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I'm a die-hard "nickel" guy, including nickel-plated steel, pure nickel and nickel-iron alloy. (That's a Canadian nickel in my avatar. 
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I like what GHS has done with the Round Core Boomers (NPS), the Balanced Nickels (PN) and the Pressurewounds (nickel-iron).
)I like what GHS has done with the Round Core Boomers (NPS), the Balanced Nickels (PN) and the Pressurewounds (nickel-iron).
I put some balanced Fodera mediums on my 5-string a couple days ago. Truly blown away. That bass has never played nor sounded that good. Everything else has D'Addario Balanced Tensions.
Well, this is kind of complicated... As a general rule, I don't much care for round wound strings on a bass - or a guitar, either, for that matter... Currently, I have 24 basses. Of those, 3 are being worked on, and have no strings; 11 of them have either flats or tapes; and the other 10 have round wounds. But, of those 10, only these two have rounds because I actually do like the strings. The Kramer Duke has 50-107 short scale GHS Boomers; the 4003 Rick has factory 40-95 Light Gauge Nickel Rounds. But, unfortunately, it won't have them for much longer. RIC stopped offering them several years ago, and it's wearing my last set. So, when they die - and it won't be long, now - they'll be replaced by a set of Optima RB flats... The other 8 basses have EB Hybrid Slinkys on them. I use the Slinkys as a "baseline" string on pretty much every bass I buy, to help me find the strings that will get me the sound I want from that bass. IMO, they're very good for that. Plus, they're very consistent, quality-wise; inexpensive; readily available; and, if I have to play rounds, I like nickel rounds. They might wind up staying on 2 or 3 of those basses, though, because I'm thinking that a "Generic Bass" tone is all I want from them, anyway...
After 40-odd years of trying everything, I always come back to GHS. Of course, on the other hand, I am the embodiment of 'take good care of your strings . . . . . and they'll go dead anyway'.
Tough one! I have 3 basses in the rotation. They usually have nickel Elixirs, but once in a while I try some Dunlop Super Brights or Cobalt rounds for a couple weeks. I had to vote on a few.
GHS Boomers are my #1, but I've also used D'Addario XLs and Ernie Ball Slinkys quite a bit.
EB Super Slinky (45-100) for standard tuning. They just feel and sound right to me. Plus, I can easily keep them on the bass for up to like 6 months and don't mind the broken in tone. They're my go to string for my Stingray. I tried plenty other nickel roundwounds (Daddario, DRs, Labella, Dunlop etc etc) but none of those work for me in the tone and feel department as well as Super Slinkies.
