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  1. strings for 4 string contra-tuning (CF#BE or F#BEA)
  2. Mystery Strings- Who can Help Identify?
  3. Smooth bright strings for a 5er?
  4. Just how much do strings effect tone?
  5. Labella, Rotosound, T.I. Flatwounds - On Fretless Jazz
  6. What is the "quietest" roundwound with respect to finger noise?
  7. Who makes a high "C" in a phosphor bronze?
  8. Too Many Overtones on Fretted E String Notes
  9. Do roundwounds damage a fretless?
  10. Stupid Question?
  11. String Cleaning gone horribly wrong
  12. Steve Harris Rotos and Tension Question
  13. What is different about different strings?
  14. Strings the Ibanez BTB555 ship with?
  15. Rotosound Flats Rule!
  16. DR Black Beauties life?
  17. Chrome Flats D Tuned
  18. Anyone here used Caig Deoxit AxeWipes?
  19. Tenor tuning and tension question
  20. Low B on DR Nickel Lo-Riders or Sunbeams question
  21. Uber strings.... What are the Brightest?
  22. Looking for a 6-string set
  23. Carvin Stainless Steel strings?
  24. Tenor Bass Strings
  25. my lucky break
  26. Strings for G&L L2000
  27. Joe Osborne Flats, dead G?
  28. String pitstops
  29. String Comparison Soundclips
  30. Looking for flatwounds w/ no silk
  31. d & g strings
  32. Question on intunation...
  33. Strings for Warwick?
  34. What type of string is best for popping
  35. Will these strings fit my 35" Dean 5-string fretless?
  36. best place to order a set of 6-string flatwounds
  37. changed bridge and now...
  38. Which Black Nylon Tapewounds?
  39. Elixir vs DR Lo Riders
  40. New to the subject of strings- Suggestions?
  41. Can Fender 9120 go string thru body?
  42. Who plays FAT strings?
  43. help finding strings for my 6 string fretless string through body bass...
  44. Sunbeams
  45. Recommendations for dark punk strings. Help.
  46. Flats for 5-string acoustic
  47. First thread!
  48. lower tension compression wound or grounds ?
  49. stretch is the enemy?
  50. B-String extension?
  51. B string too floppy on MM Sub 5
  52. D'Addario
  53. All arround strings
  54. Using Gut strings on an acoustic bass guitar?
  55. Strings to replace rotosounds
  56. Uhhhh , here IS a problem, 7 stringers...
  57. Golden strings?!?
  58. Rotosounds with fretless? Hows that work?
  59. Getting a punchy trebly tone with Flatwounds
  60. Close to an URB sound?
  61. MTD's
  62. Anyone NOT have a brand preference besides me?
  63. ok acousticore fans
  64. I don't like the sound of my E string
  65. I have to say...
  66. What Brand/Proof of Denatured Alcohol is recommended?
  67. horay!
  68. Fretless - Round Or Flat?
  69. Stringcare: GHS, Kyser.. Do you use it?
  70. D'addario "long" scale
  71. Strings for Acoustic Bass Guitars
  72. Strings for Fender Jazz
  73. Tension question
  74. Rotosound Monel Flatwounds?
  75. Thick-end strings
  76. Mellow strings for bright bass
  77. Recomend me some fat, thick, warm, buttery flatwounds!
  78. How to create a string cleaning contraption using Denatured alcohol
  79. Something Tb'rs can fret about
  80. How much strings do you have? How long?
  81. Markley Flats got a bad rap
  82. Old Flatwounds Intonation Question
  83. Do Tapewounds Ever Die?
  84. String Recommendations For Fender AVS '62 Jazz
  85. Can anyone tell me about these Dean Markley strings?
  86. tapered strings for my Am Std Jazz
  87. if only i was rich...
  88. stingray 5 strings/tension
  89. Ibanez AGB140
  90. 5 string gauge advice
  91. Goodbye Sadowsky?
  92. DR LO-Riders
  93. Good guage for slap on a MIM Fender Jazz
  94. Help identifying these strings?
  95. What gauges come on a Spector Euro 5?
  96. Help on buying New strings plz
  97. strangest thing with alcohol and strings
  98. Strings for a Ken Smith Bass
  99. i have to get new strings now....
  100. New to ABG
  101. Getting the best of both worlds (drop tuning)
  102. ELIXER GAUGES
  103. My low E just broke...
  104. Dull A String
  105. Swordsteels good for slap?
  106. If I detune, what guage do I need?
  107. Need string suggestion for my Cirrus 5
  108. Who uses steel strings and has not had fret wear?
  109. 38 scale strings?
  110. Tightest possible strings
  111. String problem/solution (Elixirs)
  112. guages for 10 string bass
  113. Mounting flats without breaking the truss rod
  114. Roto sound Strings rule!!!!!! I'm a roto sound man!
  115. Black Diamond bass strings ???
  116. Recommend Some Tapered Strings
  117. Tapered Low B???
  118. Webstrings longevity question
  119. 35" scale 6 string double ball set - OUCH! who sells these?
  120. Flea's E string
  121. Nickel and steel which pull harder
  122. Why aren't there any other Nylon core strings???
  123. Steel Rounds, Nickel Rounds, Halfies, or Flats?
  124. Flatwounds on an acoustic
  125. ProSteels Baby!
  126. Purpose/Gauge of Tapered
  127. Need Advice For Strings!
  128. Labella black tapewounds? Comments?
  129. String for High-fi Fretless Sound?
  130. Dunlop Formula65 Stringcleaner
  131. STRING GAUGE
  132. Vintage bass....what kinda strings?!?
  133. Rumblefish String Suggestions??
  134. Wyres' Tapewound strings!!
  135. Sadowsky Strings.. anyone try 'em?
  136. cheap
  137. .35 or .45
  138. John Paul Jones & Flatwounds
  139. Warwick Yellow Labels
  140. Most like an acoustic upright
  141. Bright, longlasting strings?
  142. Replacement Strings
  143. Elixir 5-string sets discontinued?
  144. methylated spirit/denatured alcohol
  145. deadening strings
  146. Strings for a 35" scale 5 string (Peavey Cirrus)
  147. Medium tension LaBella Flats?
  148. What strings are you using on your frettless basses?
  149. Strings for a Stingray/Sterling
  150. Which one of these strings provides the most MWAH given similar playing?
  151. Is it possible? Skyline JO5 with hollow B string?
  152. MusicMan Basses & Flats
  153. Learning Lessons and Flatwound Strings
  154. octave 8 string set opinions
  155. gold strings
  156. STRING IDEAS?
  157. What are the most roundwound-like sounding *flatwounds*? brightness/mwah/tension/etc
  158. Which strings? New to fretless
  159. Need help finding a set of 6's
  160. EADGC Flatwounds?
  161. Which La Bella 760n should I use on 34" J bass?
  162. Sunbeams or Low riders for my Bongo 5?
  163. Just ordered some Jamersons!
  164. Using flats on a ABG?
  165. Broken flatwound
  166. Anyone have experince of Warwick Black Label strings?
  167. Short scale flatwounds on a violin bass
  168. I need some help
  169. Effect of strings on average player
  170. String review?
  171. Steel Strings That Wont Chew Up my Fingers?
  172. Whats your favorite flatwound
  173. String is too long!
  174. How much can a string stretch?
  175. La Bella Steels
  176. Calling all MetalHeads! What type of strings do you use?
  177. Lighter Strings for Easier Slap/Pop???
  178. What're Your Fretless Gauges?
  179. dead strings? how long do they last
  180. Do fresh strings usually...........?
  181. Which DR's?
  182. Low B in a 4-string?
  183. Best strings to do bends/vibrato?
  184. Bass newbie help
  185. Denatured alcohol on wood?
  186. trying to get the right guages for a string up
  187. Flatwounds on a Geddy Lee bass ?
  188. Stock strings on Fender Japan basses
  189. Would halfwounds do the job?
  190. Labella Tapewounds
  191. Some Bass "Bling"
  192. Dead B string on MIM Jazz w/Rotosound 66's
  193. Flats on a Stingray 4? (3 EQ and new 2 HB version)
  194. What strings do you like best of these?
  195. Leaving bass unstrung for a day - Bad?
  196. tone difference
  197. What are the stock strings for MIM Fender Jazz fretless basses?
  198. Strings for fretless...
  199. Fender American Jazz 5
  200. fretless5 string set
  201. Do light gauge strings die quicker than heavier strings?
  202. Strings for a Sadowsky bass
  203. TI / Labella Flatwound comparison
  204. 5 String players: What strings do you use?
  205. Stringing up Fenders : through-body vs. through-bridge? (TI flats?)
  206. Broke my A string yesterday...
  207. String treatment experiment
  208. 35in, String thru Body, 4 string
  209. SamAsh sold me the wrong strings...
  210. GC: No Elixir Strings?
  211. Flat wound string?
  212. Dean Markley Blue Nickels
  213. when cleaning your string in denatured alcohol...
  214. Alternative to Elixir Polywebs?
  215. Fret Buzz String size and Low Action
  216. A little help with acoustic electric bass strings please.
  217. Frayed silk wrappings annoy me
  218. Finally found'em! NYLON FILAMENT WOUND!
  219. Ian Hill tone
  220. Ken Smith Burners
  221. optima 24k bass strings
  222. BC Rich strings
  223. New strings? (Tone problems)
  224. Deep bassy growly strings
  225. Two sets of rotosounds and unintonable E string.
  226. 5 with a high
  227. no sustain
  228. What Strings Come On Schecters?
  229. looolas??? lelas? $250/set? what are they?
  230. Wierd string gauge mix
  231. GHS "Brite Flat" strings?
  232. Strings on a Rickenbacker 4003?
  233. Does this sound like flatwounds?
  234. which strings for 5-string
  235. Which strings
  236. Unusual fret wear with DR High Beams or Colored Strings?
  237. best flatwounds?
  238. String change on a composite neck w/ truss rod. Truss rod adjustment necessary?
  239. Less "mid-scooped" SS strings than Fatbeams
  240. Denatured Alcohol - It Really Works
  241. New Lightwave Owner Need String Input!
  242. strings on a pbass?
  243. Thunderbird players.. what strings you use?
  244. lighter gauge string ++++
  245. New Clip Addition: Labella Deep Talkin' Flats
  246. What's on your Woody?
  247. New String Gauge : Nut Replacement Obligatory?
  248. Question for everyone
  249. Ken Smith Strings?
  250. need recommendation on bright / long lasting strings..