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Club Bordwell Part 2.

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spade2you said:
Are they a little lighter in feel? A friend of mine once commented that they felt a tad anemic compared to other flatwounds.
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He probably missed the whole point of how they're designed and why, which is what makes them so great once you get used to them.

TI does some interesting things with construction, materials, and gauge to get all their strings to feel real similar in "tension". This means the lower strings probably feel a bit slinkier than a lot of other flats, that can really feel quite stiff... in fact, too stiff for me.

What's cool about that is all the strings act very similarly when you hit them. With regular flats, the low strings "sing" differently than the higher strings. With TIJF's, they are a lot more consistent.

It does make them different than a lot of other flats, but once you sorta' "get it" and get used to it, you can't imagine using anything else. At least IMHO/IME.
 
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Cliff,

What type of finish is on this bass?

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Vic said:
He probably missed the whole point of how they're designed and why, which is what makes them so great once you get used to them.

TI does some interesting things with construction, materials, and gauge to get all their strings to feel real similar in "tension". This means the lower strings probably feel a bit slinkier than a lot of other flats, that can really feel quite stiff... in fact, too stiff for me.

What's cool about that is all the strings act very similarly when you hit them. With regular flats, the low strings "sing" differently than the higher strings. With TIJF's, they are a lot more consistent.

It does make them different than a lot of other flats, but once you sorta' "get it" and get used to it, you can't imagine using anything else. At least IMHO/IME.
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Interesting and good to know. Haven't played them, but I know a lot of people like them.
 
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spade2you said:
Interesting and good to know. Haven't played them, but I know a lot of people like them.
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There was a really interesting article about them and their string technology/theory a while back, but I can not find a link to it from their site at the moment. Googled for a while, but no soap yet. If I run across it, I'll post up.
 
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Vic said:
Here it is...

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I'm looking forward to seeing these guys again at a local festival early in August.

Here's their website... these guys are great:

http://www.herecomethemummies.com/
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Downside will be your chance of seeing the CB in action will be like 40% they have two bass players, the main one/writer plays the CB the one who tours the most plays a pink lakland. He is good, but its not the same as the main.
 
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echoSE7EN said:
Anyone have anything besides abalone for the "CB" on their headstock? There's a D-bass on Cliff's site that looks like it has a wood "CB". Anyone ever make a special request for something else?
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We were going to try a dark colored abalone on my 7, but didn't quite pan out visually. Wanted to go for an dark/light contrast all over the place, but ended up not being dark enough.
 
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spade2you said:
We were going to try a dark colored abalone on my 7, but didn't quite pan out visually. Wanted to go for an dark/light contrast all over the place, but ended up not being dark enough.
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I really dig the way this looks:

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I don't know what this is exactly, but it seems to be "fancier" looking than your average abalone. I've also looked into black pearl, which has a certain look that may work.
 
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