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12-12-2009, 06:23 PM
| | |  Is there such a thing as a low-B flat-wound string that's NOT weak and muddy?
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The TI low-B flat is nothing like the other 4-strings. I just listened to the soundclips someone linked to on Lakeland's site where they supposedly use GHS flats, and same thing--weak, muddy low-B.
I haven't found ANY tapered wound flats. Which is odd, because you'd think they'd want to at least make the low-B tapered to help clear it up. Heck, I'd like to see an exposed core flat! 
(D'addarios are out of the question because their long scale strings don't clear the nut on my bass, and they don't make Chromes in super long scale.  ) |
12-12-2009, 07:18 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: London | | not too flame but yes d'addario makes super long scale chromes http://store.daddario.com/category/1...-String_45-132
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12-12-2009, 08:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Soverntear  | I was really looking for a low-B single. That's what I meant. I just spent 70 friggin' bucks on 5-string TI flats, and LOVE them on the first 4 strings. It's just that nasty low-B.
So, is the Chromes low-B is as strong and articulate as the first 4 strings?
Any other strong, articulate low-B flats? What a shame TI couldn't replicate their signature flat sound on the low-B. That .136 gauge...  |
12-12-2009, 08:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan | | | I had D'Addario Chromes on my Jazz V. It's a different, yet very cool low-B. I think I prefer rounds, in fact yes, I prefer rounds for my 5'er. The Chrome B-string feels really cool, but I think it lacks a little definition. It sounds good, but just not the sound I was looking for (praise and worship music.) I've heard really good things about Sadowsky flats. Hopefully someone weighs in about them.
Best of luck!
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12-12-2009, 08:24 PM
|  | I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize! | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Ottawa, Canada | | How about trying a roundwound on the B? TIs sound more like rounds than flats to me... you might get away it. On the other hand, it might suck  |
12-12-2009, 08:30 PM
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Lakland Basses Endorsing Artist | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Asheville, NC | | | Lakland offers flatwound strings specially made for 5-string basses. Check the scale before you buy though to make sure they fit. Great strings... I use them on my 4-string basses. |
12-12-2009, 08:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Charlotte NC | | Quote:
Originally Posted by jscomposer I was really looking for a low-B single. That's what I meant. I just spent 70 friggin' bucks on 5-string TI flats, and LOVE them on the first 4 strings. It's just that nasty low-B.
So, is the Chromes low-B is as strong and articulate as the first 4 strings?
Any other strong, articulate low-B flats? What a shame TI couldn't replicate their signature flat sound on the low-B. That .136 gauge... | They settle after a while. I'm pleased with mine after 10 months on. I like DR flats too. I recently had to replace the g string, and for 3 weeks THAT sounded nasty in comparison to the others. My DR 5th is on a long scale, the TI is on a 34" fretless neck.
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12-12-2009, 09:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: London | | | sorry my bad, thought you were looking for a whole set. you could buy a set of super long 5 string chromes, keep the b and then clasifieds the rest of them. im sure sosmone would buy the remaining 4 strings |
12-12-2009, 10:57 PM
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EXAR pedals rep for North & Central America | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PDX, OR | | FWIW I never found a satisfactory flatwound Low B either, except for this one fretless bass I sold recently, where the TI low B sounded just right. But that's one "just right" against maybe four or five "nahh, not quite".  I like a coated round or half-round for the low B, as the extra harmonic content helps it speak out a little more clearly. |
12-12-2009, 11:24 PM
|  | curiously looking back at what once was beautiful | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Oregon | | Hmm. Well I guess I'll delay changing the TI flats that have been on my fretless for as long as possible. (8 years so far... )
I guess I must have lucked out, because that happens to be one of my favorite low Bs out of the many I've tried.
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12-13-2009, 11:10 AM
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Sadowsky makes tapered flat wound low-B's!!! In both .125 and .130!  Quote:
Originally Posted by Jefenator Hmm. Well I guess I'll delay changing the TI flats that have been on my fretless for as long as possible. (8 years so far... )
I guess I must have lucked out, because that happens to be one of my favorite low Bs out of the many I've tried. | 8 years!?!?!?!?!?  Is it a .136 or did they make 'em thinner back then?
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12-13-2009, 11:44 AM
| | curiously looking back at what once was beautiful | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Oregon | | Quote:
Originally Posted by jscomposer Is it a .136 or did they make 'em thinner back then? | I don't remember, but I just compared with a brand new TI .136 and they look to be the same.
The bass might have a lot to do with it. (I don't know what they were doing at the Yamaha factory in Taiwan in the early '90s, but I wish they'd do it everywhere, all the time!)
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