funk strings

[Vinnyfunk]

what are the best type of strings for funk?

 

[Tony G]

Typically the response is a stainless steel roundwound, something like DR Hi Beams. However, any string is good for funk. It is up to the player to make his strings/bass/etc. sound funky.

 

[T. Alan Smith]

It's been proven, over and over, that one can be at least as funky on flats as well as stainless rounds. String choice does not determine funkiness. The players attitude/approach is where the funk comes from.

 

[bubinga5]

Typically the response is a stainless steel roundwound, something like DR Hi Beams. However, any string is good for funk. It is up to the player to make his strings/bass/etc. sound funky.

+1, its in the fingers not the strings..

 

[eyecandy]

funk?
slap funk = stainless rounds
fingerstyle funk = flatwounds
something in between = nickel rounds or dead stainless rounds...

and as for gauges I'd prefer light ones for slapping 40-95 and mediums for fingerstyle 45-105

 

[rebelscum]

I like DR Hi-Beams and on occasion Ken Smith Slap Masters when I want an extra light setup.

In your mind, what would you consider "funky"?
Just asking to find what you are looking for.

 

[Kipaste]

I agree that the strings don't really make anything funky. Strings do make a big difference in sound, but they will never do what fingers do.

But for me, I get the fattest and funkiest (in an old school way) tone from fat nickelplated roundwounds. Most stainless strings sound too cold for my funk taste. They're decent for fingerstyle, but the slap sound fails to impress me when talking about really nasty, greasy funk. So I'd go with nickel rounds.

Stainless strings are great on the more modern, jazzy kind of stuff. But again, if you have the funk, you can string your bass with pretty much anything.

 

[Jaco who?]

what are the best type of strings for funk?

Well, there are like 1001 different flavors of funk, but your profile lists Bootsy as an influence, so you might like DR Bootzillas.

 

[Kromwarp]

Try a set of Rotosound FM66's

 

[eyecandy]

+1 on the Bootzillas

the original interplanetary funkmanship haha

but errr aren't those strings a little to thick? 110?

 

[stflbn]

My response was immediately "what type of funk?"

Slap
Fingerstyle
combination of both?

 

[eyecandy]

could be both?? =)

 

[Rama]

La Bella's 0760M Flats.