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Bassbarber, 7250's are nickel plated steel RW, 7150's are pure nickle RW, I've used both as well as 9050 flats, and never had a problem with Fender strings. Good value. IMO 7250's are a modern aggressive sounding string, easier on your frets than stainless. 7150's on the other hand, are more of a mellow, vintage sounding string, well suited to blues/r&b. Some where between flats and round steel. Your frets will like these, and so will your fingers, they feel slick and don't squeak. Both decent strings. I would recommend the M sets as the lighter ones sound a bit thin to me. I just learned that Fender now has a new string supplier, some who have used them are convinced it's D'Addario. Not having tried the new strings, what I wrote above is based on the old formula strings.

Thanks for a warm welcome, Burrito, nice P basses! You got a few on me for sure. I have a sunburst '65 and a P/J I cloned from a '69 neck. alan and lozz, nice collections as well.

Hey all, Just dropped in and liked the place, so thought I'd stick around a while. Names Brad, I play mostly blues and rock, After 30+ years of playing I have a bunch of basses but mostly like P basses and Ampegs. (older stuff) My main bass is the P/J in my profile, I made the body at home, painted it and built it up from parts. I like making stuff for the band almost as much as playing gigs. My band here in Wisconsin is called Noonday Son, we're on facebook if you're interested. Recently I began an "original music" project with two other guys, with a goal of recording and releasing some tunes. Then my basement flooded in July and delayed band practices, fortunately the equipment was still packed from a gig so it was easy to save, and we're back at it again! See ya'll later, Brad [attachment=62841:DSC08996.jpg]