The perfect strings...have you found yours?

[Bassist30]

Dean Markley Super Round Bass Guitar String.
The last time I used them was around 2010. Great string. Was advertised as a version or close to the Roto's but they didnt sound like them. Were Fat and Punchy. Didnt have excessive high but a sweet high end and lasted. great all around finger/slap bass string.
Now DR Sunbeam, High and Fat Beam. Flats TI 344.

 

[JimmyM]

Dunlop Super Bright Nickels....dead. I like the live sound but I love the dead sound. Sort of a cross between flats and rounds depending on how you play them.

 

[Chad Michael]

D'Addario Pro Steels, after about an hour of playing time. Just to tame the bite a tiny bit. Perfect.

 

[r_bnks]

indeed. On my side v7 2nd gen fretless and my ibby 2600 premium—- that is my string. In fact I almost dumped the ibby until I tried the rotos. Boom the ibby woke up.

ironically, on my fender jazz with Duncan bass line pups GHS Boomers are the bomb. The rotos don’t quite fit the sound needs for that bass.

Funny but the rotos were wonderful on my PJ fender with stock P and basslines J. I swapped the stock P to basslines and it became funny. Same like yours.

 

[2milehighspike]

Stingray 5H fretless had the stock EB flats, but recently installed GHS Pressurewounds and I like em. The Big Al 4sss has Sunbeams, I have a SRS 5H on the way and that will get DR nickel Low Riders.

 

[dave64o]

...I have a SRS 5H on the way and that will get DR nickel Low Riders.

Nickel Lo Riders sound FANTASTIC on a Stingray.

 

[Tim Schnautz]

TI flats for fretless
DR Black beauties for the blues hammers
Roto R66 for the take no prisoners...

 

[gkbass13]

TI Flats or Fodera Nickel Ultra Lights for me.

 

[Yahboy]

Ti flat, labella LTF4a , Fender Pre-mexico 7150XL for Splitcoil Precision bass.

Fender 7250 and Dunlop SBN for single coil precision bass.

Currently I load Dunlop SBN40-100 on my both Trbx 504 and GB74JJ.

 

[Steadfast]

Funny but the rotos were wonderful on my PJ fender with stock P and basslines J. I swapped the stock P to basslines and it became funny. Same like yours.

I practiced two hours tonight on fresh rotos on my ibby 2600. It sounds really good I will keep that bass now. It was kind of sucky for awhile. Boy my left hand index finger is raw!!

 

[Doug4321]

Hmmm. Liking Rotosound Swings for rounds, just the right growl.
And La Bella low tension flexible flats, these have the tone I look for in flats, nice and “woody.”

 

[BurtMacklinFBI]

I’m still not quite 110% sure, but most likely DR Fat Beams are going to be my pick for the foreseeable future. They just sound and feel really, really good. I don’t know any better way to say it.

 

[Iristone]

Rounds: Roto 99
Flats: GHS Precision

 

[Kijuer]

It definitely feels like I have...

 

[Mike N]

There's a guy selling a lot of 5 sets in the classifieds FYI

Those are on their way to me, I bought them a few days ago.

 

[gigetto]

The next try I'll do is Markbass.....

 

[masoncole]

D'Addario Pro Steels, after about an hour of playing time. Just to tame the bite a tiny bit. Perfect.

How are these on your frets?

 

[r_bnks]

I practiced two hours tonight on fresh rotos on my ibby 2600. It sounds really good I will keep that bass now. It was kind of sucky for awhile. Boy my left hand index finger is raw!!

After 15yrs of rotos I don't have a nerve in my fingers lol.

 

[e-flat]

Strings are my weakness. I love to swap them around as the mood strikes me in order to dial in certain sounds on my basses. That being said, here are some of my top picks :
- FLATS: TI Jazz Flats, Dogal Vintage, Dogal Jaco, La Bella LTF
- ROUNDS: Tenorio Pure Nickel, DR Sunbeams, DR Lo Rider Nickels, DR Fat Beams, Pyramid Pure Nickel
- TAPES: Pyramid Tapewounds

 

[Mike N]

D'Addario Pro Steels, after about an hour of playing time. Just to tame the bite a tiny bit. Perfect.

I bought a Bass here in the TB classifieds a few years ago that came with the Pro Steels and I was impressed by them.