String recommendations for ebonal fretless

[Gorn]

I want a Jaco-ish sound so I suppose roundwounds rather than flat. I like tapewounds but I assume tapewound and flatwound wont't mwah? Thoughts? Recommendations?
34" ebonal fretless P-bass maple neck

 

[scarab]

rotosound, best strings ever, i have the steve harris set

 

[onda'bass]

Yea, but jaco used steel rounds on his fretless....

 

[gary m]

I dunno ...I use Fender 9050s flatwounds and get a great sound on my fretless. YMMV.

 

[king_biscuit]

As much as I hate TI flats on fretted basses, they sound really nice on fretless and have plenty of muawwww...

 

[iiipopes]

Yes, Jaco used rounds, and he also epoxy'ed his fingerboard as well.

String technology has come a long way in the decades since.

For growl, mwah, etc., try the new Fender 9050 flats. They have growl, they have mellow, they have mwah, they are absolutely consistent string-to-string and up the neck, they are steel, not chrome, so they don't thud out after awhile, and they are relatively inexpensive.

 

[MonetBass]

I tried the Fender 9050 flats on my VM Jazz fretless and didn't like the tone or the tension. So when I put DR Sunbeams on my fretted, I took the EB Hybrid Slinkies off of that and put them on the fretless. Bingo -- that's the tone and feel I wanted.

 

[lowgroove677]

I use elixirs on my ibanez SR300fl. No marks yet, I like them because I still get the sustain rounds but with just a slicker feel. I feel I can get plenty of that fretless sound. But what helped the most with that...practice...

 

[tylerwylie]

DR Hi Beams.

 

[rolleharris]

Rotosound stainless steel. Jaco used those. Why bother with anything else?

 

[Gorn]

These are the ones he used right:

I've heard good things abount pressure wounds so I wonder if these would give me almost the same mwah but a be a little easier on the fingerboard