I love the EB Cobalt flat in both tone and nice balance string tension. Unfortunately, this nice string appear some rusty spot after 3 months. Comfirm that I have no sweaty hand.
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EB Cobalt Flat, great string...... but get Rust !
- Thread starter Yahboy
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Sometime I wipe but sometime not, but I never experience this kind of rust problem on my others bass string .
Yes, Cobalts rust easily. I think a harsh look at them will cause them to rust.
They also reacted badly to the frets on one of my instruments. I had to polish the frets after removing the Cobalt flats.
They also reacted badly to the frets on one of my instruments. I had to polish the frets after removing the Cobalt flats.
Got a quick reply from EB and they will make me a replacement set of EB flat even my set aged 3 months old. Their service are absolutely outstanding.
Unlike GHS , email them and I get zero reply . My defective E string on 3025 set just less than 2 months old and I did mention this problem on Ghs precision flat club here after a weeks I install it. Shame GHS.
I take out the EB flat, and put the GHS pressure wound back for temporally use.
I have notice the PW are pretty high in string tension compare to EB cobalt flat, need almost 180 degree clockwise turn to get equal neck relief setting as on EB flat set.
So, I can prove that EB cobalt flat are lower in tension than Fender 9050L 45-100 ,Sadowsky blk label flat 40-100 and GHS 3025 .
If it weren't for the rust issue, Cobalt flats might still be on a bass of mine.
I love it tone, but still worry about the rusty issue will occur again on the replacement set......
wow that sucks, I have avoided the Cobalt flats as I have heard several reports of them eating peoples frets , it seems Cobalt is a very hard metal which may account for this.
The cobalt rounds start to turn black after a while from some sort of corrosion. They sound great when new, though.
Huh. I’m going on many months of Cobalt flats and zero rust or fret issues.
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Same here, at 33 months in. But I never have fret issues on this bass, since it doesn't have any.
So far a month on mine and I play the snot out of em on two basses. I love these strings. But I also wipe my basses down real good at the end of a gig.
Update on 23 Jan 2019
Receive the replacement set, thanks to EB customer service team.
GHS company should learn how to provide great customer service from Ernieball company, don't be shy.
Receive the replacement set, thanks to EB customer service team.
GHS company should learn how to provide great customer service from Ernieball company, don't be shy.
And Ernieball company should learn from GHS company how to manufacture strings that don't need to be replaced because of premature rust or breakage, don't be shy.
And Ernieball company should learn from GHS company how to manufacture strings that don't need to be replaced because of premature rust or breakage, don't be shy.
Any problem with you ?
These have become my favorite strings. Ive only had them on for 1 month. Ill keep a close watch and be sure to start wiping down my stings. I use them on my Stingray5 Special and I am considering them for my Caprice. I like the slap tone better than I do the TI Flats I have on my Caprice.
It is harder than Nickel, but softer than Stainless Steel.
However, we don't know the alloy mix that they're using for Cobalt strings. I assume the wrap or plating isn't 100% Cobalt.
Mine rusted out big time from the summer humidity. I wiped them down with rubbing alcohol as a short term fix, but eventually I had to change them. The odd thing was that there was not much difference in tone between the rusted set and the new ones! I guess that's a plus for the resilience of the strings.
