What's Your Guage ?

[FatStringsRule]

List the gauge strings you like !!
If you play 5 or 6 string include the B.

 

[Jon Moody]

I've "lightened" my gauge in recent months to the standard 40-95 on my 6 strings (with a 30 for the C and a 120 for the B). Works really well.

My 4 string basses however, have 45-100.

 

[FatStringsRule]

When I had more than 1 bass it varied.
A p bass would get 45-105, my jazz 40-95. My six string 45-100 with a 30 c and 130 b. These days on my 5 string jazz it's 45-105 with a 130 b.

 

[oysteivi]

9050L - I think that's 45-100.

 

[SirMjac28]

45-105 is my favorite I forget what my Jamerson set is?

 

[quickfix]

I'm using D'addario Chromes, 50-105. Tried Labella deep talkin' flats, 45-105 for a while. Didn't work out.

I may go down to 45-100 Chromes at some point as I get older and and weaker. Time will tell.

 

[KickingBass]

45-125 Dunlop Nickels, cheap, last a good while and get the job done, I like them a lot.

 

[Volkov]

45-130 Roto 77 flats

 

[Root 5]

I like & use several of the gauges listed.
I selected 40-100 but could have just as easily picked 40-95, 30-80! 55-110, 55-115, 45-105.

 

[Root 5]

45-105 is my favorite I forget what my Jamerson set is?

Labella 0760M 'Jamersons' are 52-110

 

[SirMjac28]

Labella 0760M 'Jamersons' are 52-110

Thanks and it's weird they don't feel that heavy it could be I'm just used to them.

 

[iiipopes]

My favorite gauges on my Rick 4002 were Progressives 45-60-80-105, and if I ever have another edgier gig, they will go right back on. My other favorite set was the Fender flats CL in the same gauges, which Fender discontinued.

 

[wisconsindead]

TI flats are 43-106. So 45-105 was close enough for me.

 

[deeptubes]

I use 50-105 and swap a 120 on my drop D bass. The 120 D has the same tension as a 105 E.

 

[GIBrat51]

I have a bunch of basses, so it varies from bass to bass. Lightest at the moment are the 40-95 Rick Light Nickel Rounds on the 4003 (to makes it sound different from the 4001, with 50-105 Hybrid Slinkys); heaviest are the 65-135 La Bella Tapes on the BEAD-tuned Carvin. Mostly, though, they're 45-105s of one sort or another. I usually start with Hybrid Slinkys on a new bass. If that's not the sound I want from that particular bass, I move on from there. Those, and 45-105 La Bella flats seem to constitute the majority.

 

[Pilgrim]

As usual, poll answers are inadequate. I play the greatest bass strings of the past four decades - Labella Deep Takin' Flats. I like the light gauge .043 - .104, Stainless Steel Flat Wound, 760FL.

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[Callum_Carcass]

D'Addario 45-105 nickel wound with an added .145 B string.

 

[stratovani]

As usual, poll answers are inadequate. I play the greatest bass strings of the past four decades - Labella Deep Takin' Flats. I like the light gauge .043 - .104, Stainless Steel Flat Wound, 760FL.

Like Pilgrim I also like the La Bella Deep Talkin' Flats, but I prefer them in their 760FM size - .045 .065 .085 .105. They sound and play great on a P-Bass.

 

[Unemploid]

usually daddario half round 50 - 105 but today i'm picking up daddario xl nickle 50 - 120 (balnce tension). it should be fun.

 

[billgwx]

None of the above for my J-bass, which sports 30-90 GHS Boomers most of the time. Allows me to play with a light touch which works well at church, and also lets me dig in without too much trouble when playing elsewhere. Switched to 40-100 Roto 77's on that bass for a while. Meanwhile I like medium gauge 45-105 strings on my P-basses whether using rounds or flats.