Description
Flatwounds aren’t about flash—they’re about feel. The Fender 9050 set gives you that vintage thump and glassy low-mid warmth that roundwounds just can’t fake, with a slick, ribboned surface under your fingers instead of the usual string zing. Slide up and down the neck and you’ll notice right away: no scratchy fret noise, no squeak coming through the amp, just clean, mellow tone from note to note.
Built from stainless steel, these strings hold their tuning well and resist the kind of quick death that cheaper sets suffer under sweaty hands on a long gig night. They’re a long scale set in a Light .045-.100 gauge, so tension stays comfortable while the low B and E still have some backbone to them.
Genre-wise, these were made for the pocket players—reggae bassists chasing that dubby roundness, jazz players who want warmth without finger squeak on every shift, country and R&B lines that need to sit back and support rather than jump out front. If your tone goal is smooth, dark, and dependable rather than bright and snappy, this is the string family to live in.
- Stainless steel flatwound construction
- Long scale
- Light gauge: .045-.100
- Also available in medium-light and medium gauges
- For electric bass only
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