Rodders Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 I use La Bella's (recently upped the gauge to FM 109-49) on my P bass and use GHS precisions on my OLP Stingray. Tone up full. I prefer high tension and the only strings I've found smoother than the La Bella or GHS are Pyramid Golds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spencer.b Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 (edited) If you want old school jamerson tones with a bit of clank ,labellas or pyramid gold , for a smooth pino vibe then thomastiks, I've got basses with both , I would say the thomastiks are easier to play but I've found they're too low tension for some basses Edited June 14, 2023 by spencer.b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 La Bella FL's and GHS Precision Flats... fairly interchangeable IMO. Beautifully warm with clear mids. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
How1 Posted June 14, 2023 Author Share Posted June 14, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Reggaebass said: That’s a guitar isn’t it 😁 May as well be hehe. Tbf, I actually quite like that sound in some situations (Andy Rourke/Smiths or JJ Burnell springs to mind). In isolation it sounds really good, but tends to get lost sometimes. Paul Simonon said he learned to play bass listening to reggae because he couldn't tell what was the bass and what was the guitar when he listened to The Who (or something to that effect). Edited June 14, 2023 by How1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAS Bass Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Fender 9050L break in very nicely - a well set up bass and lots of hours playing on these will reward you. Probably true for most flats, I had a set of La Bella 110’s on a Precision for about 7 years and they just got better all the time. The G died first, just lost its tone, but they were really good for a long time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
How1 Posted June 14, 2023 Author Share Posted June 14, 2023 (edited) 15 minutes ago, NAS Bass said: Fender 9050L break in very nicely - a well set up bass and lots of hours playing on these will reward you. That's what I originally had on my PJ before I swapped to the chromes. I twisted one though and it was never the same again so decided to try Chromes out of curiousity and stuck with them in the end. I liked the Fenders though. In fact, Fender strings aren't bad at all. I have some nickel rounds somewhere that I got on my p-bass that sounded pretty good. In fact, I need to buy another bass to put them back on 😁 Edited June 14, 2023 by How1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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