Doing a build with some spare parts and a fretless neck I got a deal on. Jazz Body. On fretted bass I like Cobalt Flats and TI Jazz flats. Any reason to pick one over the other for fretless?
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Fretless Jazz strings
- Thread starter Jack Butler
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The TI strings might give you more of the fretless "mwah" sound due to their particular construction, but the Cobalt flats sound quite good too.
Every new bass is a new adventure in finding the right strings!
Every new bass is a new adventure in finding the right strings!
You can find fretless bass players around here, that have just about any string you can name on their bass. So, don't be afraid to experiment, and use the strings that give you what you want to hear...
That said? Yes, a lot of fretless players do like TIJF's - with good reason. Yes, they will give you pretty much all the "mwah" you can handle - if that's what you want. They certainly did, when I put a short scale set on my new-to-me '93 Fury Anthem medium scale fretless bass. But, nice as the TI's are, mid-range focused flat wound tone - "mwah" notwithstanding - wasn't what I felt that bass was suited for. The Roto TruBass 88M's that replaced them, gave me the deep, woody, upright-ish tone I was looking for - and, even more "Mwah"...
That said? Yes, a lot of fretless players do like TIJF's - with good reason. Yes, they will give you pretty much all the "mwah" you can handle - if that's what you want. They certainly did, when I put a short scale set on my new-to-me '93 Fury Anthem medium scale fretless bass. But, nice as the TI's are, mid-range focused flat wound tone - "mwah" notwithstanding - wasn't what I felt that bass was suited for. The Roto TruBass 88M's that replaced them, gave me the deep, woody, upright-ish tone I was looking for - and, even more "Mwah"...
