Flatwound ADAGIO PRO Electric Bass Guitar Strings 45-100 Nickel Standard Regular Gauge

Fast delivery of course but the strings are really nice quality and sound great, bright and no finger buzz (this is on a fretless), I considered nylon flatwound but very glad I didn't. Great value as well.

I've always played roundwound. I really fancied flatwound, but did not want to pay well over £30 to give it a go. I chose these, I admit, attracted to the lower price (compared to others). It turns out, I am really impressed with the quality of these Adagio strings. For me, the feel is obviously different to what I've been playing, but the difference in sound too is amazing. I've been playing for most of my free time today and---from what I've felt and heard--- I cannot see why I would want to seek another brand. I recommend them to you.

I have had these on my Overwater by Tanglewood bass for over a year now. I wash my hands before playing and wipe the strings and fretboard down with a clean dry microfibre cloth afterwards. They still look, feel and sound as they did when new! These things are going to last a long time before needing changed (this is likely true for all flatwound strings), however, given that they are priced more or less the same as typical roundwound strings, the value here is incredible. Most other sets of flats are 2-3x the price.I would recommend these strings for anyone but especially for value conscious players and beginners. Flatwounds are so smooth to play on you may find that you are able to play for longer than on roundwounds. Anyone that plays a lots of slides would really appreciate this.Tone wise, I would describe them as being well rounded and not overly dull. They do have a brightness to them but it is certainly very different to roundwounds. They are not super bright like roundwounds and if you absolutely need the brightness for whatever reason, these won't do. However, for daily practice, sweaty gigs or just to try something different, definitely give these a go!Strange bonus that I wasn't expecting, they don't leave that awful metallic smell all over your fingers that roundwounds do.5 YEAR UPDATE: Yes 5 years later, I still have the same set fitted. They haven't seen a lot of use in that time but they still seem to be in really good playable condition.

nice strings, especially for the money, but the g string is way too bright. the other 3 strings are what you’d expect from a flat but the g sounds more like a round. also they do not hold up well to being taken off and on multiple times, had the same set on at least 3 basses and the silk winding was pretty much none existent.

Bought these with the sole intention of getting rid of that awful string squeak. I know most of us get it and I'm sure more experienced bassists have a trick for avoiding it, but I'm a beginner and as I'll be 70 next year I don't have the time or the inclination to learn it, so flatwounds it had to be. Brilliant!, perfect fit and total silence. Well, not total silence of course, that would be a bad thing when playing bass, but absolutely no unwanted noise. I will never buy roundwounds again. Next mission is to get them on my acoustic and Strat.Highly recommended.5*

I have played all sorts of flats over the years including the premium 'Steve Harris' offerings from Rotosound and the La Bella flats that Jamerson used on the Motown records. I didn't expect a lot from these for the price but have been really pleasantly surprised.I've got them on a 50s Fender Precision and they sound as good to my ear as any of the other strings I have used that are much more expensive. Flats tend to last better than roundwounds in my experience so I'm hoping to be enjoying these for a while.In terms of tension, flats can be a bit of a nightmare with bending the neck and creating a high action. No such problems here - everything plays really well and feels great.

I can only review the ones I got and I'm sure I've been unlucky.After putting the strings on, my bass developed a buzzing sound when played. Subsequent investigation showed it was only the A-string that was buzzing and only between the open string and 9th frets.It could not be fret noise as the open string buzzed too.As no other string produced the noise at any fret I could rule out an interior component resonating.Putting the string over a different bridge and tuning peg showed that it wasn't a loose mechanical component.I can only conclude that the core of the string is defective as the exterior winding appears OK. Unfortunately I have a gig in three hours and can't do much about it now except turn the tone control down completely and try to get some clarity back using effects. Otherwise it sounds like I've got a distortion effect on one string.For a manufacturing process as tried and tested as string making, it is very disappointing that this can still happen.