Praise Report: GHS Precision Flats

Thanks for the words! I'm glad you gave them a chance to let them settle in a bit!

And... NICE BASS!!!! I've been seeing more of the double P-pickups in basses lately and am now pretty curious/intrigued.

 

Mine are worn in, like a favorite pair of jogging/walking shoes. They are on a G&L P/J with mfd pickups.
I hope they never get too warn. Don't want to replace them

 

Because of the fundamental emphasis, I have come to like a GHS Precision Flats G string with whatever other flats I am using on the bass to eliminate twang and promote better string-to-string tonal balance.

 

Problem i have with these flats is the d and g take sooo long to break in and they sound horribly unbalanced for a long time.
But when broken in after a handful of months they do sound amazing. Thump masters.

 

I agree, totally awesome strings. I've tried rotosound flats and chromes, but for flats is GHS all the way. I have 8 months with them on my MIJ P bass, I hope I never have to replace them

 

I like them, too, IMO, much better than the popular Fender flats (smoother feel, less stiff, better tone, cheaper). I've never had the problem with them being unbalanced until they're broken in, though. they sounded pretty well balanced right out of the package to me.

 

I have 100-45 Chromes on my P-bass now. I'd like to try GHS Precisions but I'm not sure what gauge to get. I little less tension would be good.

 

You would probably be best suited with our Light gauge set (45-60-75-95).

 

Thanks GHS! I'll probably give them a try.

 

I've never had a balance problem with GHS Precision Flats. They have been my favorite flats for years mainly BECAUSE they sound so great right out of the pack. I also like Chromes, but only after they've been on a long time.

But here's my only suggestion to GHS (are you listening, GHS Official??): Please bring back the regular long scale for the Precision Flats. The Long Scale Plus are great for thru-body, but I prefer the old regular long scale for top-loading. Can ya' help a brotha' out with that?!

 

I bought some recently through bassstringsonline for a song and put them on my 83 P. Love the feel and tone. Found my favorite flats!

 

That was brought up last week, and as far as I know, has been taken care of; I spoke with our production manager personally.

 

Checking out the "long+" story, I see there are several gauges, including a 55-105 (whoopee!) I guess most of the satisfied customers here have the 45-105 medium gauge, since that seems to be the default option? I'd prefer a plain 34" string, too, by the way.

 

Bassstrings online set me up with a great low-tension set of Precision Flats, .040-.060-.075-.095. And in the normal long-scale length too.

Great low, thuddy sound.

 

How do they feel?
Do they still have tension or are they floppy? (TI's)

 

Cool! That was probably based on my phone call last week. I called to ask if they had been discontinued, and said I hope they "resurrect" them if so. You guys are all right!

 

Thank you. These are especially important for the E string on instruments with Fender-style top load bridges and in-line pegheads so only the silk goes around the tuner post and doesn't bind the speaking area of the string. The A, D, & G, of course, have more "wiggle room" between the nut and the tuner.

 

Actually, one of our sales reps has been hearing it very regularly from his dealers. We grabbed an E string and a couple of basses, and showed how it's far too long for anything other than a string-through-body bridge.