Strings.....

How often do you change yours?

What are your favourite brands?

Just out of pure interest im asking


Me
change them like 3-4 months and i use a different brand every time I don't use expensive ones just like £10-£15 ones. So far i've used:
Elites - Very good for the money
Ernie Balls - Were okay, need to try them again sometime
D'Addario Prosteels - Liked them alot

I change them every 3 months or whenever they get dirty enough.
I've only used deathwish strings, they're a new aussie brand.. sound ok enough.
I haven't tried d'addarios or any other brand though so I can compare them.

Rotosounds swing bass, stainless steel 40 - 100 guage at the moment. I like the sound & feel, the price is quite tasty too. I change them once every 2 - 3 months, depending on how much I've played.

I've used Ernie balls before, mainly super slinkys - I thought they were great, just decided to give Rotosound a go & liked them more

GHS Bass Boomers 50-115 and i change my string too rarely. I don't even remember when was last time. I am not in a band at the moment and i can do my exercises just fine. And somehow i like more of that stuffy sound.

hehe, me²

i still play the original strings which were on my Ibanez when I bought it. Okay, it's just about one month old, but still...

Smaz wrote:Rotosounds swing bass, stainless steel 40 - 100 guage at the moment. I like the sound & feel, the price is quite tasty too. I change them once every 2 - 3 months, depending on how much I've played.

I've used Ernie balls before, mainly super slinkys - I thought they were great, just decided to give Rotosound a go & liked them more

Thiieeeeffffff!

Ha, ha! same here. And i'd recommend rotosounds as a personal favourite as well.

i use Picato stainless steel flatwounds, standard gauge, i just love the smoothness.... people complain that im always touching my strings...

there great cuz they are cheaper than most flatwound and high quality, but before hand i used ernie ball hybrid round wounds, they were ok...

mts wrote:GHS Bass Boomers 50-115 and i change my string too rarely. I don't even remember when was last time. I am not in a band at the moment and i can do my exercises just fine. And somehow i like more of that stuffy sound.

I'm thinking of getting those, are they any good?

I'm trying to decide between D'Addario, DR and GHS..

I haven't changed them yet...

Then again, i don't think i really need to until one of them snaps.
I don't gig, i just play to relax and because it's for my hands. (long boring story)

I changed them for the first time a couple of weeks ago from the original ones that came on it when I bought it new 3 months ago.
Erine Ball slinkys (med gage)

Has anyone tried the DR black beauties or any other colour?
I'm thinking of getting a set..

Fuzzydice45 wrote:Has anyone tried the DR black beauties or any other colour?
I'm thinking of getting a set..

I have been thinking to buy them(black or pink) but not yet bought them.

I very rarely change my strings, last time I changed them was a few months ago and before that years. I suppose if I was gigging with a band I'd change them alot more. I clean them with baby wipes occasionally and I do notice a slight tonal change, gets rid of all that dead skin and such which dampens the sound. I know a bassist in a reggae band that never changes his strings, adds to his sound. I use standard gibson medium gauge strings, I may try something heavier the next time.

I normally stick with Ernie Ball Power slinkys. I like the .115 b/c I like to play in C occasionally. They don't last as long as some other brands, but the sound is unmatched in my opinion. Has anyone played with the Warwick gold wound strings? They're like $100 usd. I'll bet they're awesome.

Ok on ebay I can get 3 sets of d'addario 55-110 nickel roundwounds for $75 delivered from america.
The only price I can find for the DR black beauties in the gauge I want is $75 for one set at a shop in sydney.
If I go down to 45-105 gauge I can get the black beauties for $45 delivered from america.

Hmm what to do...
If only they had the black beauties in 50-110 on ebay...