Do These Flatwounds Actually Exist?

["Q"]

I've been looking for these flats that are encased in a semi transparent black or dark brown plastic "tubing" or coating. They are super stiff and have tons of thump to them. I ve only seen them twice in my life and one guy told me they were rotosounds but they dont seem to make them. Just to be clear, these are NOT tape wounds....these are regular metal flats with a kind of thick plastic on them. I ask everyone I talk to but most ppl look at me like I'm crazy.

 

[CBgaragebassist]

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=596858&highlight=rickenbacker
Eh?

 

["Q"]

I think that might be them but I need new ones lol.

Also it's uncanny that one of the only places I've seen these was on a Ric.

 

[mongo2]

Those strings sure look like my tapewounds to me.

 

[Meatrus]

The person who told you they are Rotosounds is probably right, Roto Trubass are exactly that; flats with a thick coating.

 

["Q"]

Aren't the trubass just nylon tapewounds? What I'm looking for is much much stiffer than tapewounds or even regular flats......theyre barely playable but they have a real forcefull sound.

I'm almost thinking that I would be better off trying to mod a regular set of flats with some heat shrink tubing.

 

[Thunder Pulse]

[QUOTE="Q";8959217]I'm almost thinking that I would be better off trying to mod a regular set of flats with some heat shrink tubing.[/QUOTE]Wow, that's an interesting idea. All the heat shrink tubing I've seen seems like it would be too thick for that purpose, but it'd still be an interesting experiment.

 

[GM60466]

Fender makes them

 

["Q"]

Wow, that's an interesting idea. All the heat shrink tubing I've seen seems like it would be too thick for that purpose, but it'd still be an interesting experiment.

My worry is that it would be too soft and start tearing off around the frets. The clear stuff seems to be a little tougher.

 

[Meatrus]

[QUOTE="Q";8959217]Aren't the trubass just nylon tapewounds? What I'm looking for is much much stiffer than tapewounds or even regular flats......theyre barely playable but they have a real forcefull sound.

I'm almost thinking that I would be better off trying to mod a regular set of flats with some heat shrink tubing.[/QUOTE]

Yes, but the Trubass has a hard coating, the stiffness sounds a little off what you describe though (Trubass arent that stiff).

What brands of tapes have you tried?

 

["Q"]

I've had LaBella and GHS in the heaviest gauge I could find. Which I find to be remarkably the same.

 

[Bass-Adrenaline]

Shrink tubeing strings would be insanly expensive. lol

This thread made me want to try Trubass strings even more now.

 

[jasper383]

None of the tapewounds I have tried have been stiff at all. I have tried GHS, Roto, Fender, and La Bella. They are all quite low in stiffness, even though the gauges are high.

 

["Q"]

Yes, but the Trubass has a hard coating, the stiffness sounds a little off what you describe though (Trubass arent that stiff).

What brands of tapes have you tried?

So. Trubass are stiffer than other tapewounds?

I'm still thinking those aren't the ones. But I play tape mostly so I'll give them a try.

 

[Meatrus]

[QUOTE="Q";8964091]So. Trubass are stiffer than other tapewounds?

I'm still thinking those aren't the ones. But I play tape mostly so I'll give them a try.[/QUOTE]

I cant really compare them to others, as the last time I tried Labellas was ages ago .

However the Trubass strings are flats, whereas I think the others are rounds under the tape (Fenders definitley are)

 

[Tarrbot]

I use Trubass nylon black flats. They're [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] as flats not tapes.

I think these flats are damn good.