Bass Strings

[nooboy]

Hey all, I've been searching around for half-wounds and flat wounds strings but cant seem to locate any store that sells them. Any of you dudes know of any stores that sell them? And cost if you still remember.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Santa]

50, sadowsky black label flat

40/45 gauges, tymc, peninsular

 

[yuujin]

rotosound flats 50,
d'addarios chrome flats, never asked the price

both selling at davis.

 

[shinobi]

chromes should be about 30 bucks. i bought theme a long time ago from swee lee

don't forget there are TI jazz flats from cherns, if you want something boutique

 

[nooboy]

Thanks one and all!!!
Will ccheck them out soon!

 

[rufus9549]

flatswounds are hard to find man i went with my fren to pennin like 3 days ago and he juz modded his ibanez bass into a fretless bass and the flatwounds strings are way overpriced bout 40 plus to 50 plus then we went swee lee he bought 1 set at 35

 

[neverconscious]

How about half-wounds? I'm curious to try a set of those

 

[5stringwonder]

have you tried swee lee? used to have half rounds on my stingray years back. got them from yamaha then. don't think they have them any more though. liked the feel of the strings but the sound didn't really cut through. eventually switched over to DRs.

 

[Resetti]

DR strings lower tension right? means the strings are more floppy?

 

[shinobi]

DR hi beams supposed to be lower tension than DR lo riders

you can try ebay. thats how i brought in my first set of sadowsky blues. cheapest shipping. sadowsky direct's shipping is expensive due to the kind of box they use- basically you don't save any shipping cost unless you buy by the box.

i cant remember which seller i bought from. i can check but im sure you can too. besides, there might be a seller that's better than the one i bought from

 

[venusbass5]

bass string

try Elixer you never go wrong! But little pricey.
long lasting and constant sounding.
i very reluctance at first but now kana stuck with it.

 

[Resetti]

try Elixer you never go wrong! But little pricey.
long lasting and constant sounding.
i very reluctance at first but now kana stuck with it.

what i read about elixir is that the coating actually flakes off the strings right, which make them feel very yucky... do you experience this?

 

[shinobi]

yeah coated strings will flake. apparently cleartone bass strings use a coating which is much thinner and flakes less easily. but it will surely flake as well.

DR long life coated strings wont really flake but the coloured coating will start to wear off and it looks hideous.

i've used elixir and DR before, and generally, coated strings sound quite dull