sonic boom bass strings

[hagguy]

has anyone ever used sonic boom strings seen them on newstrings.co.uk wondering if they are worth a go full set of stainless steel
roundwounds for £10 sound to good to be true. i also would like some advice on a set of flatwounds you can still slap on seen some rotosound 55's
that look interesting basically round wound strings squished flat but seem quite expensive any advice would be useful cheers

[geoffbyrne]

I have Roto 55's on my Jazz & they are very bright & have lasted ages - remind me of Hi-Beams. They're not that smooth for compressed either. I have a 5 string set laid aside to be next on my modded B Bass.

I like them.

[hagguy]

[quote name='geoffbyrne' post='694582' date='Dec 27 2009, 10:58 PM']I have Roto 55's on my Jazz & they are very bright & have lasted ages - remind me of Hi-Beams. They're not that smooth for compressed either. I have a 5 string set laid aside to be next on my modded B Bass.

I like them.[/quote]

any good for slap? think i might give them a go as i use roto stainless steel and trust them but fancy flatwound type for a change

cheers geoff!!

[geoffbyrne]

They are bright, so would probably be good for slap.

They are *not* smooth or tapewound or flat - in fact they are pretty rough compared to other compressed/halfrounds that I've played.

If you are intending to go to flats, these are miles away from that.

G.

[yorks5stringer]

Do you have to be travelling at the speed of sound for them to work?

[geoffbyrne]

[quote name='yorks5stringer' post='694840' date='Dec 28 2009, 01:43 PM']Do you have to be travelling at the speed of sound for them to work?[/quote]

Only at sea level.

G.

[6stringbassist]

In my opinion cheap strings like that are a waste of money.

Status Hotwires are a great string, at a great price - £13.99 for a 4 string set. A much better option, again in my opinion, but they do sound fantastic on my Zon .

Edited December 28, 2009 by 6stringbassist