Good Smooth Strings

You other half probally could have predicted this from me so . . . Ken Smith Compressors.

 

Sound like what your asking for is exactly the description for Elixir Strings. Try a set.

 

GHS Pressurewound.

 

I second Donne.

 

T/I JF345 (Jazz Flats, 5-string set). Some of the G/C's in the area
are carryin' T/I . L. Morgan's or Speir's over in Garland might have
`em too, but I'm afraid to go there without "backup" .

 

Can't get much smoother than flatwounds!

 

I followed everyone elses advice when i wanted smooth strings,and i got flatwounds.Flatwounds are very smooth indeed,but kind of sticky,its hard to explain,but its very hard to move your fingers around.

 

Nose bridge and/or behind-the-ear grease, or KFC (original recipe ).

 

Yep, I'd go with the Slowounds too.

 

I just took a set of Slowounds off my Carvin LB75. I didn't care for the tone at all.

Just before I sold my fretless 5 a year ago, I put some half-round strings on it; D'Addario Half-Rounds perhaps? I don't remember exactly. They really transformed the bass. Rounds never sounded good, but the half-rounds worked really well. They weren't totally smooth because they were roundwounds that had been ground flat, but they definitely had a nice mellow tone to them.

 

I have a set of LaBella tapewounds on my fretless five that have been on about a year, and still sound great.