Originally Posted by
r_a_smith3530
Thanks for the reply. Hmm, they aren't too expensive, maybe I'll pick one up and try 'cause they sure look sweet!
I found the D'Addario XL Chromes flats to be very reasonable, roughly $30.00 or so at Sam Ash or GC. For expensive, try Thomastik-Infeld Jazz Flats. The last set I bought cost me about $45.00. I hear that LaBella's aren't cheap either.
As for roundwounds on a fretless, I'm against the idea, because your string is going to be digging into the fingerboard itself, since there is no fret to take the abuse. Yes, I know Jaco went that route, but I'm guessing that he could afford to have his fingerboard planed periodically. Either thator he just didn't care. I do!
That said, I've used the D'Addario XL rounds on a fretted bass, and they were nice. My favorite in that category though are the DR Extra Life Black Beauties that I have on my Schecter. These are some really nice strings, the fastest roundwounds I've ever used, and sweet sounding to boot!
actually the d'addarios costed me about $42 with taxes at long+mcquade, so I think LaBella's and thomastik infeld strings would probably be a bit more expensive than that. but thanks for the review on d'addario rounds (on a fretted that is, I don't have fretless and therefore don't know much about what it entails, so thanks for that advise too)
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