The Best Electric Bass Strings 2022: A Comprehensive Guide

By Gus O'Neil (The NOLA Know It All)

I've been playing bass for 35 years at the time of writing this article. I've owned countless bass guitars, amplifiers, and have gone through many different brands and types of bass guitar strings. Fender, La Bella, GHS strings, Ernie Ball, DR Strings, Rotosound's classic bass strings, Rotosound jazz bass and more. What are the best bass strings and brand? That's a question as old as the electric bass itself. Roundwounds? Flatwounds? Tapewounds? You have acoustic bass guitars which offer even more options and tonal possibilities. Then there's the fretless basses. So the real question should be what type of bass are you playing and what type of music? Keep in mind what I cover today applies to 4, 5, and 6 string basses. But sadly, there is no be all, end all answer to this question. So let me string you along for a little while (see what I did there) and by the end of this article I hope to have steered you in the direction you need to be to make the decision on what the best bass guitar strings are for YOU. So let's begin...