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My two penny worth below, on strings I regularly use/used in the last few years.
I love Chromes too, as they retain some definition. They are my fave. D’Addario are quite similar.
LaBellas are great, but for my dubby fingers they are just too deep. Nice on my travel bass though.
LaBella low tension felt like Thomastiks to me, but again sounded to deep and thuddy.
Fenders are good value, but Chromes are a more quality version of the Fender IMO.
Thomastik are lovely on the right bass, and awful on the wrong one! I guess that’s the same with any string. Really worn in Thomastiks can be very special on the right P Bass.
EB Cobalts are awesome for retaining brightness, they don’t sound like round wounds, but they have some bite.
String guage is really important too, it can change everything. I loved really heavy ones on a CS 55 Pbass, but need lighter than my usual guage on my Stingray. The ‘wrong’ gauges really affected my enjoyment of those basses. It’s part tonal, and part that different basses play better with different tensions, IME.
You may like the EB Cobalts too by the sounds of it, I liked them very much as an alternative to roundwounds and traditional flats.
Then tried the EB cobalts which felt quite different, a slightly grippy feel initially which soon wears off and a good halfway house between rounds & flats sound wise. Went for a set of chromes next which felt great but deadened off fairly quickly. Put another set of cobalts on which are still on now. Might stick the chromes back on to see how they compare with the worn in cobalts. Still fancy a go with some labellas. How do these compare with chromes/cobalts for sound and feel?
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I've now done 5 x 45 min sets using the DRs and they have performed very well.
Tension is very slightly higher than the (very old) rounds I had on the bass, but I quite like this.
As yet there is not obvious loss of high end, although I suspect these strings aren't as toppy to start with as a set of chromes.
Is that correct?
It's odd there isn't a 45 - 105 set, which seem to be the most popular gauge.
I use them on my P and Jazz. Oddly, they felt wrong on my Stingray so I had to go 40-100 which was perfect for that bass, but felt wrong on my Jazz when I tried them. Go figure
You’d think so, but best check the tension ratings on the websites.
I've now fitted La Bella Deep Talkin Bass 45-105 and they feel smoother than the DRs.
I'll report back after this evenings gig.