Strings for Jazz and Precision?

[trothwell]

Given both a Fender Jazz and Precision, with a desire for roundwound strings on both. (Other basses on hand to cover flatter string territory.)

To get the most tonal variety (I.e., so the neck pickup on the Jazz won't sound almost identical to the Precision), which two roundwound string sets would you choose?

 

[Yahboy]

Fender 7250 on Jazz bass, DR Sunbeam on pbass.

 

[Hot Rats]

Rotosound 66 steels on the Jazz and DR Pure blues on the P-Bass

 

[michael_t]

GHS Super Steels (stainless steel on hex core) on J, GHS Balanced Nickels (pure nickel on round core) on P.

 

[dougjwray]

Precision: DR Pure Blues
Jazz: DR Fat Beams

 

[bassist4dalord]

Prepare yourself for hundreds of opinions.

Jazz: D'Addario ProSteels
Precision: D'Addario Nickel XLs

/thread

 

[michael_t]

Rotosound 66 steels on the Jazz and DR Pure blues on the P-Bass

GHS Super Steels (stainless steel on hex core) on J, GHS Balanced Nickels (pure nickel on round core) on P.

Precision: DR Pure Blues
Jazz: DR Fat Beams

Jazz: D'Addario ProSteels
Precision: D'Addario Nickel XLs

So far, most of us seem to agree on something... Stainless steel on Jazz and Nickel on Precision. Interesting, isn't it?

 

[Hot Rats]

So far, most of us seem to agree on something... Stainless steel on Jazz and Nickel on Precision. Interesting, isn't it?

Yep. Steels on a jazz is just magical. (imo)

 

[buldog5151bass]

Roto swing steels on a jazz give it that piano like response.

 

[trothwell]

Prepare yourself for hundreds of opinions

I welcome them!

I asked this question because, more than once, I selected strings and found my Jazz bass sounding great, and my Precision bass sounding great, but then realized that they sounded almost identical (neck Jazz pickup vs. Precision).

There's nothing wrong with that, per se, but I figure I'd rather have them sounding more distinct.

I probably already have had the "right" strings on each bass at some point, but wanted to see what other folks thought in case it might trigger an idea for some combination I hadn't thought of yet.

 

[michael_t]

I asked this question because, more than once, I selected strings and found my Jazz bass sounding great, and my Precision bass sounding great, but then realized that they sounded almost identical (neck Jazz pickup vs. Precision).

There's nothing wrong with that, per se, but I figure I'd rather have them sounding more distinct.

I do relate to what you're saying...

My "string journey" during the last few years have revolved around the idea "if I have three basses, I might as well make them sound different from one other so I have as many tonal flavors as possible." But what actually happened was I always ended up preferring one over the others; as a result, one bass ended up getting more play time than the others.

Now that all three of my basses sport the same strings, I can rotate them more regularly. And you know what, I'm finding each of my basses still has its own unique tonal flavor.