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12-18-2007, 07:47 PM
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I was wondering if anyone knew of companies that produce flatwound bass strings that do not have silk ends, besides Dean Markley of course.
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12-18-2007, 08:40 PM
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12-18-2007, 08:43 PM
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12-18-2007, 08:47 PM
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12-18-2007, 09:09 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Central Illinois | | | The silk that does come on the strings comes off pretty easy. Just need a razor to make a small cut then unravel it. |
12-19-2007, 04:53 PM
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12-20-2007, 11:55 PM
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Originally Posted by One Drop Aren't Fender flats silkless, too? | No they aren't, I just picked up a set of 9050ML's for my fretless, and they have green silk
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12-21-2007, 01:43 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Seattle, Washington | | | i have an old set of Dean Markley flats, and they have tan colored silk wrappings...
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12-21-2007, 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by dragoon419 I was wondering if anyone knew of companies that produce flatwound bass strings that do not have silk ends, besides Dean Markley of course. | Why?
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12-21-2007, 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by dabbler Why? | Cause I really dislike the sliking. It looks nice, but it has a tendency to fray.
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12-21-2007, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by dragoon419 Cause I really dislike the sliking. It looks nice, but it has a tendency to fray. | That is true; One time I was changing the strings from flat to round on a bass a few times, and after putting the flats back on again for the third time or so, I had noticed that the headpiece had little red dust specs ALL OVER IT, so I blew on it once and it cleared away.
But it only happened because I was toying with the strings a lot.
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