String gauges

[israel]

Hi there people!!

This one is for Steve and the other bassplayers here!!

I have a Tagima Jazz Bass, which is much like a Fender Jazz... I am playing Death with my band right now, and the string that came with the bass are pretty low-gauge, so when I tune it do D, there is a lot of fret noise, and the string is very very soft, so I must play pretty close to the bridge, and that makes me tire my fingers much faster, and the sound is still not OK...

Which string gauge do you recommend for this situation?? And...


Will I have to just switch the string and then be happy or will I have to adjust some other thing, likethe bridge or something??


Thanks in advance!

 

[The Wanderer]

i play a 4 string tuned to C and i use 115 on the bottom and i believe a 52 on the bottom. I had to file the nut on both my basses to make this fit. most basses are set up for really light strings at the factory. kinda sucks.

 

[israel]

Hmmm great, but I really can't find that kind os strings here in Brazil... The ones I can find is .45-.135, which is for 5-string basses, do you think that would work well??