Harley Benton HQS Bass 45-100 Flatwound

I use these strings on a bass in a recording studio. The price was worth buying them without much risk. I have used these strings on about a dozen recorded songs and they sound consistently decent. I’m not feeling like I need to restring that bass. If they did, I would gladly do it with these strings again. The strings don’t sound excited, but they sound perfect for some of the psychedelic songs I played bass on. It also complained nice groovy bass lines where you have to slide on the strings a lot. I would say it’s not the best for slap bass. Also, when I’m watching a TV show with my family, I can play bass with these strings I’m pretty silent and not distracting when it’s not plugged in. With normal wound strings it would be a bit annoying during a show because wound strings are louder. But these just have a nice mellow, groovy tone and you can play pretty busy and get a good even volume with them.

I've tried out many flatwounds over the years: Chromes, TIs, LaBellas, Roto monels, groundwounds, Fender flats and more...

I really like this. I find them totally comparable in terms of finish quality and sound with the strings by major brands. I find the tone is better then Fenders and the sound balance between strings (volume, sustain, tone) better then LaBellas. I don't use LaBellas and Fenders even though already have them, I still use these. And all this for a quarter of the price!

I don't like that many users say they are good "for the price". There is nothing "budget" about these strings, they're be great at 3x their price.

If you're considering getting them: just get them and try out.