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  1. Dunlop + L2500 = sweeet!!
  2. difference in scales?
  3. short scale
  4. Question about converting a baritone…
  5. String size
  6. Arrgh. New Bass, "Free Setup," Wrong Strings!
  7. Touching up DR Black Beauties with a permanent marker...yay or nay?
  8. Ernie Ball Coated Strings - A review of various times
  9. looking for new strings
  10. Eastwood Club bass - flats or rounds?
  11. 5 string set tuned UP to E-C - TI Jazz rounds
  12. Renew The bass strings
  13. Which strings have the colored beads?
  14. Looking for a 5 string set with a 130+ B and 110 E
  15. Changing strings for the first time
  16. Getting that Geezer tone in Heaven and Hell
  17. Acoustic String Ideas
  18. D'Addario Chromes Or Ernie Ball Flatwounds
  19. Tension difference between Roto RS66 Stainless and Labella HRS?
  20. 30 Year Old Golden Spirals
  21. Strings that emphasize low-mids
  22. Brightest longest lasting string?
  23. Spector ReBop 4 String - Best Strings for this Bass?
  24. Being a broke teenager in small town albera sucks.
  25. Where can I find these picks?
  26. LaBella's in Canada?
  27. new strings
  28. Tuning G D A E - what strings?
  29. any help plz!
  30. Ken Smith or GHS Super Steel
  31. Best roundwound B for a Q5.
  32. Who makes long scale wound strings under .30 gauge?
  33. Fretless wear and tear
  34. Q for someone familiar with GC string prices..
  35. stringing thru body - which strings?
  36. LaBella FL's - Thanks for the Recommendation
  37. 5 string set on a 4 banger
  38. Just Put On Half Rounds!!!
  39. Strings for Violin/Hofner style Bass ?
  40. Warwick Strings
  41. Well, I've gone and done it now......
  42. Ibanez Soundgear. anyone know what strings?
  43. piccolo string question
  44. Rusting 6th string
  45. Well done Rotosound!
  46. changing g string gauge only
  47. First D'Addario Chromes Try: DEAD E-string???
  48. Flatwound string tension comparisons?
  49. Bongo + flats. soundclip needed
  50. Best strings for natural and artificial harmonics?
  51. I like flatwounds
  52. Hairy flatwounds?
  53. B string + flats = muddy?
  54. Strings for 5 string
  55. 35" Scale String Search
  56. Labella Black Nylong Tapewound vs TI Flats
  57. Best string choice for thin jazz neck?
  58. Problem with D'Addario Chromes ECB81-5SL
  59. Hard rock strings
  60. Fret Buzz/string question
  61. Dead B String
  62. Changing to Flatwounds
  63. SIT Silencers
  64. Let the strings match the bass
  65. BEAD short scale
  66. Measuring string gauge...quick question
  67. TI Jazz rounds
  68. Sunbeams VS Nickel Lo-Riders
  69. Brand new nexus rotosound-dead A string.
  70. String Recycling
  71. Strings for GDAE on 30" bass
  72. Please Help Me ID These Flats!!
  73. Need help finding a new keeper set of strings.
  74. id like to hear from 5 string bass players who...
  75. Why won't string companies do this? (Purists beware: De-Tuning content)
  76. Fender 7250 vs Sadowsky Blue Nickel Plated: Compare?
  77. Strings on Ibanez
  78. Need some help ordering Chromes please
  79. Should I be taking back up strings to gigs?
  80. Half Wounds...seems like few people use 'em
  81. Changing to flat wounds please help?????
  82. Do I need to get my bass set up for a change in string gauge?
  83. Pyramid Flats Question
  84. LaBella
  85. Wanting to try new strings
  86. Victor Baily acoutic 4 strings bass quesiton
  87. Where is CircleK
  88. High tension rounds?
  89. my band has made me get rid of my flatwounds.
  90. Tuning problems w/ flats?!
  91. what type of stings to use for sweaty hands?
  92. Help with Chromes sustain
  93. Are DR Sunbeams or Coated brighter?
  94. Low Tension Rounds?
  95. speaking of prog...
  96. What is a good set of strings for Prog Metal? Like Dream Theater?
  97. Hartke strings set of 5 for $14??? I'm sold on em
  98. Restringing a Spector 5-string
  99. alternative to fodera diamond nickel strings
  100. Flats Buzzing
  101. strings like dr sunbeams, but higher tension?
  102. Time for change
  103. Roundwound to Flatwound
  104. Downtuned E or .130 string on 4 string bass?
  105. Cleaning Elixir Nanowebs?
  106. do you know these strings?
  107. Dunlop Strings=love
  108. TI JF344 or JF364 for a Peavey Cirrus 4?
  109. Taper Core vs Tapewound (Black Nylons)
  110. Jaco and R. Cocco strings
  111. Will changing from DR highbeams to sadowsky blue label require a tross rod adjustment
  112. Flatwounds for 7-string??
  113. Requesting some string advice
  114. Floppy Hi Beams?
  115. Coated Strings?
  116. D R flatwounds
  117. Cost of Flatwounds
  118. What's up with this string?
  119. stretching strings
  120. string chatter on 5 string basses
  121. Decent strings for DCFG tuning
  122. Need a new set of strings for my Thunderbird.
  123. New strings: silks riding on bridge barrels. Problem?
  124. Need a 100/105 flatwound
  125. Slightly chorusy sound from my Chromes?? What's happening?
  126. Free DR Flats!!!? No, really!
  127. Pyramid Gold Flats
  128. flats and QPs for rock?
  129. Pyramid Golds Through Body?
  130. 7250 v. 8250
  131. Stainless Steel Rounds on a Fretless?
  132. GHS Black Nylons on the Viola Bass
  133. Favorite Strings for Viola Bass Players
  134. La Bella Flats Comparison - 760FX Vs 760FL
  135. DR ad says more fundamental ?
  136. Black flatwound strings, and red strings
  137. .045/.065/.085/.105 or .050/.070/.085/.105?
  138. Better than Rotos?
  139. Which companies sell .128 B strings?
  140. Poll for Flatwound users
  141. StingRay with Flats
  142. GHS Pressurewound Question for you gurus out there.
  143. Ideal flats for a USA JO4
  144. GHS 3020 shortscale flats on a Fender Mustang?
  145. better strings for an Ibanez AEB305?
  146. Suggest me a gauge of flats...
  147. Rotosound flats...advice needed
  148. Colored strings?
  149. Flats with emerald green silks?
  150. La Bella 760FM (Jamerson) vs. Deep Talkin’ Flats
  151. DR Strings Club?
  152. looking for a piccolo string set for my dobro
  153. GHS precision flats
  154. Flats?
  155. Anyone use Ken Smith Taper Core Bass Burners in their MIA Fender?
  156. Flatwounds on Acoustic Bass Guitar
  157. So apparently Ernie Ball makes guitar strings too...
  158. strings for F# tuning
  159. CONFESSIONS OF A STRING KILLER!!
  160. Help me find long strings! (preferably coated too!)
  161. Compression/pressure wounds for 5-strings
  162. D'Addario ProSteels
  163. Ken Smith Slick Rounds vs. Compressors
  164. FREE DR strings ...
  165. DR Black Beauties... Kind of dull?
  166. Question About P-Bass Strings
  167. strings 'maintaining'
  168. GHS Precision Flat Gauge ?
  169. Nickel Flats
  170. need info on the price of DR Sunbeams in the US
  171. tension: rotosound rs66LD vs. TI 344
  172. LaBella Slappers: Are they back to being tapered?
  173. taper core strings
  174. La Bella Tapes!?!
  175. Flats, rounds, P basses and a Fenderbird
  176. GC string score!
  177. Rounds for Carvin B4 with Swamp Ash body and ebony fingerboard?
  178. Flats for 51 P bass
  179. fingerstyle funk string gauge?
  180. Acoustic flatwounds anybody?
  181. Which Strings on Which Bass?
  182. Sympathetic Vibrations
  183. Help! G string breaking....
  184. Sadowsky Flats: Who uses them and what do you think of them?
  185. Should I adjust the truss rod on Warmoth neck for bigger string replacement?
  186. Whta size strings do I need?
  187. GHS Precision flats
  188. LaBella Thru-Body Flatwound Strings
  189. Which String Sets Only Have a Tapered-B?
  190. I dont even know if these exist...
  191. Similar to D'Addario
  192. New kind of string reccomendations please!
  193. Need help on particular gauge
  194. Sadowsky Blue labels... nickel or steel?
  195. strings for tobias signature ????
  196. Dean strings for vintage mustang
  197. Flats abd Through body bridge.
  198. Advantage of tapered core?
  199. string choice for short scale
  200. Strange........
  201. quick quest.. Labella HRS Balanced set
  202. Suggestions for bright strings
  203. What strings do you 7 string players use?
  204. Cut Em' Or Wind Em'
  205. 760N for Rob Allen MB-2: long, or extra-long?
  206. String Breakdown
  207. Trying different strings on a Takamine TB10
  208. Anybody PLay Mike Lull Strings?
  209. String Dilemma - I can't make up my mind!
  210. D'Addario ProSteels
  211. Pyramid Golds On A Lakland?
  212. In doubt with these 3 set of strings
  213. Strange La Bella/P Bass Issue
  214. 6 string gauge question.
  215. Help! Need to know what gauge strings comes stock on Ibanez SR-300
  216. trubass 88 tension? High or low?
  217. Looking for strong sounding, high-tension, and SUSTAINING
  218. Viola Bass Strings
  219. What are the numbers for on bass strings?
  220. Gauges and related... for LTD Bass B-155 (newbie)
  221. Modulus Brand Strings - Who makes 'em?
  222. Flatwounds: Chromes vs Black Nylon
  223. Jack Casady Discovery!!!
  224. Best strings for Smooth Jazz?
  225. my flats experience...
  226. Mwah deficit
  227. Can you get away with flats on a p bass in a rock band?
  228. Which bass strings? I have no idea
  229. String suggestions for my new Squier Deluxe V
  230. recommend me a string
  231. Odd question concerning flats....
  232. Going to a heavier gague string.
  233. ernie ball group IV's
  234. String set gauges: somewhat arbitrary?
  235. DR strings Question (the low B)
  236. Rotosound Customer Service (long post)
  237. Gauge suggestions for dropping E sting to D flat (C#)?
  238. Squier bass strings?
  239. Chromes on a mahogany bass?
  240. Dunlop Nickels vs. Dr. sunbeams; Did anyone compare these?
  241. 2nd set in 4 weeks Dr. lo-rider ss E string dead...me or them?
  242. Strings dying. $400 a year on strings :(
  243. Flatwound for jazz and funk
  244. Question for the flat people...
  245. heavy strings
  246. I hope this isn't a dumb question
  247. What new strings sound like old Rotosound Swing Bass strings?
  248. Short scale rotowounds
  249. Sunbeams vs. Nickel Lo-Riders: thoughts from DR strings
  250. Which nickel strings and why?