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Best strings You have played
- Thread starter Bassmantd
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I'd look for something else. That one's kinda scratched up :Ol
Yeah, big fan of those Fodera strings recently, although I use 45-105. I've been using them on my standard tuned jazz bass and really like them. However, I still like D'Addario XL Nickels on my P-bass that's tuned down 1/2 step.
Over the last few years I've tried DR Hi Beams, Lo Riders, Black Beauties, Pure Blues, Sunbeams, Ernie Ball Slinky, Rotosound 66, GHS Boomers, and Fender strings.
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Here's my string of choice, also. I use 'em on everything. So much depends on the music you play and how you approach your bass playing. I am mostly a blues/blues-rock/soul player, so LaBella DTB flats are almost a must for me, since that's the string that most of the music I play was recorded on.
Mine sound like perfectly broken in rounds, and they've been on for 8 months, with no discernible change in tone
For roundwounds my ears dearly love straight up LaBella's. I want to like other things, but my ears love these things.
I can tell you what I use that I like but nobody can tell you what is best: doesn’t work that way.
1. Rotosound RS66LF .45 to .105
2. DR high beams, any size, all the gauges sound great. Especially fond of .45-.105 and the amazing .40 to .100.
3. TI Jazz Flats. That’s a fun and (for me) very different kind of string.
1. Rotosound RS66LF .45 to .105
2. DR high beams, any size, all the gauges sound great. Especially fond of .45-.105 and the amazing .40 to .100.
3. TI Jazz Flats. That’s a fun and (for me) very different kind of string.
Not all round cores are created equal.
Round core strings by GHS (ie Round Core Boomers & Balanced Nickels) are positively firm without being uncomfortably stiff. Nothing like DR round cores, or even the Dunlop Super Brights (small hex core), which are too loose for me.
Yes to Dunlop’s. Stainless Super Bright Marcus Miller’s. Stay nice and zingy. I like zingy. Second DR LO RIDER STAINLESS.
I like the LaBella .110–.052 flats, and the .110 Steve Harris flats.
I also have a LaBella short scale .109 set that is fine. They recently replaced the .110 Steve Harris strings on my Musicmaster Bass.
I also have a LaBella short scale .109 set that is fine. They recently replaced the .110 Steve Harris strings on my Musicmaster Bass.
For me certain basses like certain strings. I have had exceptionally good luck with the following:
- DR Fat Beams - Super steel strings! Prob my favorites.
- R. Cocco NPS Nickel rounds - Great strings but hard to get and a little pricey. Nickel makes them a little mellower than naked stainless like the Fatbeams. Best nickel string IMO.
- Ernie Ball Cobalt Flats. For basses with flats the EB Cobalts have a little bit of attitude that sets them above other flats.
- Honorable mention - Ernie Ball Slinkys. Many EBMM basses sound best with these. Don't know if they voiced the preamps with these in mind, but they work well in those applications.
- DR Fat Beams - Super steel strings! Prob my favorites.
- R. Cocco NPS Nickel rounds - Great strings but hard to get and a little pricey. Nickel makes them a little mellower than naked stainless like the Fatbeams. Best nickel string IMO.
- Ernie Ball Cobalt Flats. For basses with flats the EB Cobalts have a little bit of attitude that sets them above other flats.
- Honorable mention - Ernie Ball Slinkys. Many EBMM basses sound best with these. Don't know if they voiced the preamps with these in mind, but they work well in those applications.
Sunbeams for rounds, TI Jazz for flats. When I was doing Hard Rock it was Nickel Low Riders.
May try Pures someday.
May try Pures someday.
