Stainless Steel RW strings.

[BrentSimons]

D'Addario Pro Steels get my vote. Good price, great tone and long lasting.

I really like the tone of the Pro Steels but find the feel a bit rough to my fingers and I'm a huge fan of Rotosounds! The tension of the 45-105 set feels a bit stiffer than my Rotos as well. I have a set of Pro Steels EXL165 45-105 on my Fender AVRI 62 Jazz. Good strings though and they last and last...

 

[BklynKen]

D'Addario Pro Steels get my vote. Good price, great tone and long lasting.

What I really disliked about the ProSteels was their inherent scooped sound. YMMV.

 

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I really like the tone of the Pro Steels but find the feel a bit rough to my fingers and I'm a huge fan of Rotosounds! The tension of the 45-105 set feels a bit stiffer than my Rotos as well. I have a set of Pro Steels EXL165 45-105 on my Fender AVRI 62 Jazz. Good strings though and they last and last...

Wow! Pro Steels feel rougher and stiffer than Rotosounds! My experience has been the opposite. I didn't think there was anything rougher than Rotos. My fingertips were shredded like parmesan cheese after trying those! But we're all different and that's a good thing .

What I really disliked about the ProSteels was their inherent scooped sound. YMMV.

I hear that pretty often from people. I hear the "scoop" in the lower mids but like the aggressive upper midrange attack I get with the Pro Steels. Similar to Roto's.

 

[BrentSimons]

What I really disliked about the ProSteels was their inherent scooped sound. YMMV.

You know I heard that before about the Pro Steel scoop? I actually find the Pro Steels quite balanced at least to my ears? I've used DR Hi Beams for example and really found those to be too scooped for my taste?

 

[BrentSimons]

Wow! Pro Steels feel rougher and stiffer than Rotosounds! My experience has been the opposite. I didn't think there was anything rougher than Rotos. My fingertips were shredded like parmesan cheese after trying those! But we're all different and that's a good thing .



I hear that pretty often from people. I hear the "scoop" in the lower mids but like the aggressive upper midrange attack I get with the Pro Steels. Similar to Roto's.

Too funny! Just posted about the PS scoop!

 

[BklynKen]

I hear that pretty often from people. I hear the "scoop" in the lower mids but like the aggressive upper midrange attack I get with the Pro Steels. Similar to Roto's.

You know I heard that before about the Pro Steel scoop? I actually find the Pro Steels quite balanced at least to my ears? I've used DR Hi Beams for example and really found those to be too scooped for my taste?

It probably all depends on the bass and pickups. My reference is my Gibson Thunderbird.

 

[KevinDBassist]

Apex traditional Cryos are fantastic strings if you liked the original Blue Steels . They have different gauges available . I currently have a 45-105 set on my Jazz bass for standard tuning and a 50-110 set on my T-45 for drop tuning . They have the cryos in both nickel and stainless . I prefer the Stainless .

 

[Timothy Brosnan]

The ones I liked best-

Ken Smith Masters

D’addario Pro Steels

Ernie Ball stainless

 

[GTHintz]

Just wanted to give a bump to Apex and Sfarzo as 2 nitrogen treated options similar to blue steels. I need to try both of them as i really like blue steels but am curious what else is out there. Cold treating strings just make sense. It makes for stronger steel and i definitely notice great longevity with Blue steels.

 

[relayer66]

D'Addario Pro Steels get my vote. Good price, great tone and long lasting.

When I was using SS all the time, these are mostly what I used.