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11-19-2009, 08:56 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cincinnati | | | try some foam at the bridge, might deaden them up enough until they break in.
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11-19-2009, 09:32 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: US | | | GHS Precision Flats are much deader right out of the pack than Chromes.
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11-19-2009, 09:46 PM
|  | Your life is your message. | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC Canada | | | I had the same problem with Chromes a couple weeks ago. My solution? Replace them with some LaBella 760FLs.
Much better.
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11-19-2009, 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by ::::BASSIST::::  I had the same problem with Chromes a couple weeks ago. My solution? Replace them with some LaBella 760FLs.
Much better. | +1. I just threw some Labella flats on my jazz and I'm really digging them. I've tried Chromes, TI, and Fender flats but these Labellas are definitely my favorite so far... |
10-17-2012, 08:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: New Hampshire | | | I'm going to revive this thread as I think it's an interesting read.
Someone in another thread mentioned gun oil. I have some rem-oil wipes that I was considering using. Would this work with no ill effect?
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10-18-2012, 01:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Toronto, ON | | | A couple hours before a session last year where I was playing a P with 5+ year old Labella 110's I broke the A string, it took a combination of quite aggressive stretching of the string, and a bit of chapstick a la Steve Cropper, seems any non food oil that wont rot should do. Still that string had to be attacked differently from the rest to make it sound even. |
01-26-2013, 02:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Much Wenlock UK | | | When I have to change my flatwounds and they are new and a bit bright ,I always put a smear of olive oil on the whole sting length and fretboard,go and have a coffee,then wipe any surplus off.Good polish up with a dry rag and then start playing.Sounds like the strings have been on for years,which is the way I like them.
Bosco Mann of Dap-King fame recommends hamburger grease,,that's where I got the idea from.
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01-26-2013, 02:54 PM
| | | | Take them out of the package. Put them on the bass. Play a note. Shazaam! Dead strings. Well, that's been my experience with flats anyway... |
02-02-2013, 07:25 AM
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Originally Posted by king_biscuit GHS Precision Flats are much deader right out of the pack than Chromes. | +1 |
02-02-2013, 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by jasper383 Vaseline. | correct answer  |
02-02-2013, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by LeftySteve When I have to change my flatwounds and they are new and a bit bright ,I always put a smear of olive oil on the whole sting length and fretboard,go and have a coffee,then wipe any surplus off.\ | Olive oil is organic and will get rancid on the fingerboard. There are oils specifically designed for fingerboards that work much better.
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02-04-2013, 11:57 PM
| | | | It ain't classy but when I get new flats I wipe my forehead with my hand when I sweat and rub the strings with it. Stay away from all those funky suggestions (olive oil...) as it will make your bass stink. It'll kill your string in a couple of weeks. |
02-05-2013, 06:39 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Philadelphia, PA | | | Eat some fried chicken while you practice.
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02-06-2013, 07:01 AM
| | | | Sounds goofy but I put a little Chapstick on my thumb and index fingers and rub it up and down the entire length of the strings and then wipe the excess off with a cloth. I've found that it works great and provides a very even broken in sound to all types of flatwounds. I've used this on Chromes, TI's, Labellas, and tapewounds. I've done it to strings both on and off the bass and found it works better than anything else I've tried with no smell or leftover residue. |
02-06-2013, 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by J. Crawford Took about 2 months to get mine down.
Maybe boil them? I hear that deadens strings. | 2 months? really How often do you play? All my chromes take 2-3 weeks tops to start to mellow out. A few months they are perfect but that metallic sound is gone real quick.
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02-06-2013, 01:40 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA | | | Why not just roll back the tone control?
FWIW, I used chromes for a while and they are zingy at first and then the mellow out after a few weeks. Ultimately, I went back to the TI Flats I originally bought (and replaced with 2 different sets of Chromes) and haven't looked back since. I only have them on 1 bass, my AVRI 57 PBass. For old school blues, R&B, soul and jazz this is my go to set-up. For just about everything else I use roundwounds. Another guy in town has a PBass with TI Flats that are about 5 years old and they are noticeably better sounding and playing than mine so will only get better with age. |
02-06-2013, 01:46 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | Rub chicken mcnuggets or a mcrib sandwich on them. You can also not get Chromes--they're the brightest of flats. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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