vsmith1 Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Yesterday was New Bass Day when I got my new Yamaha BB425x in red from Promenade Music in Morecambe. I wondered what strings come with the BB and if anyone had any recommended string sets for the BB? Vince Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Get Ernie Ball Slinkys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingus Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 The bass will almost certainly have had Yamaha strings on it from the factory . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 If I'm using rounds these days it has to be DR Hghbeams. If flats then it D'addario Chromes. So smooth and lovely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 I hated the factory strings on my BB415 and found the B to be really floppy - put on a set of Dunlop nickels and have stuck to them ever since! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconic Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 I thought yamaha OE strings were D'addario? Mine had tag saying as much when i bought my Bb414....although yours is a 425? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRBboy Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 [quote name='iconic' timestamp='1357508984' post='1923867'] I thought yamaha OE strings were D'addario? Mine had tag saying as much when i bought my Bb414....although yours is a 425? [/quote] Yeah, I believe they're still using D'addario Prosteels: they may be Yamaha branded, but they're made by D'addario. Congrats by the way to the OP, great basses! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megallica Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I think they use D'addario strings on their basses I think they were on my BBN4, BBN5 and BBG5S. I love their prosteels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vsmith1 Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 Thanks for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizontalste Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 [quote name='vsmith1' timestamp='1357489240' post='1923337'] Yesterday was New Bass Day when I got my new Yamaha BB425x in red from Promenade Music in Morecambe. I wondered what strings come with the BB and if anyone had any recommended string sets for the BB? Vince [/quote] If you have coloured ball ends then they are [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]D'addario's. Stainless steel Slinky's sound nice on a Bb too, especially after you break them in.[/font][/color] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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