I got a set on order (should be here next Wednesday). This way my p gets flats (and these are my favourite strings), and the pj gets rounds (bead tuning).
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Praise Report: GHS Precision Flats
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You people have NO clue what you're talking about
6 months to break in? Try a week... these things POUND & the D & G string have completely come back to the E & A tone & balance. Perfect already. My LB-100 which was FAR too aggressive for a P bass being maple is now a vintage beast. I've been playing all the Motown classics tonight & loving it!
6 months to break in? Try a week... these things POUND & the D & G string have completely come back to the E & A tone & balance. Perfect already. My LB-100 which was FAR too aggressive for a P bass being maple is now a vintage beast. I've been playing all the Motown classics tonight & loving it!
@Linnin Thanx for starting this thread. Y'all have me sold. And Jon for simply being on here and responding to us regular jammers, weekend warriors and pro's. ... (I fall into the W.W. class. .. With a few mid week gigs thrown in.
I've been playing like this since I was 14 (C.'77) and have only been 'band-less' for a couple of the years in between.
I used rounds for the 1st 20yrs and 1st tried flats after trying a Gibson Grabber that a cousin of mine had. I loved the sound that bass had so I bought a set of Fender flats that year. I put em on my Ibanez Blazer (P bass) and loved it like that for years.
Blah blah until these last few years when the net has allowed prices to become sensible to us Ozzies. (We were paying up near $100 for a set of Fender flats
) Since that enlightening I've tried Chromes, T.I.s, New (read different &, imo, not as nice) Fender, Labella and Rotos. But I've never tried GHS Precision flats.
That's gonna change asap.
I'll order a set and put em on either my RW-P or my 62AVRI P.
I'm looking forward to it.
I'm liking the Fender flats I got last year on my 62AVRI P at the mo... But I'm keen to try these GHS flats so the Fender's might go onto something else. I sure thru my Fender Super Bassman they'll sound phenomenal!
Thanks all.
I've been playing like this since I was 14 (C.'77) and have only been 'band-less' for a couple of the years in between.
I used rounds for the 1st 20yrs and 1st tried flats after trying a Gibson Grabber that a cousin of mine had. I loved the sound that bass had so I bought a set of Fender flats that year. I put em on my Ibanez Blazer (P bass) and loved it like that for years.
Blah blah until these last few years when the net has allowed prices to become sensible to us Ozzies. (We were paying up near $100 for a set of Fender flats
) Since that enlightening I've tried Chromes, T.I.s, New (read different &, imo, not as nice) Fender, Labella and Rotos. But I've never tried GHS Precision flats.That's gonna change asap.
I'll order a set and put em on either my RW-P or my 62AVRI P.
I'm looking forward to it.
I'm liking the Fender flats I got last year on my 62AVRI P at the mo... But I'm keen to try these GHS flats so the Fender's might go onto something else. I sure thru my Fender Super Bassman they'll sound phenomenal!
Thanks all.
I got the flats of my fender P. bought a cheap but cool Harley Benton 51'-style P bass and gonna try'em on that bass
I just switched from La Bella Deep Talking flats to Precision flats on my Ibanez 5-string. I love La Bella strings a lot and will not be switching from them on my 4-string basses (why mess with something that works?), but I was never fully convinced by the La Bella B string, and the Ibanez seemed to bring out a weird out-of-tune overtone on the upper frets that I really disliked, so I wanted to switch. Rotosound and D'Addario Chromes both sound great, but they had never fully convinced me, so I tried GHS. GHS Precision Flats seem to provide me a tone and feel that is very similar to La Bella while giving me a fantastic B string as well. Blindfolded, I think they feel the same as La Bella, and honestly, that's all I wanted. I'm impressed. I also love their Pressurewound strings when I want a little different tone to play with, but nothing beats picking on flatwounds with a thin pick.
Bumping this thread, because. Well, it rules.
I'm considering getting these strings on a new build I will be making this summer. Might go a gauge higher, 55 to 105s. Or maybe a custom set.
Still in love with them. I even love their sound unplugged.
I'm considering getting these strings on a new build I will be making this summer. Might go a gauge higher, 55 to 105s. Or maybe a custom set.
Still in love with them. I even love their sound unplugged.
They are the very best flatwound bass strings currently being manufactured by man on planet Earth in the system of Sol in the galaxy of the Milky Way adrift in the vast Universe at large. No strings make a bigger Bang than GHS Precision Flats.
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I use a thin pick from my guitar background. What kind of music do you play? What is it about that combo that you like?
Thin picks get the most sound of the pick in my opinion. It adds a huge percussive clack to every note, which to me adds much needed presence to flat wound strings. It does mean that you have to play with a light touch, and thin picks do produce a slightly thinner sound from the string, too, but to me, that's a good thing when flatwound strings have more than enough bass to begin with.
I mainly play indie rock, indie pop, and rock.
I have the flats on one of my p basses and they are awesome.
I recently switched to the new GHS Round Core Bass Boomers and they are awesome. I really liked by regular Bass Boomers but would switch them after a month usually (play 4-5 gigs per week plus playing at home). So far I have passed the 2 month mark with the Round Cores and they are still going strong.
I recently switched to the new GHS Round Core Bass Boomers and they are awesome. I really liked by regular Bass Boomers but would switch them after a month usually (play 4-5 gigs per week plus playing at home). So far I have passed the 2 month mark with the Round Cores and they are still going strong.
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I'm not sure; I'll have to check.
If I can make assumptions based on the hex vs round core Bass Boomers, I think round core flats would have more low mid presence which may or may not work in their favor if we just swapped out that one design element. We'd probably need to look into some other things if the tone got too dark and thumpy.
TOO dark and thumpy? Is there such a thing?
It might make them more slinky, though...
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Compared to our current ones? I've been playing lots of competitors flats lately, and ours aren't THAT stiff.
Besides, there's more than just type of core wire used for feel, although it helps. Size of said core wire, how tightly the cover wraps are applied, etc..
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TOO dark and thumpy? Is there such a thing?
I've been calling Precision Flats, "the sound of chocolate." I can see it now: Round Core Precision Flats, "the sound of DARK chocolate!"
I personally haven't had a chance to try them yet, but based on what I've been reading, they seem to be as good as they get for tone/tension/playability/longevity. So, why the need for a "round-core version"?
The only improvement I would like to see is to have all the gauges available in the right winding length, ie 36.25"-37", for my bass.
Ahem...from the the post that started it all, post #1, point #2 ...
Thank You Very Much
I think he picked it up from fretlessguy:
ghs flatwounds on a P-Bass | Page 2 | TalkBass.com
Language is a virus.
ghs flatwounds on a P-Bass | Page 2 | TalkBass.com
Language is a virus.
Yeah, I read that when it was written. I'm not going to kick over a simple matter of semantics.I think he picked it up from fretlessguy:
ghs flatwounds on a P-Bass | Page 2 | TalkBass.com
Language is a virus.
