.045/.065/.085/.105 or .050/.070/.085/.105?

[HaphAsSard]

Hello Mr. HasAsZard, I finally installed my American made Fender Flatwound (9050ML .050 - .100) Medium Light set on my AMERICAN vintage 1972 Fender Jazz Bass. The strings fit well on my existing nut slots and I think they have the same tension pull as a DR Marcus Miller Fat Beams. The relief remained the same and I did not adjust the heights nor the bridge tunings,the intonation and radius are correct Fender specs. They are absolutely great strings. I am happy they fit without modifications. I hate adjusting truss rods on a vintage bass.

View attachment 2786107 View attachment 2786108 The tone and feel were very impressive. I should have used them decades ago. The intonation is spot on and no dead spots. All the notes are very clear and I am very satisfied with Fender 9050 MLs. I don't think I will go back to rounds anymore. The ease of playing is great just right for what I am after for. I will play my bass every day and run through the whole range of chords and lines to see how well they will improve over a short period of time. All the Best! Bon Ruiz.

Oh, so it was a set Fender flats you were interested in. I like them a lot. I only have experience with the (now twice) discontinued 9050CL set that tylerwylie above^ mentioned, so it just so happens that each string gauge is different from those in the ML set, but I expect them to sound just as good. Good to know they were plug-and-play. Enjoy!

 

[bonruiz]

Tension across strings is wildly unbalanced with those 0.050" sets.

As long as it works for me I'm fine with it. Thank you very much. Cheers!

 

[bonruiz]

Oh, so it was a set Fender flats you were interested in. I like them a lot. I only have experience with the (now twice) discontinued 9050CL set that tylerwylie above^ mentioned, so it just so happens that each string gauge is different from those in the ML set, but I expect them to sound just as good. Good to know they were plug-and-play. Enjoy!

Thank you very much!
They sound great, especially on a big rig. Boogie On!

 

[Pier_]

I opened a topic about this some time ago. I found out that I usually prefer sets with bigger highs, like 45-100 or 50-105.
the tension is not "balanced" when it comes to just "the tension at pictch". but one have to consider the different action you'll have on each string, the different position of the fingers while fretting (fretting a G string is different than fretting an E string), so the different force a finger can use to press the string.