Im done with TI Jazz Flats.....

TSanders · #1 07-23-2008, 12:26 PM

Used them for a couple years on various basses and out of nowhere, the low tension became a bother to me.

Weird.

mister-o · #2 07-23-2008, 12:29 PM

I hear you. I played with them on my fretted for about a month until one day I just couldn't handle it. On my fretless...that's another matter! I love them there.

TSanders · #3 07-23-2008, 12:31 PM

I guess I could elaborate a bit more and state that the low tension bothered me most in terms of playing dynamics. I feel like a get much more responsive dynamics from EB flats and Chromes.

Maybe Ill fall in love with TIs again down the road. Might just be a matter of winding up with a bass that they "work with".

thesandman · #4 07-23-2008, 12:38 PM

Trav, I thought I was the only one. I've had at least one set on a bass for probably 5, 6 years. They sounded OK on my jazz, good on my Stingray, but I hated playing them. I had a set on a 62 RI P bass and hated them . Took them off, replaced them with the crappy Fender strings---complete transformation, I've got one last bass with flats, a 51 RI. But it's EB flats. Now those, I like.

iamoldschool · #5 07-23-2008, 12:54 PM

I am getting tired of flats lately, too. Not just TI, but all flats. I have chromes on my P right now, but I have a set of SIT Silencers ordered for it. I agree about the limited dynamics of flats. They just don't have the edge I want on occasion. I play such a wide variety of styles that I need the versatility of rounds.

Buskman · #6 07-23-2008, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by TSanders

Maybe Ill fall in love with TIs again down the road. Might just be a matter of winding up with a bass that they "work with".

I agree with this statement. I initially put a set on my '70 EB-0, and they were (are) a perfect match to the bass. Their pronounced mids sit nicely with the lows of the infamous "mudbucker".

Based on this, I purchased a set for my Squier VM Jazz. Although all the tone that I love from the TI's was there, I couldn't get used to the feel of them on this particular bass. Shame...

Great strings, nonetheless. It was worth giving them a shot either way!

**smperry** · #7 07-23-2008, 01:40 PM

Can I have them?

Marshall

TSanders · #8 07-23-2008, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by smperry

Can I have them?

Marshall

LOL, already sold em!

**smperry** · #9 07-23-2008, 05:21 PM

All kidding aside, I prefer more tension on my fretted basses too (my bass currently has them on). But IMO these strings kill on fretless!

What are you liking now?

Marshall

TSanders · #10 07-23-2008, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by smperry

All kidding aside, I prefer more tension on my fretted basses too (my bass currently has them on). But IMO these strings kill on fretless!

What are you liking now?

Marshall

Marshall,

Im favoring rounds on my StingRay 5 (Super Slinkys) and I have the heavy gauge EB flats on one Sterling and regular Slinkys on the other Sterling.

All three basses sound so thick and rich through my Ampeg rig.

4Mal · #11 07-24-2008, 06:57 PM

Could it be convergence - you've done a lot of rig changing and now with the Ampeg, you have the relatively spongy response of a tube amp - so maybe the string feels a little ...well flat to you now ? JF's on my 75 RI through the GK & Bag End setup kill's Big time punch and good body. Through the YBA and the 1x15, 2x10 setup, Super Alloy rounds - or GHS Brite flat's seem to maybe be a better match ...

I dig the light feel - at 53 I'm trying to play with a lighter touch and hold the tendon, muscle, arthrits issues at bay - playing with a light touch is supposedly good for that ... time will tell.