What strings do you use on your precision bass?

[Smogcity]

TI flats on everything i own. Hopefully they last the rest of my life and never come off.

 

[Davem74]

What amp are you using? Through my union years it was stock Leo Fender P's through either a Dual Showman (or two, or three) or the Acoustic 360, the amp all the cats used because their design was made for Fender's sweet spot as were Fender amps. All that's changed and I am not necessarily convinced that's been a good thing throughout these many years since music's peak in the late 70's.

The only amp I own right now is a MarkBass 121P combo, and the old Precision w/Rotos sounds great through that. I use it at home and occasionally for gigs. (Most places I play have their own bass amp.) The amp at my rehearsal space is a GK MB212, and I love that sound too. I'm not a big fan of tube amps (like the old Fenders)—personal preference. I like a pretty clean and bright sound.

 

[Joshua Pickenpaugh]

Daddario black tape wounds.

 

[W.Roberts]

I change my Rotosounds every two weeks on all of my P's. My frets are fine, and I play every day. Everyone needs fretwork eventually. Love me some bright hard hitting tone, and ain't gonna quit now!

Alright.

 

[e-flat]

I'm in an early honeymoon phase with some Thomastik Jazz Flats right now. Beautiful strings with a terrific midrange clarity. I also love GHS 45-95 Precision Flatwounds for a more syrupy, thumpy low end.(With a name like that, they HAVE to sound good on a P, right?

I've also played and enjoyed a lot of other flatwounds (La Bella 760FL, Sadowsky Black Label, Chrome 45-100) but the TIs and GHS Lights are my top two so far. For rounds, I like DR Sunbeams, but tend to stick to flats on my P these days.

 

[gelinas666]

Daddario black tape wounds.

I use the same.. They're on all my basses..

 

[bordinco90]

D'Addario Chromes 40-100. Great strings on a P-Bass!!!

 

[W.Roberts]

The only amp I own right now is a MarkBass 121P combo, and the old Precision w/Rotos sounds great through that. I use it at home and occasionally for gigs. (Most places I play have their own bass amp.) The amp at my rehearsal space is a GK MB212, and I love that sound too. I'm not a big fan of tube amps (like the old Fenders)—personal preference. I like a pretty clean and bright sound.

Christ, I am so old school. G/C in Sarasota has some Mark Bass single 12" or 15", 700 WATTS for approx. $800. I don't know what to make of stuff like that nor might not could ever justify the expense. Again, I am known for a very specific sound or style so I must have consistency through one ax minimally. I can get my sound through anybody's amp but the tech IMHO has far exceeded function. Amps and basses are like new cars soon to be self playing and complete with GPS and video playback for all the slackards and poseurs who dominate the markets perpetuated by big box stores.

 

[DD Gunz]

.45-.105 XL's or Fender NPS strings for the last 5 years.

 

[Jesse Lawrence]

Labella 1954 flats and RX-N4C nickel rounds.

 

[W.Roberts]

I'm in an early honeymoon phase with some Thomastik Jazz Flats right now. Beautiful strings with a terrific midrange clarity. I also love GHS 45-95 Precision Flatwounds for a more syrupy, thumpy low end.(With a name like that, they HAVE to sound good on a P, right?

I've also played and enjoyed a lot of other flatwounds (La Bella 760FL, Sadowsky Black Label, Chrome 45-100) but the TIs and GHS Lights are my top two so far. For rounds, I like DR Sunbeams, but tend to stick to flats on my P these days.

I greatly appreciate listing out strings you either use or have used somewhere down the line. I've never heard of Dr. Sunbeams but have definitely LaBella where I have a long history with them as well as my brother who's one of their featured artists (bassist for Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors). I know a guy who intested in the Thomastic flats on his $375 90's MIJ Fender with Seymour Duncan P pickup. For me his bass is not only unplayable because the aim isn't toward anyone's sound but straight toward a "cool" factor or ownership and money spent. He's not buying strings because strings are able to do certain things, replicate certain sounds or innovate into sounds which I definitely do. My comment here is absolutely in no way any put down. I am saying it is my belief technology has messed up and interfered with just getting sounds with other human beings ala early Beatles, Ventures and before Hendrix' Fuzz Face gizmo. Now it's difficult for me (and expensive) to get the consistency I had with old analog, stock Jamersons on a stock Fender through a stock Bassman, Dual Showman or Acoustic 360, best bass amp ever made IMHO. They defined 20th century funk, soul, pop, jazz -- everything.

 

[BobDeRosa]

I'm a flatwound guy and prefer LaBella.

 

[nyde7]

Has any body used these?
"La Bella Deep Talkin' Bass Gold Flats Electric Bass Strings"
What can you tell me about them? Would love the gold color if they are any good.

 

[nyde7]

Found this... flats vs. round - with and without a pick:

 

[Shpigel]

DR Fat Beams. They are great for P and jazz basses (but not so much for some modern basses IMO).

 

[eldorado2001]

Rotosound 77 flats

+1

 

[Mechanical]

DR Hibeams.

 

[Versatek6]

DR Legend Flats

 

[FrankVidar]

I am impressed by the lovely sound that comes from these strings

Thomastik-Infeld JAZZ JF 344
Electric Bass flat wound, long scale
(43 - 56 - 70 - 100)

 

[bobba66]

TI Jazz Flats. My hands/arms/shoulders are jacked up from a lifetime of hard work. The low tension and great tone of these are gifts that never stop giving.