tom1946 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Hiya, I've tried a few different brands of strings, mainly Rotosound, EB & fender but I can't afford to keep trying different ones. I'm looking for 'quiet' roundwounds, in other words not noisy when your finger slides to another note quickly. I know flats are the way to go but they just sound dead to me, I play only in church situations and need sustain for a lot of the 'soft rock' type stuff that we do. Sooo, any advice please? (I did search first) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mog Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 I use D'Addario Chromes. Really nice string. Have you considered using groundwounds? They'd be a bit brighter than flats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikay Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 How about coated roundwound strings such as Elixir? Don't use them myself but have heard that they reduce finger noise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatback Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 [quote name='ikay' post='1112403' date='Feb 2 2011, 01:50 PM']How about coated roundwound strings such as Elixir? Don't use them myself but have heard that they reduce finger noise[/quote] +1 for Elixir. Little or no noise and they last forever. Nice feel too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hubrad Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 +1 for groundwounds - some call them Halfrounds. Brighter than flats but thicker sounding than roundwound. Barely any finger-on-string noise at all. I have them on a fretless with ash body.. my Rock bass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiOgon Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 GHS M3075 Brite Flats - the dogs danglies Seriously good 'almost smooth' feel & superb 'bright flats' sound. I do like GHS strings better than any others I've tried Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom1946 Posted February 3, 2011 Author Share Posted February 3, 2011 Cheers for the response guys, I will stick with rounds for now though, I'll buy a set of coated elixirs and see how it goes. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsgbass Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 D'Addario Nylons. Super, not anything like the old style tapewound nylons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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