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FENDER 9050CL FLATS NOW AVAILABLE AT JUST STRINGS!

#101
FWIW...off the top of my head, there are more than 10 winders in the U.S. Calfornia has at least 5 alone.

Wire suppliers: There are even more wire suppliers than there are winders.
 
#102
hasbeen said:
FWIW...off the top of my head, there are more than 10 winders in the U.S. Calfornia has at least 5 alone.

Wire suppliers: There are even more wire suppliers than there are winders.
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Well, I don't know what you went by when you redesigned the strings, but whatever it was, I think they're great! I've tried a lot of different strings over the years, and IMHO these are great!

Both the flats, and the rounds are home runs IMHO :hyper:
 
#103
TimB 619 said:
Well, I don't know what you went by when you redesigned the strings, but whatever it was, I think they're great! I've tried a lot of different strings over the years, and IMHO these are great!

Both the flats, and the rounds are home runs IMHO :hyper:
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I appreciate the kind words!:bassist:
 
#108
MaHei said:
Does the new design apply to the CL set only?
Where can I learn more about the design goals? Is there a thread?
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As far as I know, the entire line of flats was reengineered some years ago, and the 9050CL set with balanced gauges of 45-60-80-105 was developed in 2010 to meet the requests of those of us here on the forum. There are a few threads here and there that talk about the flats, but I don't know of any comprehensive "mega-thread," so you'll probably have to use the search engine to find other threads and comments.
 
#115
My first thought was the .125 B was too small, and the taper wound would make the string sustain longer, but I was wrong on both counts. I've played a lot of five string sets, and this is the first I have played where the B was balanced with the rest of the set, in feel, tension, sound and articulation. I play some patterns that use the low D in a G chord riff, and the D sounds the same - has the same tone and sustain- as notes on the E string. And notes above the fifth fret on the B also blend right in. On other strings I have used, I had to play around certain B string notes that I knew were dead sounding or didn't match the tone of notes on the other strings. To my ears a G on the B sounds very close to a G on the E.
 
#116
azureblue said:
My first thought was the .125 B was too small, and the taper wound would make the string sustain longer, but I was wrong on both counts. I've played a lot of five string sets, and this is the first I have played where the B was balanced with the rest of the set, in feel, tension, sound and articulation. I play some patterns that use the low D in a G chord riff, and the D sounds the same - has the same tone and sustain- as notes on the E string. And notes above the fifth fret on the B also blend right in. On other strings I have used, I had to play around certain B string notes that I knew were dead sounding or didn't match the tone of notes on the other strings. To my ears a G on the B sounds very close to a G on the E.
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This is what I was looking for. Thx. Is the BB5000 34" or 35" scale?
 
#117
they could used on both. On all the strings, the windings end about
1 1/2" behind the nut. My BB5000 is a 34", built like a Precision.. I'd be careful with a two piece bridge, though, because the taper ends about 2 1/4" from the string barrel. It works fine on the P bass type bridge.
 
#118
bassfreakah said:
Has any one ever used ernie ball flats? I have never used the fender flats and was wondering whats up. I know I have never liked fenders rounds.
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According to your profile, can't you ask EB for some flats to try ;)

I have a set of EB flats on a P-bass for going on a year now. They are in Chromes territory, but not quite as zingy. They mellow nicely.
 
#119
I got to play a Mexican fretless J today with the stock 9050M's (55-105, so these are the big guns.) I really dug the way they felt, really solid with a quick response. Like the heavy guage Roto flats I've tried before, they gave my hands a nice sense of power that makes it easy to pull a "huge" sound and really drive a band. With a good set up, you can still play really fast stuff, but with this type of string you can do so with some extra big gonads as well.

I do have a few criticisms though, which may have been moreso a problem with the bass or that these were pretty fresh flats. Namely, there was zero growl on this thing. Maybe that's the result of the rosewood fingerboard and I wouldn't have the same problem on my epoxy coated fretless. Also, these are pretty zingy strings, which is most definitely the result of freshness. However, the zing seemed to be in different places across the set, so I'm not sure how that would evolve over time. And one last issue: the lowest 4 notes on the A string had this weird buzz to it. It sounds like the speaker was clipping, but it was clearly coming from the bass. This might be a result of the nut slot on that bass being too low, but, as with all of these notations, I won't really be able to tell until I try them on MY bass. Oh well. I should be happy with the Hellborg strings I picked up today, unless my tastes in tone have changed since the last time I used those.

Any thoughts.
 
#120
I now have CL flats on my new to me RW Precision and there they'll stay! They bumped a set of TI jazz flats I had laying around not doing anything and I gotta say I like them better. Very balanced, little more tension which I liked, and I got 'em at GC:o for $11.77 with a $10 off coupon!
 

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