Hopefully getting a proper setup next week, as part of the setup they put new strings on. I’m not sure if I get a choice but if I do which type and brand would everyone recommend? Very novice player. Slapping and popping are not a concern right now just a very funk like bass sound.
Dean 4 string bass.
I am also fairly new to this, but Ernie Ball Regular Slinky strings (round-wounds) seem to be the go-to strings for most common styles and basses. And affordable, too!
-J
Hey @Gadget, the short answer is that anything is fine as a beginner. The tone differences between types and brand of string are subtle relative to the difference that your hands make.
I personally would recommend you get some type of roundwound, they have more potential for brightness and zing than flatwounds, which gives you more genre options, and you can always tame them down to be more dark and flatwound-y with your EQ/tone knobs.
Roundwounds is probably what they’ll throw on by default, I’d be surprised if that wasn’t the case.
All good advice above.
My 2 cents - if they ask for size of string, tell them regular. If they hem and haw about that - go for .100 to .045.
100 to 45.
That’s a good size for everything.
D’Addario are my go to, and they are available any where anyone has a music store.
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I bought a used Fender and it came with DR roundwounds. Are these good strings and should I replace them or does it really matter since I don’t know squat yet?
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As long as they stay in tune, play them until they don’t.
Yep they are fine. Rob’s advice is solid.
Also did you really get an 82nd unit patch tattoo like that? That’s amazing 
It’s may favorite unit that I served in, but no tattoo. Just like the idea of it.
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I did time in Fayettenam. I was Navy and at a joint command on Bragg, not 82nd. Those cats did deploy with us though.
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I did AIT at Bragg. Shared dining halls with the 82nd. Those guys almost got me to switch to active duty, loved it there. AA all the way.
Yeah though that’s for Bragg itself. Fayetteville not so much, lol.
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They put me up in an extended stay right on Bragg blvd when I pcs’d there. I learned some important things about Fayetteville real fast.
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Ricks Lounge and the Fire Fly Lounge I take it. 