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Praise Report: GHS Precision Flats

#741
Ok, have had these on for a while now and they are sounding pretty good so far, the tone is warm but articulate, will be interesting to see how these sound in another months time.

On another note, it is great to see John Moody on the forums and shows that GHS obviously value the opinions of their customers.
 
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#742
shoulderpet said:
Ok, have had these on for a while now and they are sounding pretty good so far, the tone is warm but articulate, will be interesting to see how these sound in another months time.

On another note, it is great to see John Moody on the forums and shows that GHS obviously value the opinions of their customers.
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Cool @shoulderpet. Please do give us month-to-month feedback. You strike me as both knowledgeable and unbiased, so you're comments/opinions/analysis is valid/desired/welcome.
 
#743
Linnin said:
Cool @shoulderpet. Please do give us month-to-month feedback. You strike me as both knowledgeable and unbiased, so you're comments/opinions/analysis is valid/desired/welcome.
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I will do, I was sceptical
Linnin said:
Cool @shoulderpet. Please do give us month-to-month feedback. You strike me as both knowledgeable and unbiased, so you're comments/opinions/analysis is valid/desired/welcome.
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I will do , I was unsure at first as these strings are pretty zingy when brand new but thankfully that seems to have gone now and the strings are sounding great so far
 
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#744
After about a month of playing these strings (on a rock solid 90's Fernandes* Jazz copy with Alleva-Coppola pickups and BadAss bridge): VERY, very nice!

The words "warm & juicy" come to mind.

And VERY playable strings. Previous attempts with these strings ended up a bust because of their extreme imbalance. But it seems that GhS' tweaking the E string has made the set more consistent out of the pack. You still have to play them a while for the D & G to settle in. I now see that it's worth the wait.

I've played Labella flats for many years (and then more recently Sadowsky flats) -- expensive strings, all. And then we have GHS flats: mighty good flat wound strings for a little over 20 bucks.

This thread won't die for a reason.



* Not pertinent to the thread, but what the heck .... after spending mucho dinero on custom basses over a 40+ playing career, who would have thought that I would walk into a place and fork over all of $300 for THE bass.

it's a strange road sometimes, this bass thing.
 
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#746
About a month in now and things are getting sweet! Had some fome stuck under the D and G string up until now, but I have removed it, as they are not as twangy anymore. Just sweet, thumpy and articulate. A lot better than the Chromes I had. Plays very well with my touch sensitive overdrive (Barbershop) too. I´m getting a more even overdrive from string to string with these, if that makes any sense? I had to dig in on high notes and back of on low notes before to get the same sort of drive, but now tings are more predictable and balanced. Lovin it :thumbsup:
 
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Yahboy said:
Will get a try with GHS Flat, but , how to identify between new formula E set Vs old set ?
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The new E string has been in production since mid-July (if I remember correctly), and in packages since August. Unless your dealer has stock from early 2015, chances are good that there are few - if any - old E strings out there anymore.
 
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Selim said:
After about a month of playing these strings (on a rock solid 90's Fernandes* Jazz copy with Alleva-Coppola pickups and BadAss bridge): VERY, very nice!

The words "warm & juicy" come to mind.

And VERY playable strings. Previous attempts with these strings ended up a bust because of their extreme imbalance. But it seems that GhS' tweaking the E string has made the set more consistent out of the pack. You still have to play them a while for the D & G to settle in. I now see that it's worth the wait.

I've played Labella flats for many years (and then more recently Sadowsky flats) -- expensive strings, all. And then we have GHS flats: mighty good flat wound strings for a little over 20 bucks.

This thread won't die for a reason.



* Not pertinent to the thread, but what the heck .... after spending mucho dinero on custom basses over a 40+ playing career, who would have thought that I would walk into a place and fork over all of $300 for THE bass.

it's a strange road sometimes, this bass thing.
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Is there a thread documenting THE $300 bass?
 
#750
The Flat Thread That Refuses To Die!

Coming up on three years old now and still going strong at 38 pages and 750 posts. I love them even more now than ever before. The six month mark was pure tone magic, and I have been using Music Nomad String fuel for about a year after that, and now using Goby String Wipes. GHS FastFret is also a good choice. It keeps the strings clean and very lightly lubricated, and that's a good thing. :thumbsup: I want to keep these strings perfect for as long as possible. :bassist: I'll let you know when I put on a new set. If I live that long to need them. ;)
 
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#752
Have had these on my bass for a while now and they sound great, nice warm thumpy tone.
That being said I am swapping the lights out for the standard gauge, I have been lowering my action and the light set gives me a little fret buzz on the E and A string , out of curiosity and to see if higher tension would allow me to go lower on my action I tuned my E and A up a full tone (individually not at the same time) and the fret buzz on both the E and the A went so hopefully the outcome should be the same with moving up to the 105-45 flatwound set
 
#753
When an interested buyer made an appointment to try a Hot Rod Precision Bass (factory P/J from 1999), that I was listing for a friend, he told me that he plays flats.
Before he arrived I removed the ss rounds from the Fender and replaced them with an old set of GHS Precision Flats from an Epiphone that I wasn't currently playing. They were a little dark sounding on the long scale EB3 but Boy-o-Boy did that Fender P/J come to life!
It was the sound the buyer was seeking and he purchased the bass!
 
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#755
Not to seem like I'm bumping this thread for fits and giggles -- I do like the tapes, but I feel like my Jazz bass might not be the home for them. Since putting them back on a few days ago, I was reminded again why I had kept them on for such a long time. Although my kit P-bass is doing a great job with the same string choice (same gauge, everything...) I prefer having them on this bass as well.

To me, it's easier to play gently on the Jazz, rather than the P. The P with these strings call out to be more percussive -- on the J, it calls out to be more bloomy and deep. One wouldn't think so, if one goes by the skinny pups of the Jazz vs. the stout split pup of the P.
 
#757
Linnin said:
97 days ago I had my luthier instal GHS Precision Flats with totally new pro set-up on this bass.

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At first I was so completely disappointed that I called GHS in anger. They were the most horrendously unbalanced stringset I had ever played in my entire life! I've been playing bass for 44 years, so Grrrrrr! :mad: is a vast understatement. I was ready to rip them off my bass and demand a full refund. The GHS customer service rep told me that they would balance out after about a month of being played in. I was not happy and more than a little leary.

If the E-string hadn't have sounded GREAT straight away I wouldn't have given these strings another chance. What follows is my real life experience with GHS Precision Flats on a 1976 Fender Precision bass.

They did play in and begin to balance out very slowly. For me it was over two months, or about 100 hours of playing time. Additional tweeks of both string height and pick-up height were also required to bring the stringset into string-to-string volume balance. Fine adjustments are to be expected with any change of string brand even if of the same type & guage.

What I have come to Love about GHS Precision Flats:

1) They are very strongly focused on the fundamental tone. Sure there are some over and under tones, but they are subdued and decay quickly leaving the pure tonic tone. I've never experienced this extreme purity of tone with any other string. None. This is reason enough to love them.

2) Smooth - While the strings themselves are super smooth so is the sound. Dark. Focused. Smooth. Intense. They sound as good as Ghiradelli Intense Dark Chocolate tastes. Yes, that good.

3) ATTACK! GHS Precision Flats have an intensely purcussive attack on a thermonuclear scale. If you want to rock a true assault bass, you need these strings.

4) Sustain - Long & Lovely. Pure Fundamental Sustain with smooth slow decay. An earful of joy.

5) Tune - GHS Precision Flats hold their tune better than any string I've ever played. These strings are stable, and I expect them to stay that way for a long time.

6) Tension - Yes, it's high. Flats are higher in tension than rounds, and hex core is higher than round core. No flippy-floppy strings in this set. Just know you're going to need to keep an eye on your neck and that some truss rod tweeks will be needed from time-to-time. All basses need that here and there anyway, so no big deal.

And that Bass Bros is why I love GHS Precision Flats.
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Always appreciate your string reviews. Thanks for taking the time to do them.
 
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#760
Thanks for all the reviews. I ordered a set of .045-.105 to put on my new Ibanez AFBV-200. I replaced the round wounds that came with it with a set of partially ground wounds. I really didn't like the way they felt, actually worse than rounds.

The strings came in today, I put them on and played a couple of hours. The initial tackiness wore off fairly quick. For a new set of strings they actually have a nice balance. Yeah the D & G can be bit bright but I can control it well by modifying my attack using more of the finger pad than the tip. So far I like the range I can get between the two pickups and the tone control. I've done no modification to this bass yet, and really don't plan on anything more than a treble bleed maybe a tone cap, though the range is fairly broad and satisfactory.

Again, thanks for heads up on these strings, resonalbly priced and very nice, right out of the package.
 
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