Cossackmannie Posted December 21, 2013 Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 Am looking to restring my Jackson JS2 Bass soon. Looking for recommendations of brand, gauge etc. Most of the stuff I play is rock, punk, 80's pop and suchlike if that helps. Your input is appreciated guys. Cheers Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted December 21, 2013 Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 What's your favourite sweetie? It really is a minefield of personal preference. I presume you've decided to go with roundwounds and not flats or half-rounds. I'd probably recommend nickel rather than stainless steel, but I haven't had a lot of experience with stainless steel so it's just based upon what I'm used to. Obviously if you have a nickel allergy then you should use stainless steel. FWIW I use very cheap, but very good, but very difficult to find Hartke 45-105 nickel rounds unless they don't fit due to through body stringing and the likes, then it's D'Addario XL 45-105 nickel rounds. They've both got a nice feel, not too rough and not too smooth either. But it really is a complete personal preference thing, and an expensive business to find out what you like. A cheaper option might be to go on a site like basschat.co.uk - not to ask for this advice because you'll probably start a holy war or something, but there's often people selling second hand sets that they've barely used because they didn't like them. A cheaper way of trying out different strings. perhaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cossackmannie Posted December 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 The originals sound a wee bit too light so I'll try the D'Addario XL 45-105 as you suggested and use them as a starting point and go from there. I'll also visit basschat for a wee gander. Thanks for the help Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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