Fender strings, does anyone of you use them?

[javi_bassist]

Hello guys

I have rencently bought a Fender American Ultra jazz bass V and it comes with Fenders 7250 (45-125). I have always stayed away from Fender strings because I have been told that they are really bad. Actually, I have had many Fenders and I have never really liked the stock strings... but in this bass they sing. I have always used Dunlop, Ernie Ball or D'addario XLs. I have actually tried most of the strings in the market and I am really impressed with these Fenders. Does anyone of you use them regularly?

 

[moon-bass]

I use Fender strings all the time (never heard that they were bad ...). My absolute favorites are the 7150s. Fantastic strings.

 

[Gorn]

I think the vast majority of Fender bass players are happily playing Fender strings. They come on the bass. They sell them in stores. They're fine strings.

 

[Dan_reeves]

They are in my brand rotation for sure and I like them quite a bit. They are made by Daddario but to Fender specs. They are high quality and work for a variety of styles. They also are a little cheaper than rounds in the same category. I would use them without hesitation. But here’s the rub - you might like them, you might not. No one can decide that but you.

 

[Dan_reeves]

Btw sometimes stock strings sound not great because they’ve been on a bass for a while and either have just sat there or been handled by many people trying them out. I’d try a new pack before you judge them.

 

[pcake]

i used fender strings till they stopped making the short scale ones. i really liked 'em.

like Dan_reeves says, they're bad because they're old or many people have handled them.

 

[MovingPitchers]

Love me some Fender strings. Nothing wrong with them. If Rotosound ever goes out of business then I'll switch full time to Fender.

 

[El Trueno]

Yep. Most of my basses are wearing 7250M.

 

[r_bnks]

No

 

[CTW68]

Their 9050 flats are fine strings with a good reputation here as a fairly bright "modern" flatwound. My L1500 is wearing a set at the moment.

 

[Grinderman]

9050M on my Jazz, among side other makes of strings on my other basses; LaBella, GHS, Rotosound, Dunlop more recently.

I've found nothing bad about Fender 9050M flats.

 

[dieggsy]

9050L on a 64 reissue Jazz and my GAS is cured

Narrator: His gas was not, in fact, cured

(ok fine but damn close anyway)

 

[bassrique]

Another vote of confidence in 9050 flats. My Fender Mustang Justin Medal Johnson JMJ came with them. They were great broken in but I wanted to try a brighter sound. I was going to put EBMM Cobalts on it because I absolutely love light gauge Cobalts but I got another pair of 9050 flats and I think they are great. Can't be beat for the price.

 

[Michael Stanley 2112]

Their 9050 flats are fine strings with a good reputation here as a fairly bright "modern" flatwound. My L1500 is wearing a set at the moment.

Are they brighter sounding than the Labella flats?

 

[CTW68]

Are they brighter sounding than the Labella flats?

Yes, very much so. They're much more similar to Chromes than LaBella DTFs.

 

[Michael Stanley 2112]

Yes, very much so. They're much more similar to Chromes than LaBella DTFs.

I've got an Ibanez RGB300. I REALLY love the sound (nice and growly WITH that rounds bite), but I wouldn't mind just a touch more thump. I may have to give them a try. It's not like they're as expensive as the LaBellas.

 

[BigDrew]

They are currently my string of choice.

 

[Slade N]

My first flats were Fenders, I liked them only moved on to Chromes in account of lack of B string option

 

[GIBrat51]

Hello guys

I have rencently bought a Fender American Ultra jazz bass V and it comes with Fenders 7250 (45-125). I have always stayed away from Fender strings because I have been told that they are really bad. Actually, I have had many Fenders and I have never really liked the stock strings... but in this bass they sing. I have always used Dunlop, Ernie Ball or D'addario XLs. I have actually tried most of the strings in the market and I am really impressed with these Fenders. Does anyone of you use them regularly?

I'm afraid that my answer has to be - yes... and no. Yes, I do use Fender strings, but... no, I don't use the ones you like. Almost all of my 24 basses wear flat wounds (for many reasons, that I won't go into here); although I've had Fender 9050L flats on as many as 5 of them at one time, only one wears Fender flats right now. The one bass that does wear rounds? It wears short scale TI Jazz Rounds. Not because I really like them (although, for rounds, they're the cat's ass IMO), but for... other reasons, that I won't go into here...
Over the last several decades, I've had rounds on a lot of my basses. Most of them were EB Hybrid Slinkys, which I used to put on any new-to-me bass before I decided on it's "forever" strings. Which were almost always flats of some kind... I've also had GHS Boomers on a couple of basses; those wore them for a long time, too. They got replaced with flats, but... with flats that had a very similar sound. And, I was perfectly willing to put Boomers back on those basses, if I couldn't find flats that made me happy. However...
I don't think there anything fundamentally wrong with the rounds you like - or with rounds in general. Well, except for the Roto 66's that ate the frets off a couple of used basses I bought, anyway... For me, personally? I learned to play bass in the late 1960s, on a bass with flats; I'm just used to flats - and like them.
So... yes I do use Fender Flats, but... no, not their rounds. Or any other rounds, other than the TI's. With 24 basses? I'd go broke very quickly, trying to keep them in fresh rounds. Beside; I want to play them - not re-string them...

 

[Dust2Dust]

Love me some Fender strings. Nothing wrong with them. If Rotosound ever goes out of business then I'll switch full time to Fender.

Same

Well, for me it's Earnie Ball . . . as in . . .

"Love me some Fender strings. Nothing wrong with them. If Earnie Ball ever goes out of business then I'll switch full time to Fender."

and on a semi-side note I bought a set of Hybrid Slinkys for my Squier CV 70s P (Same gauges as the Fender strings 45-65-85-105) and those thing have a full-on piano sound (Bass knobs dimed- amp knobs flat)