Not stupid. I'm just making a prediction, based on past discussions. Maybe there will be some more disliked that others,
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I hate whichever strings are on your bass!!!!
no really, i tried elixir nanowebs and hated them. but only because i didn't know what they were about. i like a string that will lose a good bit of its "zing" after a while.
no really, i tried elixir nanowebs and hated them. but only because i didn't know what they were about. i like a string that will lose a good bit of its "zing" after a while.
Beat me to it.
Hartkes and Mapes didn't last 5 minutes on my basses. The Mapes (both sets) felt damp and smelled funny. Low B and E didn't even make a tone.
The Hartkes weren't the gauges they claimed to be on the packages (ordered 3 sets). I measured all 15 strings with a micrometer, all of them too small by weird numbers. I may have been happy with them if that problem wasn't there.
I don't like rotosounds 66. They die in 48 hours and aren't very bright.
DR Dragon Skin.
No.
Just no.
As dull and lifeless as a 9th grade English class reading Pride and Prejudice aloud.
So floppy and loose on my 5 string that it felt like I strung it with wet spaghetti, but the set on my 6 string was so tight I couldn't stand to play it.
No.
Just no.
As dull and lifeless as a 9th grade English class reading Pride and Prejudice aloud.
So floppy and loose on my 5 string that it felt like I strung it with wet spaghetti, but the set on my 6 string was so tight I couldn't stand to play it.
I'm not a fan of black tapewounds on a fretless because when they "clack" off the fingerboard, it actually sounds like plastic hitting wood and doesn't sound natural to me at all...
Though I've only tried them on fretlesses with magnetic pickups. I'm not sure if it'd be the same with piezo pickups.
Though I've only tried them on fretlesses with magnetic pickups. I'm not sure if it'd be the same with piezo pickups.
GHS pressurewounds are by far my least favorite string I have tried. Very scooped sounding to my ears. I think TI flats are my favorite, and i have been using the TI jazz rounds for a few weeks now. Starting to like them better now they are broken in. I've also tried some Cleartone strings that someone threw in with something I had bought. Absolutely horrible.
I really, really, really, really, really, really, really, hate strings that don't stay in tune. 
Two that I didn't care for were Ernie Ball nickels because they died in a couple of hours and that felt like a ripoff, and Dean Markley Blue Steels because they were very twangy and died quickly. I'd be willing to give the Ernie Balls another shot since my tastes have changed and I'd actually prefer my strings to die quickly now.
Rotos are a love/hate type of string. Everone agrees they sound good but a lot of people complain they only sound good for a few days. I get a month out of them, max, and they do lose a lot of their magic after a few days.
I wanted to like Rotos, and created a thread about it last summer. Ultimately the D'Addario XL170 nickel rounds are my standard string despite trying others. I haven't tried the NYXL's simply because the XL170's seem good enough, but eventually I'll get curious.
I have Rotos on a couple basses and I imagine I might like them with half a bottle of Fret Ease, but I don't see the point. To be fair, they are pretty bright, but the nickel rounds are bright enough and last way longer. I get 6 months out of them on average.
Actually I have a set of Funk Masters on a Schecter with EMG-HZ's, they are thin and blah sounding (on that bass anyway). I've given up on the Rotosounds, despite their overall popularity and that I learned on them (and shredded my hands on them obviously)
