I bought a Harley Benton Beat-bass FRETLESS a short time ago and as I have fitted D?addario ECB81?s on all my other basses, it seemed logical to buy and fit a set of these on my new fretless.
This bass did actually come fitted with Harley Benton FLATWOUND strings and when I tried it out, I thought how great they sounded, but I was convinced the D?addarios were going to be a lot better, especially at 46 Euros a set.
Anyway, I played my new bass for a couple of weeks with the original strings on and was extremely pleased with it, but then I decided to fit on my new D?addario?s. Oh Dear. I did not notice any difference, in fact, the H.B. strings gave the bass a little more Mwah.
I must admit I was a little disappointed to have had to pay the extra 46 Euros for strings that did not come up to the standard of the much cheaper Thomann strings. I am now thinking of refitting the original Thomann strings and keeping the ECB81M?s as spares.
I have no problem with D?addario strings. I like them a lot. But in this case the Harley Benton?s were better
