Jobiebass Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Im sorry for posting this, but ive looked all over, read the sticky for strings and im still no closer to finding strings i like. I love Flats on fretless, Ive tried rotosound flats, rotosound Jazz bass Flats, and im still not happy. the strings sound far far too dull. Im after a string with lots of sustain, flats as not to rip my fingers to pieces and the fretboard, and bright. surely its not too much to ask?? Chrisdabass sold me his 'ray with Elixrs and they are fantastic, if they were just flats instead of round id buy 2 lots for my jazz and my project p. any help would be great, i dont mind spending a lot on strings as long as they sound great. thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Sounds like you want rounds but with the feel of flats chap, in that case look at goundwounds/pressurerounds/halfrounds (all mean roughly the same). Status half-wound Hotwires get the nod by a number of people on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foal30 Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 I very much like the D'Addario Chromes on my fretless Jazz. good sustain but couldn't use the word bright to describe the sound. If I want a little twang I back off the neck pick up a little and just hit harder and closer to the bridge. it's a vaguely acceptable sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_ferret Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 (edited) Look on the [url="http://wiki.basschat.co.uk/"]wiki[/url] - a lot of the string info has been moved there. Edited March 29, 2008 by bass_ferret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_ferret Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Finding string Nirvana is a long and expensive business. What one person loves another will not. I use [url="http://www.status-graphite.com/status/carts3/frames/frame1.htm"]Status Hotwire Half Rounds [/url]on my fretless but TI Jazz Flats on my fretted. Go figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBod Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Thomastik flats are great, if you can get on with the odd guages and floppy feel - I find that just moving the action up a bit makes them play really nicely. I also tried the Status black nylon wrapped strings and they are also fantastic, if a bit floppy. They certainly won't damage a soft fingerboard. BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Have been using Rotosound Solo Bass (groundwound) for 20 years on the same (ebony) fretles fingerboard with no problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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