Fastest playing flatwounds?

deeptoneman · #1 06-20-2008, 02:51 PM

What strings would you recommend as the fastest playing fatwounds?

seanm · #2 06-20-2008, 04:01 PM

I never thought of flats as being fast or slow....

Wootsticks · #3 06-20-2008, 06:46 PM

I heard that if you rub your neck with milk it plays faster.

Seriously, just try some different brands out. I personally have never found a flatwound string that I couldn't coax a good sound of, I have three different sets of flats just laying around in case I get the whim for it.

Parabolic Box · #4 06-20-2008, 06:50 PM

Speed is in the fingers.

Wootsticks · #5 06-20-2008, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Parabolic Box

Speed is in the fingers.

I would think it would be difficult to play sticky strings.

denton57 · #6 06-20-2008, 07:25 PM

For me, the TI's take so little effort to play that they basically play themselves. Try those...I'd call them fast strings!

Parabolic Box · #7 06-20-2008, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Wootsticks

I would think it would be difficult to play sticky strings.

Yes, but I try to keep sticky substances off my strings.

Johnny StingRay · #8 06-20-2008, 09:43 PM

D'Addario Chrome Flats are pretty fast on my Yamaha 4-string due to the tension of the strings. But I prefer TI flats which I have on my StingRay 5. As soon as I get some extra cash I'm putting TIs on my Yamaha, too.
Johnny

magickbass · #9 06-20-2008, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by denton57

For me, the TI's take so little effort to play that they basically play themselves. Try those...I'd call them fast strings!

Good to hear. I just got my first set of TI flats yesterday that I ordered off the internet. Haven't even put them on yet. I hear so many talk about them I thought I would give them a try. Though the James Jamerson's are going to be tough to upstage.

Jazzdogg · #10 06-20-2008, 09:47 PM

I have my electric basses strung with Thomastik-Infeld jazz flats and have had absolutely no problems with them, including stickiness; alas, any problems with speed reside with me.

My upright basses are also strung with TI flat-wounds, and I've found that even after playing upright to the point of near-exhaustion, playing just about any electric bass, irrespective of the strings or action, is comparatively fast and easy.