la bam Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Hi all, I've a bb424 and love it. I never felt the need to replace the strings from new, like you do on some basses. The strings sound and feel great. Does anyone know what the original strings the basses come strung with are so I can buy a spare set? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 They are strung with Yamaha strings. Very difficult to find in the UK. They are nickel and will be 45-105 roundwounds so any decent make with that spec will be OK. Rotosound are UK-made and good quality strings. Stringsdirect.com do a good quality budget set made by Rotosound called Legacy and I use these all on my non-gigging basses and they are absolutely fine. I use coated Elixirs on the gigging basses as they require less attention if you get corrosive sweat all over them regularly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizontalste Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Mine came with D'addarios, do you have coloured ball ends? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 [quote name='Horizontalste' timestamp='1476449671' post='3154420'] Mine came with D'addarios, do you have coloured ball ends? [/quote] No, but some of my strings do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 (edited) [quote name='Sean' timestamp='1476296278' post='3153183'] They are strung with Yamaha strings. Very difficult to find in the UK. They are nickel and will be 45-105 roundwounds so any decent make with that spec will be OK. [/quote] I thought they came with stainless? I seem to recall I used to source them - 45, 65, 80, 105, 125 In fact, I have found the email response from Yamaha when I asked that very same question (for a BBNE2) - [font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]They are the [/size][/font][font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]Yamaha[/size][/font][font=arial, sans-serif][size=3] H4050 Electric Bass 5 [/size][/font][font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]Strings[/size][/font][font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]:[/size][/font] [font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]Note Diameter Tension*[/size][/font] [font=arial, sans-serif][size=3] (Inch) (mm) (Lbs) (Kg)[/size][/font] [font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]G 0.045 1.14 42.4 19.2[/size][/font] [font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]D 0.065 1.65 48.1 21.8[/size][/font] [font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]A 0.085 2.16 49.0 22.2[/size][/font] [font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]E 0.105 2.67 40.6 18.4[/size][/font] [font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]B 0.125 3.18 28.3 12.8[/size][/font] [font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]* 34" (864mm) scale length[/size][/font] [font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]DL[/size][/font] [font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]Yamaha[/size][/font][font=arial, sans-serif][size=3] Customer Support[/size][/font] [email="[email protected]"][email protected][/email] 714-522-9000 Edited October 14, 2016 by EBS_freak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 This would suggest otherwise however - http://europe.yamaha.com/en/products/musical-instruments/guitars-basses/el-basses/bb/bb424/?mode=model Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Come to think of it, my RBX came with coloured ball ends too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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