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Cheap Bass Strings
« on: April 22, 2009, 12:55:45 PM »
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Re: Cheap Bass Strings
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2009, 01:31:09 PM »
Ok, this is final proof - we're in a deflation!!!   :o
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Re: Cheap Bass Strings
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2009, 01:32:27 PM »
I assume they're rounds...or I might go after that!

I still have about 10 sets of Hartke rounds from the closeout deal SamAsh had a couple of years ago when I bought my Hartke 1400 head.  Got three boxes of roundwound bass strings (either three or five sets per box, don't remember which) with the head....haven't used them up yet.
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Re: Cheap Bass Strings
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2009, 01:46:42 PM »
Quote from: uwe on April 22, 2009, 01:31:09 PM
Ok, this is final proof - we're in a deflation!!!   :o

I figure if I get ONE good set out of the bunch - it's still cheap!
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Re: Cheap Bass Strings
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2009, 03:51:54 PM »
You might not. They're the sort of dreadful quality Chinese strings that come standard on $99 basses. Still, at that price you could get your money's worth and more.
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Re: Cheap Bass Strings
« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2009, 05:22:40 PM »
Quote from: Dave W on April 22, 2009, 03:51:54 PM
You might not. They're the sort of dreadful quality Chinese strings that come standard on $99 basses. Still, at that price you could get your money's worth and more.

People rag on the SX OE strings all the time, but of the three SX basses I've bought, two still have the originals. The third (a P-thingie) just needed something a little more substantial than the ultra-lights it shipped with. I remember getting a deal on Danelectro bass strings a few years back that I thought was the shiznit until I realized they were 50-110s. To a guy like me who likes lighter gauges it was like playing on bridge cables.
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Re: Cheap Bass Strings
« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2009, 06:02:35 PM »
The only really dreadful strings I have run into on a bass was the factory set on my Rogue VB-100.  They were very light gauge rounds, and they sounded so tinny and awful that I wondered if the bass was salvageable.  Installing a set of LaBella Hofner Beatle Bass flats (.050-.100) changed the whole character of the instrument - and radically for the better.
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Re: Cheap Bass Strings
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2009, 07:09:42 PM »
I've tried a lot of different "Cheap Brands". I'm sticking with the Webstrings stainless 45-105's
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Re: Cheap Bass Strings
« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2009, 10:41:09 PM »
No offense to anyone but I doubt these are in the same league as Webstrings.

Steel is an international commodity. When you see a product retailing at a price you would expect a manufacturer to pay for raw materials, then something is up.
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Re: Cheap Bass Strings
« Reply #9 on: April 23, 2009, 04:13:56 AM »
Obviously these aren't going to be top quality strings - no argument there. Still, I'm curious as to what kind of bang for the buck I'll get at 66 cents per set.
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Re: Cheap Bass Strings
« Reply #10 on: April 23, 2009, 07:29:36 AM »
i use fender flats at around 20 bucks a set. they last for years. at least for me. ;)
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Re: Cheap Bass Strings
« Reply #11 on: April 23, 2009, 08:03:01 AM »
Quote from: nofi on April 23, 2009, 07:29:36 AM
i use fender flats at around 20 bucks a set. they last for years. at least for me. ;)

I get a whole lot of years out a set of chromes or tapewounds too. Buying strings 10 sets at a time would be way too optimistic on my life expectancy :mrgreen:.
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Re: Cheap Bass Strings
« Reply #12 on: April 23, 2009, 10:36:32 AM »
Quote from: Freuds_Cat on April 22, 2009, 07:09:42 PM
I've tried a lot of different "Cheap Brands". I'm sticking with the Webstrings stainless 45-105's

I'm too a webstringer. I prefer stainless 50-110 thru. Also, I've stringed my P copy with their flatwound 50-110 set and it sounds very good (for a f****r).
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Re: Cheap Bass Strings
« Reply #13 on: April 23, 2009, 02:00:27 PM »
ah, you can say FENDER!  i't won't hurt a bit
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Re: Cheap Bass Strings
« Reply #14 on: April 23, 2009, 02:01:58 PM »
I like Carvin strings which are fairly inexpensive. They sound great on my RD.
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