Author Topic: Flatwound strings (Read 251 times)

flaxattack · « **on:** February 01, 2006, 11:14:33 AM »

i play the ti flats, i like em a lot but i find the g string kinda lacking
i tried labella slappers and like the sound0 they are round wound and my fingers and hands were coated gray after playing them and it felt like i was playing on a rasp-lol
so any other good FLATWOUNDS out there?

keith_h · « **Reply #1 on:** February 01, 2006, 11:53:40 AM »

I don't use these on my fretted basses but I have been happy with the D'Adarrio Chromes on my fretless. I tried them on the recomendation of Rami . The price is pretty good also.

Keith

palembic · « **Reply #2 on:** February 01, 2006, 12:02:58 PM »

I recently bought SIT Silencers (in stead of the d'Addario Halfwounds)and those were really cool.
My Abass has mandoline frets and the silencers are roundwound but grounded afterwards (some brands call them groundwounds)to be less agressive for frets and fingerboards. They are REALLY smooth on the finger but are still sounding with the needed agression for a biting bass!
This is the old package, they have new styled packs now.

Paul the bad one
visit www.sitstrings.com

PS: about REAL flatwounds, I can only speak about the d'Addario Chromes. They are on Broomstick. I love those strings in a light gauge.

(Message edited by palembic on February 02, 2006)

dela217 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 01, 2006, 01:06:22 PM »

I recommend the D'Addario Chromes too. I find them to be on the opposite end of the spectrum from the TI's. The TI's are very slinky and thin sounding to my ears. The Chromes are fat sounding and are really good strings.

flaxattack · « **Reply #4 on:** February 01, 2006, 03:36:04 PM »

i like the smooth feel of the ti;s
do the cromes feel the same?

dela217 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 01, 2006, 05:44:31 PM »

The D'Addario Chromes are smooth, but they are not as slinky as the TI's. I have them on 2 medium scale basses and they are just right. I am not sure how they would be on a long scale. They might be kinda stiff. They do not come in such a wimpy gauge as the TI's either.

valvil · « **Reply #6 on:** February 01, 2006, 09:29:09 PM »

I use Ti flats, but I recently tried the Chromes on my other Alembic fretless. I like both, but for what I do , I prefer the TIs ; the Chromes are bit 'rockier' to my ears, and the TIs are jazzier. Tension on the Chromes is much stiffer on long scale then the TIs.

Valentino

flaxattack · « **Reply #7 on:** February 02, 2006, 01:00:47 AM »

thanks guys
will try both and worse case i will have some ti's to sell......

rami · « **Reply #8 on:** February 02, 2006, 08:32:33 AM »

Hey Val,

I use the lighter guage Chromes .045 -.100, so the tension isn't that bad. I assume by Rockier you mean growlier. That would be a matter of preference. I grew up on a steady diet of Jaco and I really developed a taste for that sound. The Chromes come as close to a clear and bright fretless tone as I can get without going to roundwounds. All my fretless Alembics wear them and I recently installed a set on my Fretless American Series Jazz Bass and they continue to impress me.
But it's all a matter of prefence.

;-)

Rami

xlrogue6 · « **Reply #9 on:** February 02, 2006, 09:14:13 AM »

I've been using LaBella tapewounds on my fretless Rogue 6, largely because I can't find any 6 string flatwound sets that are long enough for a 35 scale instrument with separate bridge and tailpiece. (The LaBellas, BTW, were custom made for Alembic by LaBella--in their stock configuration, they wouldn't fit either.) Anybody out there know of any extra long scale 6 string flatwound sets?

(Message edited by xlrogue6 on February 02, 2006)

flaxattack · « **Reply #10 on:** February 06, 2006, 09:18:49 PM »

got my chromes- the sit;s are on back order
threw em on
they sound real/feel good
will roadtest heavily as i go into studio to jam with my band and bill lpesq wednesday night in NYC!..........

rami · « **Reply #11 on:** February 07, 2006, 07:23:47 AM »

Hey Kent,

I've got the Labellas on my 6 string fretless 36 scale Rogue Evil Twin as well as the upcoming Black Byrd. I actually LOVE them. It's too bad they're not more easily available. Maybe it's the extra tension of the 36 scale and the Ebony neck laminates but that Bass just blows my mind for Fretless tone. I wish D'Addario made 6 string extra long scale Chromes (they only make 4 & 5 string sets).

Rami