GHS Strings M3050 4-String Bass Precision Flats, Stainless Steel Flatwound Bass Strings, 38" Winding, Medium (45-105)

I like these strings. My first flats so I can't compare to other flats. As expected, the tone does not have the high frequencies that you get from round wound strings, but there's a nice thump you can't really get from rounds. The strings are so smooth! I have a Ibanez TMB100 (34" scale"). I had to wind the fat part of the string about half a turn around the tuner post on the E and G string because the strings were a bit too long (refer to pic), but apparently other players report that it's not a problem. It's been a few weeks and the strings still sound great. They're staying in tune. Tension is good. They don't hurt my fingertips and I can fairly easily do a little bending. My only complaint is the purple silk. I colored it black with a permanent marker.

These strings were amazing for me and I love them on this particular bass. I have a Hondo P-Bass (I know, but it was free) and had Ernie Ball Steel Strings on it prior. The sound was very thin, twangy, and metallic with the Ernie Ball strings. After reading lots of reviews, blogs, and forums I decided to try the GHS flatwounds. All the reviews I read said that they give a warmer fuller sound, some may call it dull or muffled. Knowing that this is exactly what I wanted to get out of this bass, I tried these strings. AMAZING DIFFERENCE!!These strings provided an instant and hugely monumental difference to my cheap Hondo bass. I'm not going to claim that it made this bass sound like a top dollar modern bass, but it did take a bass that I didn't like to play and listen to and a bass that I enjoy playing and has a nice warm full thump to it. The new strings brought out a wonderful tone, enhanced the harmonics, and did give the bass a more vintage somewhat upright sound. All from a set of amazing strings.If you enjoy a warm full sound from strings that are nice to play on, then give these strings a try. They are inexpensive enough that even if you don't like them it wasn't like you had to trade your first born for them. And that is especially important when you have a bass like mine where the strings have more value that the bass itself.Now, if you like a brighter sound for playing some rock or metal, then these strings probabaly are not for you. They will give you a wonderful warm tone but they are not as bright and poppy as round wound steel strings. I have Ernie Balls on an Ibanez for that particular sound.Know your sound and the sound you are looking for. Then do your research. These strings worked great for me. That took a crap sounding bass and turned it into a whole new instrument. But this sound may not be what you are looking for. So, read the forums, ask other players who play the same bass you do about strings, spend some time checking reviews. And if by some amazing chance someone you know already has these strings, give them a play.All in all, great strings, great price, great tone. May or May not work for you or on your particular bass. But it's worth trying and it's not cost prohibative to do so.

First, I wanted to say thanks for the guys who did leave previous reviews. This helped me a lot. So if you are looking into these strings I will be as descriptive as possible. I never played flat wounds before until I just got my Fender fretless bass that came stock with flat wounds. I have an MTD bass that has a maple neck with a very bright tone when using stainless strings, so I thought these flat wounds would smooth out the tone from being almost too twangy. I am very pleased with these GHS stainless flat wounds! They are like as smooth as the as the plastic used in a tennis racket's gut strings (sorry, all I could think of). So this is night and day different in feel and tone of regular round wounds. The tone is perfect for me on this particular bass. It is not dull in any way and really sounds like a bass string should. I use Ernie Ball nickel round wounds and D'Addario nickels usually and this is nothing like those. I feel they are like the best choice out there for flat wounds, since Amazon has the cheapest deal and others like DR or Ernie Ball are two times as much. I mean come on, who can justify $40 bucks for flat wounds unless you are that dedicated to the brand?! Overall the tone is deep and smooth with zero fret buzz or string talk (which was a huge issue with my other strings). MTD's have a zero fret and crazy sustain and this really increases string talk and ring and these helped my poor finger techniques. So I hope to have helped some of you reading this know something about these wonderful strings and if you have a long scale it will be no problem as my 34" scale had over 6" of string cut off the string to fit my bass with at least 4 wraps on the post. This will be my new main string for at least one of my many basses that has its own smooth tone of choice.

I was a rounds guy to begin with, but players like John Paul Jones and Flea using flatwounds on their Fender Jazz Basses convinced me to try a set of flats. I absolutely love the tone and feel of these strings, extremely versatile. With just your tone knob you can go from bassy reggae tones to driving rock tones. The best part about flatwounds is their presence in the mid range, which allows your sound to be heard in a much different way (as opposed to the clangy, trebly sounds of roundwounds) that I have come to favor a lot more. They also last basically forever, and sound better over time (unlike rounds, which I had to replace around once a month). All techniques sound great on these strings (finger, slap, pick) if you dial in the right EQ. Give these a week of play to settle in and lose their stickiness. If you're thinking about trying a set of flats, don't hesitate like I did, go for it!

Note cupe ma ben definite con un ottimo attacco. Le riprenderò

I know it varies in individual taste but having tried almost all other flats including labella,fender, rotosound and others. These are in my humble opinion the best flats out there.

Superbes cordes montées sur une fretless. Très agréable et son bien rond et pas agressif. Je recommande !

Nunca había usado estas flatwound de ghs, he probado muchas marcas y quizás mi favorita son las dumlop, estas se acercan a eso, no es el sonido 60s de la bella por ejemplo. La primera cuerda me parecía algo más brillante que el resto pero se han ido equilibrando. Y en cuanto a precio no son tan caras como la bella o las thomastik y un poco más que las fender pero creo que se justifica en calidad

Mir gefallen die Saiten sehr gut, toll im Sound und gut verarbeitet, sehr angenehm zu spielen, sehr glatt, liegen gut in den Fingern :)