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Fender stainless 9050 flatwound strings offer warm, rich tone with reduced finger noise and a long life. For reggae, jazz, country, R&B and more, there's no better way to sustain mellow flatwound tone with a sleek feel and ultimate tuning stability.
Eins Vonuno
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2025
I read another review where a customer bought this long scale set to put on his Fender Mustang bass with a string-thru-body design, just like mine. At such an attractive price, I couldn't help but try a set out. While I managed to get the strings around the tuner posts, the E string wrapped around it like a fat python. I know I could have cut it shorter, but I would also run the risk of slippage. The A string fit better with the aid of a mini screwdriver holding the string up as it tightened around the post. The problem with the Mustang Performer is that most short scale flatwounds are just too short. Right now, these new strings sound fine, but I prefer my bass strings to fit as they were designed to. Maybe mid-length next time, but I'm hoping these strings last me a long, long time.
Twist60
Reviewed in Italy on February 9, 2025
Anche questa volta FENDER ha fatto centro, corde flatwound superbe,ottimo materiale, suono pieno, corposo e chiaro, installate e l'accordatura tiene in maniera super. Grazie Fender e Amazon ! Qualità/prezzo ok!
Mr. Bassman
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2025
Good price and they make low sounds.
ZILON
Reviewed in Spain on June 26, 2024
De las cuerdas planas es creo la que a mejor precio sale, ya que otras marcas muy conocidas de este estilo han subido mucho el precio. El sonido es brillante sin ser excesivo. Muy cómodas.
Peter Kelly
Reviewed in Japan on March 22, 2024
These have green cotton on each end. For my bass I had to cut back some of the Green near the bridge to get the E and A strings through. This was easy to do.Slightly duller colour than other manufacturers’ strings. Smooth feel, nice action. I will use these again on P basses and fretless based.Recommend.
Spence
Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2024
Feel great ion fingers. So smooth. Sound fantastic. Will not chew up frets like round wounds. Didn’t expect to feel the extra core tension, but not bad, just different. Easy to get used to. Great bass strings, great feel, nicely priced, and very cool sound!
IC
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2024
I put these flats on a Japanese 4001 copy. They're really smooth on the fingers and the tone is tight with lots of bottom end. They have more treble than I was expecting, I imagine they'll mellow with age but for now they've got some zing to them.Try these flats, you won't regret it.
mark
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2024
I have a vintage 1966 fender P.Jazz. very few left alive. It is such a smooth bass and sounds perfect. However, because it's so smooth and soft to the touch, I've always preferred flat wound strings. Round wound on y other bad for a slappy sound -- just fine. But for this Fender work of art and the perfect intonation, i love this Fender string. Wow. So beautiful. So soft and subtle, it's also so vibrant and pitch perfect.I love these strings and most of my fans agree. So easy to touch but smash that perfect sound. You won't be disappointed. No sting slide sounds like a round wound, yet very active and vibrant sound.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2024
I recently converted one of my basses to a Fretless. Huge fan of the smooth feeling, that perfect fffr frrrrfrrrrrrr you hear when playing fretless. Great starting point for anyone wanting to try flatwound strings.
Vincenzo
Reviewed in Italy on October 12, 2023
Corde Flat originali made in USA by Fender, ad un prezzo quasi della metà della concorrenza, senza compromessi sulla qualità anzi!suonando si apprezza una sorpendente brillantezza, calcolando la tipologia di corde. Ho notato un ottimo equilibrio di volume fre le corde ed une buona stabilità dell'accordatura.Logicamente questa tipologia di corde hanno un suono più caldo e meno attacco delle tradizionali round, ma vi assicuro che su Precision bass, sono anche abbastanza brillanti ed a fuoco e gli slide sono davvero un piacere.Le corde Flat in generale risultano un pò più rigide e bisogna utilizzare una pressione leggermente superiore rispetto alle corde standard, ma quando si suona, ti accorgi che in realtà hanno un feeling maggiore ed una comodità che ti fanno entrare in un altro mondo.I pregi: qualità-prezzo, feeling, slide, sound perfetto per precision bass ed anche una discreta brillantezza se calcoliamo la tipologia.Difetti (relativi, i minore elasticità e maggiore forza nella pressione, sustain leggermente inferiore alle tradizionali.Ma vorrei chiarire meglio: secondo me non hanno difetti, ma semplicemete delle differenze con le corde Tradizionali , io le preferisco e su precision bass le reputo quasi d'obbligo, mentre su Jazz bass , non ho esperienza in merito, ma considerando che hanno un ottimo attacco, non credo che si possa perdere l'attacco ed il fuoco con i single coil.Un mio consiglio, cercare di settare un action bassa, ammorbidisce le corde e la pressione delle dita.In conclusione, consiglio l'acquisto ed a questi prezzi, un prodotto originale Fender, sono da avere a tutti i costi soprattutto per i fan del precision.
no
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2022
These have a smooth feel and even output across the strings. While these are not laBella, Pyramid or Optima, they hold their own well and compared to Pyramid, they have more even output. They are stiffer than the others (including Rotosound Monel flats), so that may be a turnoff for some people. I've used these for decades and they've always been consistent and they sound great. Since they are stiffer and higher tension, I use them with the neck shimmed a little and with no relief/low-action. If you set them up that way, they will settle in a few days to a very nice playing set with a great feel. How do they compare to Chromes you ask? Chromes have a similar feel, but with slightly less tension (a good thing), but they have a strange sound...or at least, they do not sound like traditional flatwounds. The Fenders do.
Chris_1200
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2021
On Monday, when I first put these on, I didn’t think I was going to like them. They’re not polished smooth like La Bella’s and they didn’t sound much different from the nickel rounds they replaced. But they were cheap, and at least there was less finger noise, so I didn’t feel like I wasted the money.Once I played them, though, I was impressed by the even tone across the strings; no single string stood out as brighter or duller than the rest, and the sustain went on forever.Now it’s Friday, I’m in love. The overtones have died down and there’s a more percussive thump. The tone is still even and balanced from string to string, and I haven’t lost that eternal sustain.If I were to change anything, I might have gone with the lighter gauge because these are a little hard to fret. I suspect the stiffness will relax with more playing, so I’m not going to hold it against them, and it’s really just and adjustment from the rather supple strings they replaced. I’m already getting used to them, but buyer beware.Overall I’m extremely happy with them and bought a set for my daughter’s bass (in the lighter gauge).10/10 have already bought again.
Peter
Reviewed in India on June 15, 2016
Nice
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