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Old 31-05-08, 05:42 AM
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any recomended one?
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hmm what kind of strings do you normally use? flat wound or round wound? nickel wound or steel wound?
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what the different between flat woung and round wound? and nickel wound and steel wound? i'm just starting to play bass and had no nothing about it, heheheh
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heys you can refer to the bass FAQ posted by trowaclown, the link is below:
http://soft.com.sg/forum/gear-bass/55039-bass-faq.html

quite informative you can then ask any question not covered by it.
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http://soft.com.sg/forum/gear-bass/5...tml#post574147

there, now you have an idea of flats and rounds.
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thanks for helping guys!

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there, now you have an idea of flats and rounds.
haha isn't that the same link as the one i put?

anyway no problem wakathocles!
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D'addario - $20 (Ranking at Bras Basah)
Rotosound - $24-26 (Davis)

I usually use round wound, nickel, G string 0.45 (think its light gauge)

La bella strings also quite nice. DR a bit ex for me.

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