Flatwounds for Warwick Corvette $$

**lowendfriend** · #1 05-09-2009, 03:33 PM

Appreciate advice on what folks with 5-string Corvette $$'s like for flatwounds...I would assume they would all have tapered b's....

Impression I got today from Customer Serv at Juststrings is that there is no such thing as a tapered B flat wound!?!?! Am I just barkin' up the wrong tree?

**lowendfriend** · #2 05-12-2009, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by lowendfriend

Appreciate advice on what folks with 5-string Corvette $$'s like for flatwounds...I would assume they would all have tapered b's....

Impression I got today from Customer Serv at Juststrings is that there is no such thing as a tapered B flat wound!?!?! Am I just barkin' up the wrong tree?

Hey gang.....this was not just a newbie failing to search the mail....this was hard! Thanks to the Warwick folks here online and to Warwick service guy, Tyler, for the lead.

THe envelope please......................................Sadows ky Blue or Black Label flatwounds with a tapered .130T B string.....God Bless 'em.....cannot find another maker.

jasper383 · #3 05-13-2009, 03:54 AM

The only flat tapered B that I am aware of is the Sadowsky set you have found.

Low Main · #4 05-13-2009, 04:04 AM

Let us know if you find a flatwound B that is truly decent, tapered or not. I have yet to find one. And have had spotty luck with compression wound and black nylon tapewound B strings as well.

**lowendfriend** · #5 05-13-2009, 07:38 PM

Just placed the order...Roger Sadowsky answered my question about scale for the warwick vs std or XL....looks like it's XL. Nice folks....will let you know when I get the strings on! Thanks to all who vectored me toward Sadowsky.

**lowendfriend** · #6 05-17-2009, 04:30 PM

They are just great. I'm back to the hump-de-thump of flats. Smooth as silk. Play real nice. The G is a surprise...a little brighter than I expect and interesting, but not out of character with others. Best overall uniformity string-to-string I've seen on flats. Have used roto's in the past on my Dean and liked them...like these better. Tapered B .135T string went on without a hitch. Fits the warwick bridge perfectly. I used XL's for the Corvette $$...had lots to cut. I might order standards the next time. Issue is the B. I had the big B string starting to wind onto the post (about 1/2 turn).