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Lifespan of TI's

How long do you leave your TI's on?

  • < 1 year

    Votes: 3 3.7%

  • 1-2 years

    Votes: 6 7.4%

  • 3-4 years

    Votes: 9 11.1%

  • > 4 years

    Votes: 63 77.8%
  • Total voters
    81
#22
3234718 said:
I don't mean to hijack the thread, but has anyone kept TI jazz rounds on for years? How do they hold up?
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I use TI jazz rounds on my short scale bass, and I've had that same set on it for, I dunno, maybe 4 or 5 years now.

They do mellow out and deaden out like any roundwound, maybe not as quick as some, but no they're not immortal like the flats are. :)

But they do last a good long time and I've been very impressed with them.
 
#25
Jefff said:
I change them every year, whether they need it or not.
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Hey let me know when you change out a set if you want to sell them and have them on a 5 string fender type bass.

My P-5 has had them on since 2008 so that is ~6 years and they keep getting better. My B string has a kink in it from when I took the string off to try it strung through the body (which sounds great), but it stays in tune and hasn't given me any problems.

To me they need about 4 months before they start to sound good. I play 1-3 hours almost every day and don't usually sweat all over them.
 
#26
Shedua511 said:
Change them? What do you mean "change them"?!? They are flatwounds :D
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Beat me to it. I don't change strings once I find a set I like. The TI flats on my Ric are just rounding into a decent sound after six months or so of constant playing. The strings I had on the EB-2 were probably close to 40 years old when I decided to change them. They were rounds, but they sounded fine. I just wanted flats.
 
#27
Gaolee said:
Beat me to it. I don't change strings once I find a set I like. The TI flats on my Ric are just rounding into a decent sound after six months or so of constant playing. The strings I had on the EB-2 were probably close to 40 years old when I decided to change them. They were rounds, but they sounded fine. I just wanted flats.
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It's never happened to me even after eight years but a friend of mine said he had a set of TI Flats that after several years wouldn't intonate reliably and the bass just wouldn't play in tune. Not a common story to hear that's for sure.
 
#28
3234718 said:
I don't mean to hijack the thread, but has anyone kept TI jazz rounds on for years? How do they hold up?
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I have TI Jazz Rounds on two basses - a 1966 Fender Jazz neck on a 70 P body and a 2004 Lakland Joe Osborn.

Got the Lakland about 8 years ago, with the TIs installed.
Got the Fender with the TI strings on it 10-11 years ago.
Both still sound fine to my tired old ears, but I do like the sound of old rounds.

I think I bought both basses here or on the Dudepit, from Tony Moore.
 
#29
JimB52 said:
I have TI Jazz Rounds on two basses - a 1966 Fender Jazz neck on a 70 P body and a 2004 Lakland Joe Osborn.

Got the Lakland about 8 years ago, with the TIs installed.
Got the Fender with the TI strings on it 10-11 years ago.
Both still sound fine to my tired old ears, but I do like the sound of old rounds.

I think I bought both basses here or on the Dudepit, from Tony Moore.
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You guys ever have issues with a quiet G string? I love the feel and sound of those TI Jazz Rounds but just went back TI Flats because of the quiet G.
 
#36
thebrian said:
TIs last so long! I started using them in about 2002, and still have that same 1st set I ever bought on the same bass. So I guess 12 years for me (and they still sound good)! I have them on several basses, and most of the sets are 1-5 years old.



Let me know when your year is up, I'll buy em from you every year from now on!
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+1 I want in on that action also.
 
#39
I wonder if TIs are the reason why so many people here on talkbass say that the Pino Custom Shop Bass is the "best bass Fender has made in the last 30 or 40 years". I mean, if you think about it, it just a P bass. And the CS makes lots of P Basses that are made with the same quality and construction. So what is the difference that makes the Pino so much better?.. I think it's because it's the only one that comes with TIs from the factory and people don't realize how much of the feel of the instrument comes from the strings. Just thinkin out loud..
 
#40
thebrian said:
I wonder if TIs are the reason why so many people here on talkbass say that the Pino Custom Shop Bass is the "best bass Fender has made in the last 30 or 40 years". I mean, if you think about it, it just a P bass. And the CS makes lots of P Basses that are made with the same quality and construction. So what is the difference that makes the Pino so much better?.. I think it's because it's the only one that comes with TIs from the factory and people don't realize how much of the feel of the instrument comes from the strings. Just thinkin out loud..
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Could be. I've got TI flats on my CS 59 P-bass and they're not going anywhere. :)
 

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