Thomastik Infeld Bass Guitar Strings Nickel
Jazz Bass Strings from Thomastik-Infeld offer you extended durability and high output. A highly flexible steel core gives these bass strings a balanced sentiment and particular character. The overall sound characteristics may be described as very close to the double bass. Nickel flatwound with a round core. 34″ scale. Gauges: .043 – .056 – .070 – .100.
- Amazon Sales Rank: #7739 in Musical Instruments
- Brand: Thomastik
- Model: JF344
- This is a Complete Set of Strings
- Long Scale 34″
- 9003918701596
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
 0MG!
By Mario T. Majors
I just recently purchased these strings and I could not be more pleased. I installed these strings on my fretless Fender Jazz Bass. Replacing the strings on this bass with Thomastick strings was literally my last resort prior to replacing the neck altogether. The bass is an old 1973 model and the neck is frankly not as slick or comfortable as the newer models and I could never get the sound that I was looking for; no matter what I did, the tone was just not cutting it. I decided to take a chance on these strings because sometimes fixing the sound of an instrument is as simple as using different strings; this turned out to be the case. My lovely old Fender Jazz finally found its voice, and what a voice it is! I am getting all the beautiful singing tones that are associated with an upright, with the aggressiveness of an electric bass. The lows are thick and creamy, the highs sizzle and the midrange is authoritative, and the entire range of the instrument is clearly articulated. The overall playability of the instrument improved, and I no longer feel like I am fighting my own instrument. These strings were well worth the added cost and I am planning to use these strings on the rest of my basses.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
The only singing flat wounds, worth every penny
By Beach Runner
These strings are the only flat wound that really sing and have great sustain.
They are a great crowd pleaser, with a really fat fundamental.
Note, they are not for slapping and popping.
My view is that most bands need a bass player to be a bass player, not another
lead guitar player.
I use them on an old Fender P bass.
Surprisingly, they sounded terrible on a Pedulla Thunderbass which is made for
slapping and popping.
I’ve also used them on Zeta upright electric basses and they sound great on them
and even bow well.
Thomastic is a string maker for all string instruments.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Tomastik Jazz Bass Flatwound Strings
By Lowsound
I needed to get some flat wound strings for my MusicMan Big Al bass. I had just sold the Precision which had Fender flat wound strings, the Big Al still had the Ernie Ball round wound strings that it came with, ok strings but not for me. I checked around on the web and asked friends to find out what was recommended, I thought there might be something better than the Fender flats. Thomastik came up more than anything else so I got some. The Big Al has passive and active circuit options that allows you to dial in any kind of sound. I use a David Eden World Traveler combo that will reproduce anything the instrument delivers with clean power and control. I actually tried the new strings out with a couple of the Ernie Ball round wounds still left on to compare, before putting all of them on.
The Thomastik flat wound strings have a full, singing tone that I hear in my head and want my bass to have. With the full tone one can achieve the bright tones that round wounds produce, the deep bassy tones for recording and stage and everything in between with no gaps. There is no change of tone when going from string to string and likewise with the sustain. Each string acts and plays like all the others. Since the Big Al also gets a wide variety of sounds, these strings are an excellent match. The smoothness of the strings are the best part. If you are playing for hours at a time, the Tomastiks will not fatigue your fingers or tear up the frets. Also, if you want to set the action low, these strings will not mind.
If you just cannot get the sound you want from your strings (and you have a decent quality of an instrument) I would say give these strings a try. If you like round wound sound and your bass has an active circuit, you may be able to get by with these flats, otherwise Thomastik does produce round wound sets. I expect to get years of use from a set so the higher cost will balance out over the years. The only caveat from me is the G string broke off several times when making a right angle turn in the machine head, they are kid of soft. I ended up just using a figure S around the slot to get it started. Make sure you start off with enough length and to wind it properly down from the nut.
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