chords for progressive rock ?
  16. Active basses - when do you change the strings?
  17. need new flats, advice please
  18. When to change your flats?
  19. Wich tapewounds are suitable for D-G-C-F tuning?
  20. What kind of strings should I use for post-hardcore?
  21. Freddie Washington St
  22. compare
  23. Dead string? Warning- possible stupid question
  24. And now, the award for outstanding incompetence in bass string installation...
  25. Slap Bass and fast fingering
  26. My Elixir Stainless Steel Strings Review; P-bass into Hartke Attack Pedal
  27. Strings For A Schecter Extreme-5
  28. I think I'm going to try pressure wounds, but...
  29. Lemmy now using Dunlop SS strings
  30. can strings be too heavy?
  31. SR500 with which strings?
  32. Tapes brighter than flats?
  33. Wanna buy new strings
  34. Best Gauge for a hard attack..?
  35. D'Addario Strings
  36. oh man come on
  37. Robert Trujillo Icon
  38. Through The Body Strings
  39. How would you describe flats souvd vs rounds.
  40. SIT Powercores? No reviews, whats your experience with them?
  41. Playing A Standard (A-D-G-C-F) on a fiver; best string gauges?
  42. Good Deal
  43. Strings for Cort C5H
  44. Why The Hair Tie on The Neck?
  45. String Gauges and The effects on Necks
  46. What strings does Timmy C (R.A.T.M) use or has used?
  47. Does anybody know what kind strings sit power flats are?
  48. Cleaning up my lower end tone - Roundwounds or Flats?
  49. 5-string flatwounds
  50. Thomastik Infeld JF324's
  51. Newb String Question
  52. How do you install flatwounds?
  53. B string science
  54. Who likes DR Hi-Beams
  55. String gauges for 32" basses
  56. Fender Bullets Strings!
  57. Wiping coated strings
  58. New string broke while tuning
  59. Phosphor bronze with magnetic pups
  60. Elixir Steels vs. EB Cobalts. My little review!
  61. Coated strings and 55-02
  62. String pressure
  63. Guages and Tensions for drop D
  64. Switching back to rounds - DR vs Rotosound
  65. New to bass playing and need help with strings
  66. Victor Wooten now using D'Addario Strings
  67. Sunbeams vs Nickel Lo-Riders
  68. Advice on Jaco Fretless and Rotosounds
  69. Fodera Victor Wooten Strings????
  70. Advice on strings
  71. GHS Boomers Question
  72. La Bella Black Nylon 760N-B for a Fender American Standard Jazz Bass V?
  73. I'm wasting too much money.
  74. Anyone used Dark Horse Strings ?
  75. Static Electricity from Coated Strings
  76. Bass guitar string question
  77. LaBella Flats...
  78. just broke a flat! im ************
  79. Strings for Fender American Deluxe Jazz Bass V‏ (for roots reggae)
  80. Northern Lights strings.
  81. Which elixir strings will fit my modulus??
  82. Dunlop Nickels what are your thoughts?
  83. D'Addario 5 sting bass strings.
  84. LaBella flats - what core?
  85. Odd idea.
  86. Multiple string types...bad idea?
  87. Copper and steel strings, need replacement
  88. How low can you detune a Ric or a 32 shortscale?
  89. What string does what?
  90. Can't get the g-string Roto 77s to intonate
  91. Tapered/exposed core: Why??
  92. My review of Curt Mangan nickle strings
  93. what kind of strings are these?
  94. new strings, yes or no
  95. First strings for a Squier Affinity Series Pbass
  96. Advise on Strings: bass for symphonic music, movie music
  97. 1966 Rickenbacker 4005
  98. Rounds for 51P Bass..what do you use?
  99. ABG: Tapes vs. Flats vs. ???
  100. Chromium VI
  101. GHS pressurewounds on HMV bridge
  102. Help identifying these strings: Grey silk roundwounds with taperwound E
  103. Might buy some D'Addario Tapewounds
  104. What effect if any would antiferromagnetic stings have with ferrous alnico pups?
  105. Boiling Strings in Sodium Carbonate
  106. Long Scale Piccolo Strings
  107. Bassstringsonline.com First Order
  108. Boiling Strings
  109. What strings need to be broken in?
  110. Awesome La Bella Customer Service!
  111. What flatwounds shall i get?
  112. GHS stainless steel precision flatwounds
  113. Flatwound Strings for a Fender V bass?
  114. Nathan East info; Acoustic bass strings used...
  115. Ken Smith silk/thread colors
  116. Dead string already...
  117. D'Addario chromes on Thunderchief
  118. Strings for my Ibanez sr500
  119. String advice for folk
  120. LaBella 6 string Flats?
  121. LaBella Flatwounds for P bass
  122. Strings for American Standard V's
  123. Warm up a maple neck Am. Std P
  124. new EB COBALT srings
  125. Medium Scale Flat Suggestions
  126. rumblekat suggestions
  127. Need some strings for a P Bass.
  128. Really liking the Fender 9050CL flats
  129. String Gauges
  130. .150 Gauge and up Bass Strings
  131. Right gauges for Piccolo tuning
  132. Highest Gauge To Safely Use For A High F String
  133. DR Fat-Beams on a P-Bass?
  134. High String Tension
  135. Strings for C
  136. Peavey Cirrus strings question
  137. Flats: from string through to top load - problem?
  138. black beauties versus neons, sound diff?
  139. DR Hi Beam 45-130
  140. These Black Beuties are nice but.....
  141. Strange A string?
  142. Lemmy get some LOVE
  143. Carvin 50STS Stainless = La Bella Hard Rockin Steel??
  144. Chromes on a 55-02
  145. The right strings for me??
  146. Short scale flatwounds
  147. Strings for acoustic?
  148. Strings sets issue/ inconsistencies.
  149. I seriously think these are flats!
  150. DR Neons
  151. Muddy Water's late years Bass Players!!
  152. Danelectro -Short scale strings
  153. D'addario Prisms
  154. 1st time string buyer
  155. High Beams Scale length question
  156. Steel String Questions.
  157. How long do Rotosound Solo Bass 55's last?
  158. Sadowsky Blue 5 String light
  159. Im a DR guy now..
  160. Is there a market for:
  161. String Tension: Labella Jamersons vs. D'daddario Half Wound Heavy Gauge
  162. flatwound tension
  163. Strings for Dingwall
  164. Help me identify these mystery flats!!
  165. Great company
  166. What Strings You Used In The Past You Would Not Use Now?
  167. GHS Pressurewounds
  168. Bandmates complain about flatwound sound
  169. String suggestions for Epiphone Thunderbird
  170. D'Addario Chromes....are they really flats?
  171. Broken Strings on Stage...
  172. Elixir bass strings?
  173. Recommend a Flat for a hippie?
  174. Flats for a Smith jazz?
  175. Light gauge flats for 5 string???
  176. do you remember the rotosounds without winding's over saddle?
  177. What model are these STRINGS!!
  178. String recommendations for Short Scale (29") acoustic bass
  179. STRING CHOICES
  180. Best gauge for Standard D
  181. What kind of strings?
  182. D string- .110 vs .115?
  183. First Gig with Flats
  184. Flatwounds
  185. Want to buy NOS Dean Markley Flatwounds
  186. String Search
  187. Rotosound string cleaner?
  188. Why BSO and SLaPiFuNK will get all of my business (and should get yours too)
  189. Strings for my Fender Jazz bass
  190. Ernie Ball Flats vs. Chromes ??
  191. I need aggressive, balls-out growly sounding strings!
  192. Irrelevant thread - love those DR Lo-Riders...
  193. Roundwound strings that aren't too bright...
  194. Wiping after playing?
  195. .105 E-string
  196. String tension for Elixir 45 - 100?
  197. Elixir Stainless Steel Coated Bass Strings
  198. Dishwasher
  199. Need advice on D'adario xl ftatwound strings on gibson eb4l long scale bass
  200. Ibanez SR305 string suggestions?
  201. Question about DR Flats
  202. String recommendations for 3rd bass
  203. Pirazzi Sonic Bass Wire strings!
  204. Strings for a 33" scale 6 string?
  205. stoooopid string question
  206. DR Hi-Beams B.O.G.O at GC this weekend!
  207. Are Pyramid 'long scale' strings long enough for 35" scale top-load?
  208. Circle K vs. DR
  209. Warwick Corvette $$ 5 with Roto 77's?
  210. Hagstrom HB-8: Strings!!! HELP!
  211. Compare Fat Beams to Sun Beams
  212. DR Hi Beams
  213. Custom length Bass strings
  214. SIT Power Flats B-string??
  215. Free strings if you pay shipping
  216. New strings for Classic Ray? Must be extra long...?
  217. Buy Bass Strings in Bulk??- Discount?
  218. Strings sound Dull after 3 gigs- Getting expensive- Help??
  219. Switching to smaller diameter bass strings...
  220. Strings for Peavey TL-five
  221. Pyramid strings sell .017w .020w .140 .145 .150 .160 .170
  222. Gauge
  223. D-Tuning the E string
  224. BEAD tuning question
  225. Drop tunning Short Scale?
  226. New Bass - New Tuning
  227. Sadowsky Flats on a Carvin LB75P
  228. Best String Gauge for Drop B
  229. What are the most brilliant and grindy SS strings out there?
  230. just went down a gauge.....
  231. CANT GET WARWICK 0.040" -TO 0.100" ANY MORE ?
  232. Right flatwounds for ABG
  233. Tension: GHS Precision Flats vs. Chromes
  234. Steinberger string query
  235. Great day today - La Bella Jamerson Thru Body Sting Set
  236. Rotosound Roundwounds RS 77/Harris
  237. LaBella 760FX short scale - Yeah, baby!
  238. Bright Flats, or Warm Rounds? Suggestions?!
  239. Flats & Rounds on the same bass??!
  240. GHS String tour
  241. Help with ID'ing strings
  242. Chromes, thru body
  243. After hitting the 'search' button, there was no lightning bolt from above.
  244. I have tasted the coolaide and it is good.
  245. thomastik infeld jazz flats JR364 or JR344?
  246. GHS Pressurewound B-string - any good?
  247. Rotosound Solo Bass 55 questions
  248. String Gauge
  249. So, sunbeams it is for now. Lol
  250. Which strings for Fender B29 abg