Teach me about bass strings, please.

[solspirit]

Round core, hex core, Flatwound, stainless, nickle etc etc.

 

[uOpt]

Yes.

 

[alex1fly]

99% of strings are hex core, nickel, roundwound or flatwound. Start there, no need to go outside of that unless there's a specific use case.

I preferred rounds until I gigged bass with a real band, selling tickets and booking regional venues and doing all that. I found that flatwounds fill the sonic space better than rounds, and haven't looked back. It's not that roundwounds can't, its more like flatwounds are more consistent in helping me do my job as a bassist from amp to amp, room to room, genre to genre, ensemble to ensemble. I've never lacked in treble either. They're also quieter with finger noise and last longer.

 

[esandes]

When I played bass I had to change to flatwound as they were so much easier on my finger tips.