EB Slinky cobalt flats... how am I only discovering these now?

I stumbled upon them looking for retail flats for my 80's Japanese P-bass. Great string. I don't have a ton of experience with flats, but find these more supple than Chromes or with Rotosound 88.

I got the 45-100 set, so the A and E are comparatively a little light. It was a compromise, not quite the gauges I wanted, but I've adjusted.

You really should try them. I find them capable of everything from a classic flatwound thump, to a quite bright and funky tone when you dig in and max the tone knob. They even sound quite good slapped.

 

I’ve been using a set now for a few months and am absolutely in love with them too. I had them on a different bass and when I got my Warwick, I moved them over to it. They just sound and feel “right” to me. Going to take something special to make me change these.

 

Gave them a try about six months ago, and now I don’t want to play anything else. They have successfully infiltrated all but one of the basses in my collection (the exception being the bass that doesn’t warrant the investment of new strings right now).

Just a couple of caveats: those silk wraps on the ball end, while classy and upright bass-like, make a hard fit on some bridges. And if you can possibly help it, don’t cut them—the nature of the construction makes the outer wrapping uncoil like a spring.

 

I accidentally hit “post” prematurely. I finished my comments in an edit.

 

Best flats ever IMO. I've had them on three basses and had no breakage or dullness problems.

 

Recently bought a set of these, planning on trying them on my Jack Casady. I am hoping they are a good match.

 

There are two areas of concern for me with Cobalt:

1 - rust (the set I had developed rust spots at every low fret, from about 7 to 1)

2 - their Cobalt alloy seems to be harder than Stainless Steel alloys in other strings
I wore down the edges on a V-Pick very quickly on some Cobalt Rounds on a guitar:

V-Pick Dimension by Killed_by_Death posted Jul 1, 2019 at 2:32 PM

This pick was previously in perfect condition, even after use on stainless & nickel rounds.
Look at the sides of the pick on either side, at the top.

 

I tried em. Sold them with 20 minutes of play time here in the classifieds. They felt sticky to me. Back to my beloved Dunlops for moi.
Different strokes....

 

I’m using them on a new Stingray and really like the tone and feel. I’ve never liked Chromes and these are a great, bright alternative.

 

My favorite strings!!

 

I love them on my EBMM SR

 

I used them on a lark in the attempt to tamp down an overly bright bass, they sounded phenomenal. They're on almost all my basses now. Greatest strings I've ever used. They bring out the best qualities in every bass I put them on and I've been a dedicated round wound player pretty much since I first picked up a bass.

 

I hated them. But, if you’re into rounds and want to lessen finger noise, I could see the appeal.

 

Sounds interesting. However, these strings sound to bright to my personal taste.

 

Just got a set 45-100 for my stingray. Not a flats sound guy at all but I can't get enough of these. Amazing

 

I put them on my fretless. Though I am not too familiar with flats, they seem nice. Sound good anf good tension. I'm not getting much mwah but I think that is a setup issue

 

I like them on hollowbody basses - a lot