Description
If you’re chasing that old-school, upright-adjacent growl without the finger squeak of roundwounds, the Fender 9050 flatwounds deliver it in medium gauge (.055-.105). These stainless steel flats trade brightness for depth — a warm, rounded low end with none of the zing that roundwounds throw off when you slide up the neck.
What flatwounds do best is stay quiet. No scratchy string noise sneaking into your recordings, no finger squeal cutting through a live mix. That polished, ribbon-flat surface glides under your hand, which matters a lot when you’re locked into a groove for four hours straight. Reggae basslines, jazz walking lines, R&B pockets, classic country thump — this is the tone those genres were built on.
Stainless steel also means these strings hold their tuning and their character far longer than most flatwounds. You’re not fighting pitch drift mid-set, and you’re not losing that mellow voice after a few weeks of gigging. Swap out your worn, dead-sounding set for a fresh install and feel the difference immediately — tighter response, steadier intonation, and that low-mid warmth that flatwound players chase for years.
- Stainless steel flatwound construction
- Long scale
- Medium gauge: .055-.105
- Also available in light or medium-light gauges
- Designed for electric bass only
Keep a spare set in the gig bag — flatwounds this good deserve a backup.
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