Blue steel went to hell.

[saabfender]

Used Blue Steels on my Strat for half of forever, it feels like. Bought a set for a bass recently and it had a dud A string. Sigh. I guess I won't be doing that again.

I will return a set of strings in a minute if it isn't good. No way am I on the hook for others' shoddy goods.

 

[jeffb28451]

Thanks. Played them in the 80's when they were new and would make you think Rotos were gentle on your fingers, but JEEZ, were they some raw, almost brutal strings with a huge personality.
I guess I'll just stick with 66's now that I'm back playing live again.

 

[mmbongo]

You Blue Steel folks might want to try Apex strings. They are made by one of the guys who used to make Dean Markley strings.

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I have no connection to them and have never seen them in person. Just been reading about them.

 

[jallenbass]

This thread is interesting to me. A couple of weeks ago I bought my first set of Blue Steels (from bassstringsonline.com, of course) and am quite impressed with them. Nice sound and very comfortable feel. I might have to try the Apex strings to see what I'm missing.