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Warwick strings... (please help a beginner :P)
- Thread starter zapuz
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Well, first of all - welcome to Talk Bass. 
Strings? String choice is a pretty personal thing, and only you will know what you like. The bass you play; what you play; and how you play, are all factors that will help determine which strings work and sound best - for you. Without knowing that, all I could say about what string gauge to use is - if you like the strings you have now, stick with that gauge. If not? Then, in general; go lighter if you want less tension; heavier if you want more. As for Warwick strings? I've only ever used their strings once. I put a set of Black Label Low B's on this Kramer 450B. For reasons that had nothing to do with the quality - or the tone - of the Warwicks, they didn't stay on it long. The Low Bs are for BEAD tuning, and.. well, the Kramer just isn't the bass for that. But, they were good strings - if you like stainless roundwounds. Which I don't, particularly. I didn't throw them away, though; thought I'd save them until I got a bass better suited for BEAD tuning. Sadly, when I did get one - I couldn't find the Warwicks anywhere. So, it wears strings that aren't stainless rounds. Still, I would have re-used them if I could have. But, yeah, I'd say that they're good strings, and certainly worth a try. But, there are a lot of stainless roundwound strings out there. Personally, unless I could just walk into the nearest music store and buy Warwick strings, I'd probably use a brand of SS rounds that I could replace easily. Because, unless you really like the sound of dead rounds, you will be replacing them - fairly often. That's one of the reasons why most of my basses have flat wounds on them. And, with few exceptions, I use 45-105 gauge strings. 
I'd buy the most common gauge out there, from the easiest to buy reputable brand, at the closest music store.
45-105
Dadarrio, Ernie ball slinky's, Fender.
That will give you a good baseline reference for what you want in your strings.
They can be expensive, so starting with the most common will save you money in the long run, while you qualify what works and what doesnt about thickness, tension, crafting materials.
45-105
Dadarrio, Ernie ball slinky's, Fender.
That will give you a good baseline reference for what you want in your strings.
They can be expensive, so starting with the most common will save you money in the long run, while you qualify what works and what doesnt about thickness, tension, crafting materials.