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Why do you use Fender strings?

#81
steamthief said:
If honesty truly goes a long way with you, why don't you just admit you don't like Fender, rather than play the troll with semantics and passive-aggressive implications?
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If I did that then I'd be a liar, and that's not cool. I never once said 'I don't like Fender'. People like you don't make Fender very desirable to be associated with though.
 
#85
stratovani said:
Ultimately, it all comes down to this - if you like Fender strings, you'll play them, and if you like another brand of strings, you'll play those. End of discussion.

Mods, you can lock this thread now! It's not going anywhere.
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I'm cool with that. Lock it! Or delete it! Either way I'm done with it. I found what I was looking for.
 
#86
mmbongo said:
Have you actually read the posts in this thread? Seems like some of these folks are afraid to use anything but Fender strings on a Fender bass.
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That's interesting. I do not get that at all from reading this thread. It sounds like you had a predisposition on this and have read everyone's post with that bias. Maybe you should be a journalist :D. Just kidding.

As for myself I have played a lot of different strings on a lot of different basses thru a lot of different amps. Finding the last 10% can take a life time and is all part of the journey.

I guess the question for you would be, why do you hate Fender strings so much? I think you are the odd duck on this topic particularly when you generalize all the strings they sell given all of the infinite variables that different players are contending with?
 
#87
mmbongo said:
Thank you for re-assuring me as to why I started this thread. Some people seem to be afraid to try new things and are simply happy with the 'good enough' strings that came on their bass. Thank you.
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Dude, you are being ridiculously out of line here. How in the world does never hearing of your particular favorite brand of strings equate with being afraid to try new things, or being happy with 'good enough'? Stop making an idiot out of yourself.
 
#88
mmbongo said:
It just seems very strange that I've never seen anybody outside of this one forum that actually seeks out and buys Fender strings on purpose. I've been playing bass since 1993 and I didn't even know Fender sold strings until I came here. Maybe it's a geographical thing? Luckily for me, DR, Curt Mangan, and Dunlop strings are readily available.
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Juststrings.com sells them, so they cannot be *that* rare ;)

Never heard of Curt Mangan though.... have to look them up. Hmmm, they even have flats... no information though. Props for calling 45-105 "Light" :D

And to however said people who only play Fenders haven't tried other brands... I currently have four basses and they are strung:
  • Labella 760FL
  • Fender 9050M
  • Chromes 50-105
  • Bass strung BEAD with unknown rounds off a 5 string

I have some Dean Markley flats to put on the BEAD bass if I decide to keep it BEAD. Not sure I will, I only need it for two songs and I can live without the B for those two songs.
 
#89
I've played a ton of different rounds (just recently became a flat player). Personally Fender strings were fine, but I've got fairly acidic sweat which seems to kill nickel strings fairly quickly. The Fender strings died really quickly, but whatev. They certainly didn't seem subpar in quality or sound.

I'm trying to understand the motivation of this thread. For all intents and purposes it seems like the OP was trolling... just looking for a reason to try to insult people. Conversely there were a couple of people that gave him the reaction he was seemingly looking for.
 
#94
I've already said in this thread, but I'll say it again anyway-I use Fender strings, because I like the tone, and the feel. Price is good too.

Some people don't like them, and thats ok. EVERY brand out there will have those who like them, and who dislike them.

There are other ones that I like too, don't get me wrong. Overall, I do like the new Fender strings a lot though, so thats what I use. :hyper:
 
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#95
Coop Soup said:
I'm trying to understand the motivation of this thread. For all intents and purposes it seems like the OP was trolling... just looking for a reason to try to insult people. Conversely there were a couple of people that gave him the reaction he was seemingly looking for.
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Guilty as charged. I'm prime trollbait when it comes to these type of asinine threads and I can't seem to help myself. :help:
 
#96
The Fender 9050's (I use ML) of the older version were the best flatwounds.

Feel, tension, tone.

I tried the new version, and Chromes, and others. They all were nothing compared the old version.

So I was able to locate a store that still had em and got a few sets. I have enough to last me another 2 years but what to do after that!?!?!?!?

Also, the Fender 7250 (black silk) were good too.
 
#97
Since the topic is concerning Fender Strings, I just picked up a 5 string Squire Deluxe jazz, and would love to know what strings come stock on it..I assume that the are Fenders of some kind, and they are wound. They seem fine to me, but as of yet, I have nothing else to compare them to...I can do my own experimenting, but can you tell me what kind I'm using, and what gauge, ect? Thanks!

Jazzola
 
#98
Jazzola said:
Since the topic is concerning Fender Strings, I just picked up a 5 string Squire Deluxe jazz, and would love to know what strings come stock on it..I assume that the are Fenders of some kind, and they are wound. They seem fine to me, but as of yet, I have nothing else to compare them to...I can do my own experimenting, but can you tell me what kind I'm using, and what gauge, ect? Thanks!

Jazzola
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That's what actually got me hooked on Fender strings. Bought one of the above, switched the strings (I believe actually to DRs) and a lot of my love for the bass disappeared. Bought a set of the strings that came with it, put em on, and the love returned. Quickly started putting them on all my basses.

Fender Super 7350-5M Stainless Steel (.045 to .125)

Good luck finding them in a 5 string set though. I never could, bought the B string seperately and now pretty much been playing 4 strings.
 
#99
Around here, Fender only ever had the 45-105 set available, and I mostly play 45-100 gauge.

The few times I ordered the old Fender 7250ML rounds, they had a low mid thing that no other string had. Really warm for a NPS string. Haven't tried the new 7250 "D'Addario" strings, can't comment.

I greatly prefer the new 9050 flats to the old 9050 flats. The old ones felt too uneven to me, and were sometimes inconsistent quality-wise. The new ones, I can' tell from Chromes. This is a good thing, imo.
 
#100
Jazzola said:
Since the topic is concerning Fender Strings, I just picked up a 5 string Squire Deluxe jazz, and would love to know what strings come stock on it..I assume that the are Fenders of some kind, and they are wound. They seem fine to me, but as of yet, I have nothing else to compare them to...I can do my own experimenting, but can you tell me what kind I'm using, and what gauge, ect? Thanks!

Jazzola
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Be forewarned; the stock strings on a Fender or Squier might not be what Fender says they are.

Several Squiers here at my GC have red silk, Roto sounding strings that are not the 7250 set the Fender site says they are.

Any Japanese Fender I have bought has come with a stainless, silkless string that is also not the 7250 Fender says they are.
 

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