Favorite strings

[Number27]

pyramid gold flats -best flats i've played, i just bought a long scale set for my telejazz (can't wait)
status-graphite round core rounds -i like these on my sx p/j. gives a great trebley tone reminiscent of johnny E. very low tension in the .100 E i've got.

 

[dblbass]

Arkay made strings for Carl Thompson for a while. Those were my favorite string ever.

 

[fuNKmaster83]

pyramid rules in my book!!!

 

[Coeball]

Warwick Red Box strings on my passive jazz
Bass Centre Elites on my active PJ
Fender 9050 flats on my fretless acoustic
Thomastik Spirocores on my DB

Warwick Red 45-135.

 

[lmfreeman9]

Thomastik Infeld Jazz Flats
Pyramid Gold
DR Hi Beam Flats
LaBella Deep Talkin Flats
DR Lo Riders Nickel

 

[Double Agent]

Haven't looked at the other replies....

My favorite strings are DR Lo-Riders. They have a slightly higher tension than the average string, which is especially important on the B string IMO. They have a nice kick on the low mids, so they are very punchy. And, for SS rounds, they have a pretty nice feel to them, not too rough. They are the best roundwound string I've come across.

For flats, I like D'addario Chromes.

 

[mccartneyman]

Lakland Nickel Rounds, made by GHS. I tried many other strings --Rotos, DR, Smith, Elixir, D'Addario, Ernie Ball -- in nickel and stainless before coming back to these for my 55-94. I don't care for the "wangggggggg" sound of stainless. TI Flats or Lakland Joe Osborn Flats when I use flats on the 55-94, which is most of the time. For my Hofner Icon, LaBella Beatle Bass flats after trying and not liking Pyramids. I left the stock EB Slinky on my OLP TL modelk because I don't play it that much and it allows me to have one five string with rounds, one with flats.

 

[BOTTOMBOOMER]

On my Carvin LB-70- Rotosound SM66 rounds
On my P-Bass- D'Addario XL Chrome warm/mellow flats
On my Jazz- Fender Super Bass rounds
On my Carvin AC-40F- Carvin Black tape wounds

Different strings for different sounds!

 

[Langenschwert]

For flats: Thomastik
For rounds: D'Addario Nickelwound

-Mark

 

[lowendfriend]

Sadowsky blue label stainless steels. Haven't played a set that sounds better.

The Black Label Sadowskys are flats and also stainless so they sound just a little brighter than your average flat.

 

[James Hart]

On my fretted 7 and fretless 6 I use LaBella Hard Rockin Steels... and on my fretted 5 I use LaBella Deep Talkin Bass flats.

 

[unclejane]

I just fitted a set of TI jazz flats to my bunny 6 string and have to say that those are now my favorite type of strings except for the cost (why does everything from Austria always have to cost a bazillion times more than stuff from anywhere else?). The main reason being the low tension. This is a total revelation - now I can just barely touch my bunny and get all kinds of solid notes out of it without nearly as much digging in.

The bass thanks me as well, the truss rod having loosened over a 1/2 turn over where it was with the stock Carvin (LaBella flats I believe) strings on it.

My G&L's have Chrome flats on them but soon as I rob the economy of a small country somewhere, hopefully I can afford TIJF's for those too.

They're surprisingly bright, about like a week or two old set of rounds. It's not objectionable but I expect over time they'll deaden up and give me even more thump.

LS

 

[Vakmere]

Dean Markley SR 2000 on the Smith and DR hibeams on the MTD 535 seem to be working for me right now.....

 

[mokeanL]

if someone was lookin for the deep tone with a thud kinda percussive what strings would u guys suggest?

 

[Richard G]

i tried blue steels years ago and for some reason i keep coming back to the blue steels!.....when im on a budget ill get carvin bass strings

im soon to try DR strings....and just bought some sodowsky from a fellow tb'er

 

[Korladis]

We all have our personal tastes in sound, look and feel for our strings. I'm using D'addario XL's on my basses. I'm currently in the works of getting my 7 string made and I'm curious on what else is out there for good string brands. I like the brighter sounding strings, I dont like strings that have to deep of a tone. I like them to have a slight piano sound to them. Whats good fellow bassist, what do you prefer?

Those are the same strings I use. I haven't found anything better yet.

 

[Ziltoid]

flats:
chromes
rounds:
ken smith's master series

both medium

 

[NorCal Dog]

Pyramid Gold Flats < INCREDIBLE strings

 

[Thundar]

Dean Markley SR2000's
Bright, piano-y, and last a long long time...converted me from Blue Steels years ago

 

[Bassman316]

As far as rounds, I was never one for stainless steel. I always went right for nickel plated round. In that department, after years of just buying whatever, I settled on D'Addario XLs .45-.105. Then last month I tried DR Hi Beams. Very tasty tone- and they're not rough on the fingers, which is the main reason I never could get along with stainless. So nowadays it's kinda 50-50. In the flats department, I've settled quite nicely on the Chromeage. Yes.