Your Favorite Light/Superlight Gauge Strings??

[MrLenny1]

GHS Boomers Med-light.

 

[newwavefrank]

I have never used these on a 5 string but I Love love love them on my 4 string stingrays

 

[Richard Lindsey]

I like Kalium. .031, .041, .056, .075, .102, .136 (or something like that). Easy on the hands, and pretty balanced feel.

 

[Gilmourisgod]

D’Addario ELX 180, .035 to .095. I like bending strings, these are pretty supple without losing the fundamentals. I have Funkmasters on my Steinberger, .030 to .090 double ball stainless. Getting hard to find now though, I had to special order last time.

 

[fig]

One thing to keep in mind is the Boomers, once broken in, are darker in their tonal character... Some people say they "die too fast"... stay in their "nicely broken in" state for a long time. Just don't expect zingy brightness from them.

Wow, way to bust on us boomers, man. Sure, I got "nicely broken in" a long time ago and a bit darker in character over time. Be advised I'm working hard trying not to "die too fast", too. But just because my zingy brightness only happens occasionally these days, having been replaced by nap times, it's no reason to dis boomers like this. Bogus, man.

---time passes---

My bad. Just read the entire thread. We're talkin' 'bout bass strings. Silly me. My zingy brightness moment was yesterday...



My standby bass, 34in. scale, gets rotated between light-gauge flats and rounds.

Flats are La Bella Low Tension Flats (LTF). Round core. .042, .056, .075, .100, .118. Part number LTF-5A.

Rounds are Fender Lights. Hex core. .040, .060, .080, .100, .115. Part number 72505L.

No complaints from me or the audience about 'em. They make bass notes, I make money.

Only reason I went to lights on that bass is because some (not all) 34in. scale basses can't intonate the fatter B string. Pisses me off to buy a bass and I can't play all of the notes in tune. Light gauges cured that. Yet my other 34in bass intonates just fine with a larger (currently .130) B string.

 

[MVE]

+1 for TI Jazz Rounds.

 

[roller]

GHS Balanced Nickels. And they come in a 5-string light gauge (40, 56, 76, 101, 126).

I love these strings. They sound and feel great when they go on and they only seem to get better with age.

 

[michael_t]

Wow, way to bust on us boomers, man. Sure, I got "nicely broken in" a long time ago and a bit darker in character over time. Be advised I'm working hard trying not to "die too fast", too. But just because my zingy brightness only happens occasionally these days, having been replaced by nap times, it's no reason to dis boomers like this. Bogus, man.

I'm a bona fide boomer myself, born in 1957! I consider myself "well worn in, but not worn out yet".

 

[fig]

I'm a bona fide boomer myself, born in 1957!

Same year I was born LOL

 

[Petethebassman]

I've never tried these sets but they are on my list:
-Boomer .35 gauge
-Dogal Hellborgs (heard amazing reviews)
-TI Jazz Rounds (again...heard raving reviews)

Having said that, I usually go for .40 gauge nickel rounds - Sadowsky blues are wonderful, as are DR Pure Blues. TI Jazz Flats are pretty great too, and have a long break in period where they sound a lot like round wounds.

I have Dogal Jonas Hellborg roundwounds on my main P-Bass and I love the tone and flexible feel. Gauges are 035 052 072 102. On my Jazz Bass I use TI Jazz Rounds which are 043 051 068 089, they are a great match with that bass.