flats w low tension ?

quadrogong · #1 12-17-2009, 08:57 PM

sorry, it's been asked a zillion times..
good sounding flats that won't be too high tension for me?..

M0ses · #2 12-17-2009, 09:00 PM

TI Flats. You'll spend a month learning to play really softly just to avoid buzz.

bongomania · #3 12-17-2009, 09:09 PM

bassbully · #4 12-17-2009, 10:00 PM

Great sounding strings and feel good too. I love and hate them. Love what I already stated, hate how they fart out when you dig in. I don't want high action so i took them off.

Andrew Jones · #5 12-17-2009, 10:11 PM

One step up from that are the Lakland flats...

Aj

bongomania · #6 12-17-2009, 10:20 PM

Interesting! Who makes the flats for Lakland?

Andrew Jones · #7 12-17-2009, 10:23 PM

Don't know but they are a step more conventional and yet they still have sustain and they also have a more even to the set E string.

I like them.

Aj

Poor Tom · #8 12-17-2009, 10:32 PM

the lakland flats are ghs precision flats, afaik.

Andrew Jones · #9 12-17-2009, 10:35 PM

Cool,,I had no Idea.

Do the GHS's fit my description?

Aj

BassXgirl · #10 12-17-2009, 10:49 PM

How do TI compare to chromes? I put my first set of flats on my bass recently. I put some lighter gauge chromes thinking the lighter gauge would give it less tension. These strings are stiff! Anybody here try both the Chromes and TIs?

Charles Fields · #11 12-17-2009, 10:54 PM

Have you tried the sadowsky set's i think they are made by la bella i use the 130-045 great feel and great sound!

quadrogong · #12 12-18-2009, 03:09 AM

I've only tried chromez
they're like steel telephone pole cables.
they are tough to play.
wierd grey coating takes a few days to come off too.

Rocky · #13 12-18-2009, 03:30 AM

I like Fender 9050ML's but they are not lite tension strings. I have a new set of TI's that were on my bass for less than a week ( I like more tension than the TI's) so if you want a set of TI's I'll trade you for a new set of 9050Ml's

Nashrakh · #14 12-18-2009, 04:06 AM

Had both TIs and the lightest GHS set.

TIs provide a more sophisticated sound while the GHS have more thump to them (means they sound more oldschool than the TIs)

Whatever you like. I like both, but currently have the GHS on. Both are comparable in tension, which is very low.

autoglide · #15 12-18-2009, 04:44 AM

Are you using the GHS 40-95's? How do the D & G strings sound on this light string set?

Deep · #16 12-18-2009, 07:39 AM

GHS Precision flats have a nice comfortable flexibility to them. They have a round core. I use the Lakland Joe Osborn set which are really GHS 45-128. They feel great, but not as flexible as TI's.

Hamrhed · #17 12-18-2009, 07:45 AM

Very happy w/ the tension on TI flats compared to the others Ive tried... w/ Rotosounds being the next best imo- Labellas the worst. I just bought some chromes to try and from what Ive read here Im already skeptical

Mr.Phil · #18 12-18-2009, 07:49 AM

I love the chromes on my fretless warwick, the tension seems relatively light compared to the flats I had before.

mccartneyman · #19 12-18-2009, 08:32 AM

Lakland Joe Osborn flats have more high end that TI Jazz Flats, feel a bit less smooth and have tension that's closer to standard roundwound tension. I had no trouble adapting touchwise to TIs, but I did have to raise the G & D saddles to compensate for the low tension and buzz. I haven't recorded with JOs, but I just did a CD using two-year-old TIs on my Lakland 55-94 and they sound fabulous.

REAPER52 · #20 12-18-2009, 08:52 AM

TI flats got my vote. I havent had a buzz problem or digging in or any problem for that matter. the tension is low-yep ..they are very good strings . thing is ,everyone likes what they like ,so you probably just need to try different things untill one jumps out at you. but by looking at your signiture i think you already know that.