5 string bass - flatwound suggestions

[Sumilidon]

Hi all,

 

I just bought a secondhand and fairly beaten Peavey Millenium 5 string with some very bad strings!  My fender Jaguar has roundwound but for this Peavey I want to use Flatwounds for no reason other than I want some strings that'll last a long time.  This will be the last thing after the repairs to electrics, fretwork, redo the wiring etc.

 

Problem is, I can't seem to find any affordable sets.  Fender seemed to have some but these seem to have been discontinued.  Does anyone have any suggestions / links to some decent sets please?  I tried google etc but they almost always seem to be 4 string versions or simply cost too much £60 kinda thing.

 

I'm new to Bass so any suggestions appreciated.

[hooky_lowdown]

GHS do some 5 string flatwounds at a reasonable price, and they are pretty decent as well.

[Sumilidon]

Any idea what length I should be looking at for those?  They seem to have a few options.  The bass I have is a 34" scale.

[jrixn1]

I have Dunlop flats and really like them.
They are £34.99 at http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Flat_wound_strings.html

[hooky_lowdown]

2 hours ago, Sumilidon said:

Any idea what length I should be looking at for those?  They seem to have a few options.  The bass I have is a 34" scale.

34" is Long Scale, which is the standard bass string length.

[mojobu]

GHS Precison flats 

[Delberthot]

Hot Rox are doing Rotosounds for £42 delivered - there are some sellers elsewhere selling these for £60+

Edited July 21, 2019 by Delberthot

[CameronJ]

On 27/05/2019 at 19:51, jrixn1 said:

I have Dunlop flats and really like them.
They are £34.99 at http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Flat_wound_strings.html

Exactly my suggestion.