Once I tried these strings on my Jazz I never went back to rounds, These flats have a high tension and give you a good solid thump, I love the lows I get, also stopped the annoying sting buzz I used to get with rounds, feel good on the fingers Too! I have tried D'adarios chrome flats and took them off the same week!! If you are into A lower/deeper sounding Bass and Highs are not the most important aspect of your bass playing these are the strings for you

I have been using the flats for only a short time; however, I'm very pleased with the warm, beefy, punchy tone these give. I changed from nickel round wound strings. I play a Precision bass and I think flat wounds are the best string to bring out the strengths of the P-bass. If you are changing to these from nickel strings you need to know that the stainless steel strings are a bit harder and may irritate your plucking fingers for the first few days of playing. These strings have pretty strong tension which gives them a good thump but it also makes these a little harder on your fingers than nickel round wound strings. There is an adjustment period if you are new to stainless steel strings; be patient and don't over practice when you're new to these strings or you will get blisters. These are not the highly polished, shiny chrome strings but they do have a smooth surface.

I needed new strings for my Rouge Violin bass, and these work fine. They are smooth and nice on the fingers and make very little fret noise. Gives my Violin Bass a good Beatles-like sound.

I have had these on my fretless J Bass for years, just broke one last night. They certainly got a lot of mileage. I also have them on my Rick 4001, and that bass gets a very solid bottom end, contrary to most people's ideas of Ricks. These strings have a relatively high tension, and get a really good THUMP while playing. Worth waiting for.

I re-discovered these strings rather serendipitously. I use two vintage Fender basses with maple fingerboards that are still in relatively good shape, and want to keep them that way, so I decided to try a set of these 9050ML's. Anybody who has ever used Rotosound for any length of time knows what they can do to frets and fingerboards. I've used the 9050ML's exclusively now for several months and don't believe I'll ever go back to round wound strings. Warm, thumping vintage Fender sound that sounds great with all the styles we play. Easy on the fingers.