I like the D'Addario roundwounds. You can bring them back to life with Windex pretty easy, even after a show or two. *BRANNG!*

Jay

Dean Markley Blue Steels. They seem to last a very long time for me, but I don't have that corrosive hand-sweat (Did you ever see Corrosive Hand-Sweat play back in the 80s? Excellent drummer...) that some players have. Plus I wipe the strings down after I play. The Blue Steels sound and feel a lot like DR Hi-Beams, but after years of playing DRs I found their quality-control to be really slipping. It seemed like every other set I bought had a bum string in it. Once you get used to bright, responsive strings like these, it's very hard to return to Boomers. They'll sound and feel dull in comparison.

Any other opinions on Rotosound? They're a little cheaper than the Dean Markleys.

My experience with Rotosounds = bad. One set good, one set dead, one set ok. D'addarioz always seem consistent and gooder than hell.

Jay

I also used the Dean Markley "Blue Steels" mediums on my Jazz. Any gauge of the "Blue Steels" under medium size would break all too easy. They are a little bright out of the box, but soften to a lively tone with decent lifespan.
dB-

DR hi beams.

heavy as you got 'em please.

GHS Boomers mediums.

I always bought those ones, can't remember why exactly.
But they're great.

GHS Boomers,, like someone said, "Heavy as you got 'em" (.55-.115)

once in a while, Rotosounds, but like someone said, one good, one bad, and the next okay. whats with cyrogenically frozen strings anyways? I used a set of those once, and they didnt seem any different than anything else ive used.

Elixir strings are great. Yes, they are expensive, but they last for so much longer. If only they made a heavy set for electric guitar...

Also, I get them for free because I teach guitar to a kid who's dad works for Gore. Awesome.

So, this thread was brought back to life.

A few days after my post on Mar 4, 2004, I got a set of Elixrs. I know this because the recipt was floating around in a case. I kept those strings on for OVER TWO YEARS! And I played quite a bit.

I was seriously flabbergasted.

This past summer when my band recorded, I switched to D'Addarios, and by the end of the third day I could hear some deadness on the low E.

Right on,
Ben Adrian

tmidgett wrote:ghs bass boomers, heavy gauge

they are cheap, plentiful, and i think they sound good

yep. heavy on the musicman medium on the ESP jazz bass.