P bass flats?

[Beefbass]

I also recommend 9050ML's. They sound great on P-Basses.

Same here.

 

[LHbassist]

I recently gave a set of 9050ml's to a buddy. He put them on his bass, and he absolutely loves them! I heard him play his newly flat strung bass at a local jam night here recently. The tone, well, it sounded punch-you-in-the-chest punchy, something that has been sorely missing from most concerts and club gigs I've witnessed for many years. It convinced me, that round wounds, which are on my 5 string performing basses, are not necessarily the be-all end-all answer to bass tone.
Old school gut strings for uprights made somewhat of a comeback recently, but the upkeep hassles will prevent them from ever overtaking steel strings again.
Flatwounds are great sounding strings for electric bass, the solo voice on my Fender P-bass in the upper positions is much more pleasing, and punchier than with the rounds. Try a set, 9050 ML Fenders. or LaBella Deep Talkin' bass, or the brand of your choice... you may be surprised how much you like them!

 

[mongo2]

I've tried many, many brands of flats and my most used flats (in no particular order):

Labella 760N Nylon Tapewounds
Fender 9050
D'Addario Chromes

 

[stratovani]

I use Fender 9050ML's on my 62RI P-Bass and Tony Franklin Fretless P. I'm very pleased with the classic P tone I get on the fretted and can get close to an upright bass tone on the fretless. These gauges also give a pretty consistent tone string-to-string. They're not too expensive either.

LaBella Deep Talkin Flats are also spoken well of around here. I haven't tried them but from what I've read the tone is similar to that of the Fenders.

John

I've got a set of 9050MLs on my Squier P for almost 2 years now and they still sound fantastic. I'll boil them every 6 months or so to get the crud off them, but otherwise they're still going strong. Wonder what they'll sound like after 5 years?