Pyramid Gold Flatwound Strings

[veloce]

This past week I came to that point again. It was time to change the strings on my 5 string. Well, I was tired of Boomers and Elixirs and all the other rubbish, so I thought I'd try something new. I cruised over to the great guys at C.B. Perkins in the San Fran Bay Area and asked what I should do. They recommended Pyramid Gold Flatwounds, since I liked the smooth sound and feel offered as opposed to Roundwounds. Needless to say, when I played them that night in a stadium sized building they roared! Man did these strings rock! The tone is phenomenal as well as how easy they are to play. After a few hours of playing, my fingers were not sore at all. I play a mix of rock, indie, jazz, metal, pop, and ambient music, and these strings are the best I've used. Simply the best!

[MarkMyWordsXx]

cool

[RHFusillo]

Pyramid Flats are nice strings; quite different from anything else. McCartney used 'em and so did Phil Lesh, and I heard those familiar tones when I used them.

[saxnbass]

Tone?
Any good for slap?

[mellowgerman]

they probably won't be too great for slap. they have a very full tone quality. you'd probably be looking for something brighter.
in my opinion though, for finger-style playing they're definitely the way to go.

[fuNKmaster83]

i use to hate all flats!!! i still do... but there is one string that is flat and i love it...

it is the pyramid gold!!!

you cant get a more bass string than that... all other strings sound like guitar strings compared to the Golds!!!

[KrispyJones]

hi guys ! i tried 3 sets of pyramid strings !
soundsamples will be on my site @ the end of this week
http://www.prauschke.de/deutsch/doublebass.htm

the stainless sounded cool but i dont like the feeling of ss strings
the nickel are really nice strings - to me the same as the fender pure nickels are (but i think im allergic against them :-( )
the nickel plated are GREAT !!!! the same sound and feel the EB slinkys have but theyre cheaper :-)
so go and get them ! support small companies ;-)

[bthiemann80]

hm..... This thread has me interested in these Pyramid Gold Flatwound bass strings.

Does anyone know if these can be strung through-body? Or are they only designed for top-load bass bridges?

Also, anyone know the best place to get them off the web?

[KrispyJones]

www.pyramid-saiten.de
or
www.thomann.de

[wiro]

Originally Posted by bthiemann80

hm..... This thread has me interested in these Pyramid Gold Flatwound bass strings.

Does anyone know if these can be strung through-body? Or are they only designed for top-load bass bridges?

Also, anyone know the best place to get them off the web?

May they be from a different company. Eg. Indie?

These are especially for through body:
http://www.rondomusic.com/product1489.html

[KrispyJones]

http://www.prauschke.de/deutsch/doublebass.htm
so ! soundsamples updated !
theyre all played with a fender jazz with barts straight into the computer !

[richnota]

Originally Posted by bthiemann80

hm..... This thread has me interested in these Pyramid Gold Flatwound bass strings.

Does anyone know if these can be strung through-body? Or are they only designed for top-load bass bridges?

Also, anyone know the best place to get them off the web?

i ran them on my Rob Allen MB2 Fretted. Sound great--quite unique. They ran through the body with no problem. Keep in mind its a wood/plastic bridge but it handled the bend with no problem.

[bthiemann80]

Actually I just got an email back from Pyramid. They said either way is fine, just as long as the length is ok.

[bthiemann80]

Originally Posted by KrispyJones

http://www.prauschke.de/deutsch/doublebass.htm
so ! soundsamples updated !
theyre all played with a fender jazz with barts straight into the computer !

Are any of these sound samples with the Pyramid Gold flatwound strings or are they all roundwound?

[woodyng]

love the pyramid flats-i have used 'em on a variety of basses for years and they always sound great. i had a set on a rickenbacker 4000,but the tension was too much for it, pulling the bridge up,so i reluctantly removed 'em. i put them over on a danelectro hodad,and they kick! i prefer them to the TI's,because of the higher tension.

[fredguy]

Originally Posted by veloce

This past week I came to that point again. It was time to change the strings on my 5 string. Well, I was tired of Boomers and Elixirs and all the other rubbish, so I thought I'd try something new. I cruised over to the great guys at C.B. Perkins in the San Fran Bay Area and asked what I should do. They recommended Pyramid Gold Flatwounds, since I liked the smooth sound and feel offered as opposed to Roundwounds. Needless to say, when I played them that night in a stadium sized building they roared! Man did these strings rock! The tone is phenomenal as well as how easy they are to play. After a few hours of playing, my fingers were not sore at all. I play a mix of rock, indie, jazz, metal, pop, and ambient music, and these strings are the best I've used. Simply the best!

Their catalog only shows the pyramid golds in a 4 string set. Do they make a 5 string set or did you use a different b string?

dave

[lunarpollen]

I bought a set of the short-scale ones from pickofthericks.com for my Rivoli. They are the most pleasant-feeling strings to play. Unfortunately, my Rivoli is having electronics issues right now, so I can't enjoy playing it... But when I get a new short-scale hollowbody, I'm definitely putting Pyramid flats on it.

[bthiemann80]

BTW, does anyone happen to have any sound samples of these Pyramid Gold flatwound strings?

[Jazzdogg]

Does anyone know how these strings compare to TI jazz flats?

[koobie]

I'd also like to know these compare to Chromes, both in tone and tension.