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06-13-2010, 10:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Boston | | | Help! I wanna kill my strings
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I have a set of chromes on my p-bass but they're wicked zingy and they have NO thump. That kinda beats the point of flats to me imo so how can I get them to mellow out? Other than playin them endlessly.. |
06-13-2010, 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Rock-Bassman  Other than playin them endlessly.. | Unless you wanna rub butter on them or some silly thing like that, you're out of luck. If you don't like the zing, you should have gone with TIs or something, not chromes.
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06-13-2010, 10:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brookfield, CT | | | Play them endlessly. That's about it. Try rolling your tone all the way off in the meantime- doing so actually creates a low-mid hump on a P bass, which will increase the thump. |
06-13-2010, 10:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Calabash, NC | | | I've read on here that butter works, but also if you eat some mega ultra super greasy chicken right before playing and DON'T wash your hands, that'll kill your strings faster. At least that's what I've heard. Chromes to begin with aren't really traditional-sounding thumpy flatwounds. They get close after a lot of playing, but they're on the bright end of the spectrum for flats. I just slapped a set of GHS Precision flats on one of my basses- thump city!
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06-13-2010, 10:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brookfield, CT | | | What the butter and chicken folks don't tell you is that the fat will go rancid in a couple of days, and then your strings will stink, your hands will stink, gigbag- stink........bad idea. |
06-13-2010, 10:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Kansas City | | | Maybe a foam mute on the bridge?
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06-13-2010, 11:33 AM
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Or you could just replace them. |
06-13-2010, 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by dmusic148 What the butter and chicken folks don't tell you is that the fat will go rancid in a couple of days, and then your strings will stink, your hands will stink, gigbag- stink........bad idea. | +1. Not to mention what your fret board will be like. 
Just be patient and play them for a while. They dont take too long to mellow out. Are they not worth the comparitively small amount of time it takes to break them in, when as with flats, they can last you up to six years ?
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06-13-2010, 12:20 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Coeur d'Alene | | | Get different flats.
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06-13-2010, 12:23 PM
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06-13-2010, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by CapnSev Get different flats. | I think most flats, like rounds, can be a bit bright or zingy at first. The TI's that I use were on the bright side for about week or two before they mellowed out. Well worth the wait and patience IMO.
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06-13-2010, 12:28 PM
|  | mercenary mathematician | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Philadelphia | | | Give them to me. My hands sweat sooooo much when I play that a new set of strings sounds months old after one gig. Hyperhidrosis sucks. |
06-13-2010, 12:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Eugene, OR | | | Just keep 'em. Tweak the tone knob. Tweak the amp. If you still don't like 'em in a month, trade them for some other flats on the TB classifieds.
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