Looking for the best strings for me. I am looking for some strings for a 5 string bass that are smooth and easy on the fingers. But I also want them to be durable and have good sound. Anyone have any suggestions.
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" .
Awe, if we had thought we were in the area the past weekend. After we were already over there Jeff said we should have had you meet us over there. I had a really bad case of G.A.S. So I made Jeff Drag me to several music stores to look at and check out basses.
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.
I played a bass the other day at a music store that had a set of flat wound on it. I like how smooth they where. But they were kind of hard to move up around on them. I would have to play them more than I did at the music store to really get tthe feel of them.
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.
