Flatwound D & G immediately sounding dead

[HoodTube]

Hello folks. Just put a set of flatwounds (Rotosound 77, 40-100) for the first time on my G&L Jazz bass.

More or less straight away, the D and the G sound like old strings. Slapping and popping on these two sounds very similar to how it would on a fretless. The E & A still sound very bright and new though, and have a good slap sound (not what I bought them for, but still). It seems strange, so I'm just wondering if this is normal, or if a couple of these strings could be duds. Cheers!

 

[Yahboy]

Suggest contact or email to Rotosound customer service team asap.

I been fool on defective GHS Precision flat 9025 set several years ago....... he suggest me give more time and patient for settle in. After a month, the E string get worst and i email GHS several time, no reply. Asking Jon Moody here, he can not do anything on my set because more than a months wears.......

Sure i will accept GHS send me a replacement set today if they still take responsible on their defective product.

 

[68Goldfish]

I suggest playing them for a good two to three weeks and see if they even out. I think one of the things that people that are trying flats out for the fist time trip on is the string to string inconsistencies when they are fresh out of the pack. I've never played rotosound flats but I have experienced similar issues with other brands. It's been a while but I seem to remember having this issue with some TI flats and then reading tons of threads about it being common.

 

[JRT64]

I had that problem with RS77's when I used them on my Ric 4001V63 when I was on the road back many years ago. I went through several uneven sets before I switched to Chromes, and I used those until I eventually sold it. I still regret selling that bass to this day.