FretNation.com is my go to string source. Check them out. Great folks and they will answer you questions.
Setting up your bass is dead simple, go to YouTube and watch Sheldon Dingwall’s excellent step by step. Gather the few tools you need, and keep them at hand. Only you can dial in a set up that’s perfect for your playing.
Your set up will evolve with your playing, and you’ll do a set up with every new set of strings. Just the change of seasons can wack a setup. It’s not voodoo, you can do it.
It takes about 15 minutes to restring with fresh strings and get set up.
Want flats with less tension? Want to try rounds? Stainless sticks to your fingers? Don’t be afraid to experiment. Strings run around $20 for inexpensive rounds, up to $80 for TI jazz flats. Rounds last a good while, TI flats last forever.
You can’t just go off the numbers, tensions vary. But it’s a starting place. Don’t be afraid to try light strings.
Don’t worry too much about a smaller gauge in the nut.
DR Pure Blues are a very nice set. The .040 Victor Wooten set is super nice, light, and inexpensive. D’Addario XL’s are super affordable.
Strings are, IMHO, everything. Try lots of sets. When you are cruising music stores, play lots of basses and ask what strings they have.
I soak used sets in denatured alcohol, dry and save them in a ziplock bag, labeled, with maybe a few notes. It’s good to have spares, already cut for your bass, so changing from flats to rounds, or broke in, instead of brand new is quick and easy.
Good luck!
Setting up your bass is dead simple, go to YouTube and watch Sheldon Dingwall’s excellent step by step. Gather the few tools you need, and keep them at hand. Only you can dial in a set up that’s perfect for your playing.
Your set up will evolve with your playing, and you’ll do a set up with every new set of strings. Just the change of seasons can wack a setup. It’s not voodoo, you can do it.
It takes about 15 minutes to restring with fresh strings and get set up.
Want flats with less tension? Want to try rounds? Stainless sticks to your fingers? Don’t be afraid to experiment. Strings run around $20 for inexpensive rounds, up to $80 for TI jazz flats. Rounds last a good while, TI flats last forever.
You can’t just go off the numbers, tensions vary. But it’s a starting place. Don’t be afraid to try light strings.
Don’t worry too much about a smaller gauge in the nut.
DR Pure Blues are a very nice set. The .040 Victor Wooten set is super nice, light, and inexpensive. D’Addario XL’s are super affordable.
Strings are, IMHO, everything. Try lots of sets. When you are cruising music stores, play lots of basses and ask what strings they have.
I soak used sets in denatured alcohol, dry and save them in a ziplock bag, labeled, with maybe a few notes. It’s good to have spares, already cut for your bass, so changing from flats to rounds, or broke in, instead of brand new is quick and easy.
Good luck!
