Strings on a budget?

[stewblack]

The regular Harley Benton strings have never given me cause for concern, but I thought I'd try a higher grade set, purely in the interest of scientific exploration.

I think they cost me 8 quid. 

These are crazy good strings for very little money.

Recommended.

[chris_b]

Get some flats and never buy a set of strings again.

[stewblack]

3 hours ago, chris_b said:

Get some flats and never buy a set of strings again.

Yes indeed.

However... I do like the sound of rounds on some of my basses

 

[Guest]

On 11/09/2022 at 15:49, chris_b said:

Get some flats and never buy a set of strings again.

 

If you avoid picking up a bass, ever, then you won't even have to shell out on a set of flats. 

[Matt P]

I haven't tried them yet but i've bought a selection of the Harley benton guitar strings (including some flats for my semi acoustic). 

I'm looking forward to trying them out.

 

matt

[asingardenof]

If you can get hold of some cheap multipacks of D'Addario strings you can enter the code on their Player's Circle website, and in not a lot of time you'll be able to get a free set from them. They occasionally have offers on too, which is why I'm currently rocking a set of the XT series bought for the equivalent of £9.

[stewblack]

I also have a set of HB higher grade flats but not found a home for them yet.

I'll report back once I've tried them.

 

[BillyBass]

14 hours ago, Ricky Rioli said:

 

If you avoid picking up a bass, ever, then you won't even have to shell out on a set of flats. 

When I put a set of flats on my P bass I noticed I avoided picking it up

[PaulThePlug]

44 minutes ago, stewblack said:

I also have a set of HB higher grade flats but not found a home for them yet.

I'll report back once I've tried them.

 

Did you ever get a HBO 850 Acoustic? - Great use for those flats...

[stewblack]

1 hour ago, PaulThePlug said:

Did you ever get a HBO 850 Acoustic? - Great use for those flats...

I did not. I am trying to hold back on my bass purchases as I can no longer get into my room 

Never say never of course.

[Ed_S]

I bought a cheap job-lot of Warwick Red nickels and, aside from being a bit rougher than I'm used to, the sodding things try to epilate my arms! I guess it's a peculiarity of the way they're wound, and the B strings are definitely the worst offenders, but the E and A have a go as well. They sound alright but they're pretty much unusable. Hopefully the HBs just let you be hairy in peace.