Are there strings you actually dislike?

[ToneMonkey]

Dunlop anything. And I like bright strings. Dunlops are just unmusical IMO. Sad, because I really like the company.

 

[Killens84]

Hate the feel of Rotosound strings.
I’m a big GHS fan, but when I put a set of Pressurewounds on my P bass, I couldn’t take them back off quick enough.
I only use GHS Nickel Balanced now.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

TI Jazz Flats, and all tapewounds. Coated strings I'm on the fence about. And any cheapo "shop" strings I've tried.

I see hate for nickel rounds and now TI Jazz flats, but those are basically all I use apart from some occasional experimentation which leads me right back to nickel rounds and TI flats.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Hate the feel of Rotosound strings.

Ditto for the steel ones, but the nickel ones seem much nicer and I used those for a decade or so and still have a set of SM66N in the box, or on a bass (I have some other strings that are nickel rounds of the same gauge and silks - the balls at the end are slightly different colours, though).

 

[Gord_oh]

Ernie Ball Slinkys....they burn out way too fast.

 

[monkeyfinger]

I recently tried some Roto 66's. They are definitely smoother feeling than the ones I used when I was a kid. (I won't tell you how long ago, but I measure it in decades. ) They are also less gritty sounding, but still have lot's of zing.

 

[bassplayer9512]

Cobalt slinks, only string that ever broke on me

 

[Eikari]

Ernie Ball cobalt rounds the worst i have tried, and also other EB strings for that matter.

 

[jmlee]

Ernie Ball cobalt rounds the worst i have tried, and also other EB strings for that matter.

Agreed. The flats are quite nice, though, after the gumminess subsides.

 

[fishdreams]

D'addario Halfrounds. The ideal strings for me on paper, and I just never got them to work. GHS pressurewounds always underwhelmend too, for some reason. Labella Slinky Roundwounds seem to have the overtones in all the wrong places. (They make great flats and the best tapewounds, though)

 

[JimmyM]

I see hate for nickel rounds and now TI Jazz flats, but those are basically all I use apart from some occasional experimentation which leads me right back to nickel rounds and TI flats.

Hey, I just saw hate for Dunlop strings and their nickel rounds and flats are all I use except on my violin basses, which get LaBella flats. Always someone around to hate the stuff you love I don't worry about it. Not like I get commissions.

 

[Skerrvydog]

One string i didn't like is the light gauge short scale GHS pressurewounds. I tried them on an Allen Woody short scale for like a week and they are just too light for me. If anybody wants them for a short scale bass just hit me up, you can have em.

 

[onda'bass]

For me ghs and dr are no go for me, hate em

 

[BigBigGuy44]

Musician's Friend threw a couple packs of their house branded strings in on a purchase one time to compensate me for an order delay. While I appreciated the kind gesture, the strings were quite awful. They had a rough feel to them, almost like running your fingers across fine grit sandpaper or an emory board.

 

[Skerrvydog]

LaBella 760FLs. The top 3 sound fine, but the E always sounds weird. I really wanted to love them, but I've yet to buy a tonally balanced set. Plus, the last set I had actually rusted after I'd taken them off and saved them.

I concur, running a short scale set now and the E sounds vastly different, deader, dumpier. Actually would be a cool set if all the string sounded that way. Instead im actually felt muting the rest of the strings to try to better match the E.

 

[dan1952]

I hate Rotosound RS66L. They destroy frets. They are noisy under the fingers. I don't want the bass to sound like a piano. Other than that, I really like 'em...

 

[Admiral Thrawn]

Flatwounds. Can't stand them.

 

[Diminishedfilth]

D'Addario Half Rounds. I like Flats and Rounds but this in between doesn't please me at all.

I tried a set of those on a fretless bass. They sounded alright, but had to check the packaging for it’s grit level. The windings seem to grab onto my fingerprints when changing position.

 

[lomo]

I’m in the minority, but I don’t like D’Addario Chromes.

I hate 'em too. Their tone is good, but the tension is stratospherically high......I don't wanna pluck piano cables.

 

[moreblues]

No, I don't dislike any of them...any string is better then no strings....I just thought of that because where I live, COVID19 is by far the highest and you can not buy many food items...no chicken or beef in shoprite today, so I would have been happy to bring home chicken thighs instead of breasts, but nothing!
Back to strings, I just like some a a lot more then others...string gauge and tension is very important to me over which brand....but I do have my favorite brands as well!
I use flats, roundwounds and pressurewounds...