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  1. Why flatwounds are better than roundwounds:
  2. Strange Overtones on new E String
  3. LaBella Black Tapes: tension
  4. Rule of thumb for clipping new strings
  5. Best Strings for Fender P Bass?
  6. Yet another TI Flats question for TB
  7. DR Dragon Skin!!!
  8. Problem with Pyramid Flatwounds
  9. Which colored strings...?
  10. Labella and MTD Kingston Saratoga 5
  11. Changing my string gauge issue
  12. Strings for my gretsch
  13. Jaguar Bass like NEW
  14. .140 gauge?
  15. Strings for a P
  16. Rotosound Flats
  17. Fender 9050L Flats - Rickenbacker 4003
  18. Long scale six stringer
  19. Bronze strings on a Precision?
  20. Lightest gauge Low B nickel string
  21. Seeking Recommendations for Low-Tension Roundwounds
  22. Anyone heard of multi-core bass strings?
  23. Rotoswing 66 rounds
  24. Tried some new strings..
  25. Need help with fitting/tuning new bass strings
  26. Best gauge strings for drop b?
  27. Finally got some TI Jazz Flats for Christmas! Only one problem...
  28. medium scale string advice sought
  29. playing with fingernails on tapewounds?
  30. Finger fatigue from strings
  31. (Tonally) Dark Strings
  32. Flatwounds on fretted basses
  33. Nickle bass string
  34. ADGCF tuning, DR Lo-Rider o Sadowsky Blacks?
  35. Kudos to D'Addario!
  36. What string, i found the tone and tension, just the last step missing
  37. New 5 string set
  38. Flatwounds - What type of music
  39. Seeking string advice
  40. Flats - LaBella vs. D'addario
  41. New to flats with a few questions.
  42. New strings for american p bass (2009)?
  43. Squeals when changing chords - SS string issue?
  44. Flatwounds on Ibanez GSR200
  45. Any info on tapewounds(help)....
  46. String mystery: what are these?
  47. Isis Bassplayer Strings
  48. I have no idea how to find out what gauges I need
  49. How can i make my Bass guitar sounding like a Contrabass?
  50. Re-using strings?
  51. new strings for my bass
  52. Blk beauty B string- why is it so thin near the ball end?
  53. Another "help me choose some flats" thread!
  54. Please help! Simple Newbie question!!
  55. Elixir .130 vs .130 tapered B string
  56. String ID Assist
  57. Craziest string setup/Tunings
  58. DR Fat Beams...Oh Yeah!
  59. Switching to Flats?
  60. .100 or .105 for tighter sounding E string?
  61. what strings should i use??
  62. Michael Kelly Dragonfly 5
  63. how often should i change/replace strings???
  64. Putting oil on strings?
  65. strings for my schecter 5 string?
  66. Fender Mustang Strings: Possible or Impossible?
  67. Before I order...Circle K question.
  68. Two more sources for bass string tensions / unit weights
  69. STAINLESS or NICKEL for my Bartolini Equipped Lakland 55-02
  70. Status double-ball GW set recommendation
  71. Flats on a string thru body bass?
  72. Broke My Aversion to Buying New Strings
  73. DR - The strings that never die?!
  74. strings with red fabric on both ends
  75. Good strings for an Ibanez acoustic
  76. Help with Nickel Lo-Riders
  77. Bassstringsonline.com & SLAPINFUNK
  78. ADGCF but higher tuning not drop!
  79. Fingers Hurt!!!!
  80. A brilliant idea string makers can have for free
  81. I put Ernie Ball Slinkys on my jazz bass and lost my tone
  82. Coloured strings for F tuning?
  83. MM Stingray Classic nut matching .85 A and .105 E strings?
  84. Flats/Nylons on fender VB sig
  85. Restringing with a Bridge cover
  86. Fernandes Nomad Bass strings
  87. Worried about increased tension? Labella DT Std.
  88. Best strings for minimum fretting hand tension
  89. What strings for crazy FCFA tuning?
  90. Small Gauge Flats
  91. Short Scale or Bronco Players - String Gauge for Squier Bronco ?
  92. rotosound RN 66LD for my ricky
  93. Dunlop strings INSANELY stiff?
  94. Nylon tapewounds for short-scale ABG
  95. Help Me ID this exposed core string
  96. DR Strings for a V
  97. Labella flats
  98. DADDARIO NYLON TAPEWOUND REVIEW 50-105
  99. Somewhere to buy a single colored B string?
  100. Most "pingy" string
  101. Low B Sustain
  102. Strings suitable for playing half a tone down
  103. Strings suitable for playing half a tone down
  104. Round vs. hex core string stiffness
  105. daddario nylons sound, finally
  106. I love Naked Strings!
  107. My Labella roller coaster ride
  108. D'Addario C string question, DR Sunbeam tension
  109. BEST DR Strings to match up with a BARTOLINI equipped Lakland 55-02
  110. The GHS Progressives thread
  111. GHS/Labella Tension Question
  112. Flatwounds?
  113. Strung out by the USPS
  114. How to get more warmth out of an Ibby SR500
  115. String "bumps"
  116. Flats or Halfs?
  117. STRING HELP FROM THE MASTERS
  118. Circle K tone question
  119. Chromes on a Ray34? Hell yeah!!!
  120. Fender 7150 Pure Nickel Strings
  121. Strings to warm up an Ibby SR500
  122. D'Addario comes through!
  123. which strings?
  124. Versatile, jack-of-all-trades bass strings?
  125. need help
  126. Webstring Detroit Steel Flatwounds
  127. Is there a trick to intonating exposed TAPERED strings?
  128. Jumping on the TI bandwagon
  129. MIXING DIFFERENT LA BELLAS
  130. I keep breaking E and A strings
  131. Thomastik Jazz strings?
  132. GHS Precision Flats gauges
  133. Whats the difference (flatwound)
  134. Looking for new strings
  135. Thomastic flatwound
  136. Ging from Rounds to Flats, scale change as well
  137. I've come to the conclusion that I hate new strings.
  138. Tapewounds on Jaco Bass
  139. How do Labella Flats compare to Thomastik Infeld Flats
  140. Metal Splinters From DR Strings.
  141. Nickel Rounds for a Lakland 55-01
  142. Anyone else tuning a half step down (Eb) ?
  143. String gauge help?
  144. Snapping strings, help?
  145. New Strings
  146. a string adventure - beware...
  147. New Option in Labella Hofner Beatle Bass strings...
  148. String Silk
  149. Low B going from .128 to .130 - is there much of a difference?
  150. a description of a set that i played...
  151. Best strings for slap?
  152. Disappointed in Chromes
  153. Which first?
  154. DR Support is great to me!
  155. Labella Deep Talkin' Flats vs. Original 1954's
  156. Need some help choosing...
  157. WOW! Three of my basses have flats on them!
  158. putting 5 string set on a 4 string bass
  159. Tension: switching from Half rounds to Sunbeams
  160. String life expectancy?
  161. First attempt at restringing bass........fail.
  162. GHS vs. D'addario Tapewound Nylon Strings
  163. 110 question.
  164. best strings for a fretless that will give me the mwah with little wear
  165. Low Tension Flats For Hofner?
  166. Super Low Gauge Strings + Fender Squire. Opinions?
  167. Help me find taperwound strings for my Lakland...
  168. Purple silks
  169. Can different string gauges mess up the nut slot?
  170. Warwick Strings
  171. MIM 50's Precision Bass- Flats too dark?
  172. Flats on a PJ
  173. Can you identify these flats?
  174. New TI's on my Ric
  175. flat or round
  176. My E string and my frets have a fight every time I play.
  177. La bella flats or Elixirs?
  178. My tuning
  179. First set of flats.
  180. Specific String Advice
  181. Choosing octave strings
  182. New strings advice
  183. How many stretch their strings?
  184. What do you think? Saw add on my FB for the "string cleaner"
  185. Guy Berryman - Coldplay strings
  186. Fuzzy E
  187. Need twangy roundwounds, please.
  188. Strings for a Fender Kingman acoustic/electric bass?
  189. Stuck Bass Strings
  190. ernie ball flats...
  191. Same brand of string
  192. Thomastik Infeld Superalloy IN345: Best.Strings.Ever
  193. Alternative strings?
  194. Dr Hi-beam like tension but low and deeper sound
  195. help ID these strings?
  196. After 8 years of faithful service
  197. Output of Labella flats vs D'addarios
  198. My first bass. String info needed.
  199. New packaging for GHS Precision Flats?
  200. the TIs go back on
  201. Thomastik Infeld Superalloy IN345
  202. taperwound string and string breaks
  203. What life do you get out of your tapewounds?
  204. Which Tapewounds are these?
  205. Old strings vs. New
  206. Tapewounds on Ric or J bass?
  207. TI Jazz Flats, need help and advice ASAP
  208. String gauge for low tuned bass
  209. Strings for Warwick Thumb 6 string
  210. Best strings to use on a Schecter 5 string
  211. strings for 34.5" scale
  212. Help me find these gauges please!
  213. DR virgin
  214. Tuning a 5-string Bb-Eb-Ab-Db-Gb?
  215. DR Strings? 2 separate problems!!
  216. Rotosound TRU BASS strings
  217. Strings to use on my Modulus
  218. Help ID these old Flats- Pics
  219. have Lo Riders changed at all?
  220. Best strings for CGCF tuning?
  221. General fretless strings discussion
  222. Thomastik Flat attack?
  223. Tension of Pressurewounds?
  224. Light / flexible nickle 5 string set
  225. Where to buy strings in Europe?
  226. Best flatwound for a Chris Squire tone?
  227. mariachi bass
  228. Labella Beatle bass strings on non Hofner bass?
  229. How to remove red part off Rotosounds?
  230. Are SIT's normally really tight?
  231. Sadowsky Strings
  232. Gauges for 3/4 bass tuned in 5ths?
  233. Tappered Flats???
  234. DR Sunbeams vs TI Jazz rounds
  235. mewithoutYou's bassist, flatwounds?
  236. Brightening up my MIJ Mustang...
  237. No Circle K strings can be strung through the body?
  238. Strings for Retro sound
  239. D'addario Customer Service: Anyone here dealt with?
  240. BEAD
  241. Clanky strings
  242. Dunlop's Trujillos
  243. Strings Similar to Sadowsky Blues?
  244. Flats for "MY" 1979 Ric 4001
  245. Low tension flats
  246. Looking for new taperwound strings
  247. Chromes playability
  248. Putting Bass VI strings on a Bronco?
  249. Strings suggestion for my new 5 string P bass?
  250. Light Gauge with High Tension?