1976fenderhead Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Just bought a second-hand Aria electro-acoustic fretless bass and wondering what strings you'd recommend for this type of bass? Since it's fretless, I would think flatwound would avoid scratching the fretboard, but I see phosphor bronze seem to be the most used for acoustic basses and I don't think those are flatwound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hubrad Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Putting flats on will give the closest approximation of a DB sound, if that's what you are after with fretless. Works quite nicely, and as you say it wears the board far less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1976fenderhead Posted June 29, 2009 Author Share Posted June 29, 2009 [quote name='hubrad' post='527785' date='Jun 29 2009, 03:08 PM']Putting flats on will give the closest approximation of a DB sound, if that's what you are after with fretless. Works quite nicely, and as you say it wears the board far less.[/quote] Yeah, that's the sound I'm after. What are phosphor bronze strings for, are they better for acoustics than steel/nickel? And are there bronze flatwounds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretlessguy Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 (edited) I never liked the bronze/phosphor strings that usually come with them. Too twangy and not enough low end, and plenty of finger noise as well. I have found low tensioned light gauged flats and tapewounds sound much better. This is of course just my personal opinion, others may disagree. TI flats really sound good on acoustic-electric basses, by the way. FG Edited July 6, 2009 by fretlessguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 (edited) i recently put some old flatwound electric bass strings on my no-name acoustic. it certainly sounded better and as fretlessguy mentioned - a lot less finger noise. Edited July 6, 2009 by ahpook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBod Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Thomastik flats would be warm and lovely...status black plastic flats would be twangy and growly. Both might need the action moved up a touch if you are a hard hitter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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