Flat flatwounds

What color of silk on the ones you have? If they're gold, then they're the DR Legend in the above photo.

 

wut the whut? Is the DR Legend just solid wire?

 

If you look close enough there's a seam. Just a bit smoother than the others.

 

If the silk is black, the chances are they're La Bella 760FS (45-65-85-105), provided the silk is only at the tuner end. La Bella flats are also known for being "glassy smooth".

 

DR Legend Flatwound - tension & texture?

DR Legend Flats, Want your opinions.

I have no personal experience with them.

 

Funny how those DRs look so smooth. In my experience, they're the "deadest," in an unpleasant way, out of the box of all the flats I've played.

 

Interesting thread. I had never really thought of how flat flats could be.
Guess the GHS precision must be similar to the Chromes (smoothness-wise)?

 

GHS Precision Flats have a nice "silky & satiny" feel to them, while the Chromes and the La Bellas can get a little sticky. Just my experience...

 

Never tried the Chromes nor the La Bellas since the GHS give me the sound I want.
I don't mind scratchy strings though : I love D'addario half-wounds.

 

my current fave, Labella Flexible Flats, are quite smooth, not TI smooth, but also not $75.

You may be able to find a single-E string, but if it were me, I'd replace the whole set. In fact, I do that on every new bass I receive, regardless of new or used (unless I get to say what strings go on a new bass). long before COVID, I was practicing strong industrial hygiene.

 

Dunlop Flatwounds are super flat and smoOoth!

 

Pyramid e strings Look like the dr but are nickel. Wonderful glass smooth strings.

 

How did that E string snap? It wasn’t strung through the body was it?

 

Interesting...
I couldn't stand D'addario half wounds, tried them before making the jump to flats...
Have never tried, yet, GHS, or Chromes, because after the half wounds got a set of LaBella 760FL's. Absolutely love them. Smooth and slick, sound like I need them to..
Before I sold my D Lakin JO, had Sadowsky Blue Labels on it... not as slick as the Labellas, but still nice. And they made that bass growl like crazy..

But the GHS and TI's interest me, though

 

My experience with the half-wounds is that they're bad for three weeks approximately. I admit they are really bad. Bad as in "Did I give money for this? Really?"
But after this initial period, they acquire a very nice feel, and a sweet vintage sound. And they last for months and months. I decided it wasn't such a bad deal. They're the ones I practice on every day.

GHS are always on my fretless, TIs always on my P. Looks like we're playing them all between the two of us