Praise Report: GHS Precision Flats

[Pbassmanca]

been wondering for a while, how does the 95 E compare to the 105 E soundwise?

To me they feel nice and light and sound great on their own, but I think it's missing some of the fundamental punch of a heavier E string and risks getting lost in the mix in my experience. I don't really like anything less than a .105 E, but absolutely nothing less than .100 for me.

 

[armybass]

So I know this is a GHS thread, but since you asked, the Ernie Ball Group II through IV flats have a very pronounced high mid content compared with most, certainly compared with GHS or Labella flats. On the right instrument in the right settings they’re just the ticket.

LaBellas are my #1 set of flats. GHS Precision Flats are my #2. I would have to say Ernie Ball Group 2-4 might be more no 3. I put a set on my Classic Sterling. Man

 

[Sandwell]

I've been re-evaluating my tonal bass needs for the music I'm working on atm, and I think I'm gonna put some GHS P Flats on my P bass and play with a pick to get some fat, organic yet defined tones. What do ya guys reckon, good choice?

 

[Linnin]

What do ya guys reckon, good choice?

Brilliant! Fender Precision + GHS Precision Flats + Fender Heavy 351 Pick = Lovely Percussive Attack & Tone of which Paul McCartney would approve. And so do I

 

[Sandwell]

Brilliant! Fender Precision + GHS Precision Flats + Fender Heavy 351 Pick = Lovely Percussive Attack & Tone of which Paul McCartney would approve. And so do I

is the 351 a particularly good pick?

 

[Linnin]

is the 351 a particularly good pick?

It is! The choice of professionals since the early 1960's. Heavies don't flex much, so if you want a bit of flex choose medium. They are celluloid and do break, but they have excellent tone. For speed with flex, I like Dunlop nylon 'Max-Grip' in 0.88.

 

[Sandwell]

It is! The choice of professionals since the early 1960's. Heavies don't flex much, so if you want a bit of flex choose medium. They are celluloid and do break, but they have excellent tone. For speed with flex, I like Dunlop nylon 'Max-Grip' in 0.88.

Thanks for the tip, gonna get me of those!

 

[Sandwell]

Think I'm gonna try the new CM3050 set, I remember the 85 and 65 being a little too tense for me and I'm a recent convert to balanced tension sets. Can't wait!

 

[Linnin]

Think I'm gonna try the new CM3050 set, I remember the 85 and 65 being a little too tense for me and I'm a recent convert to balanced tension sets. Can't wait!

Astute choice as that set would be best for picking.

 

[Sandwell]

Astute choice as that set would be best for picking.

Didn't even think of that, Woo!

 

[Linnin]

I found this on Wiki:
"Tony D'Andrea was the one of the first people to use celluloid to produce and sell guitar picks. In 1902 he came upon a sidewalk sale offering some sheets of tortoise shell colored cellulose nitrate plastic and dies, and eventually he would discover that the small pieces of celluloid he punched out with the dies were ideal for picking stringed instruments.[8] From the 1920s through the 1950s, D'Andrea Manufacturing would dominate the world's international pick market, providing to major businesses such as Invalid Link Removed, Fender, and Invalid Link Removed.[9] One of the main reasons celluloid was so popular as guitar pick material was that it very closely imitated the sound and flexibility of a tortoise shell guitar pick."
I don't know if the world famous Fender 351 shape originated with Tony D'Andrea or not, but I will try to find out. Just like so many Fender designs, the 351 shape is the most copied pick shape in history.

 

[NKBassman]

I'm partial to the yellow Dunlop Tortex picks, myself. 0.76 I think. I like the extra flex.

 

[Linnin]

With flats I almost always down pick with a heavy Fender 351. I also play apoyando like Sting with a dominant down stoke thumb action. Fingers provide the upstroke when needed.

 

[Linnin]

I'm partial to the yellow Dunlop Tortex picks, myself. 0.76 I think. I like the extra flex.

Too wimpy for me.

 

[Martyman]

I have played just about every flatwound string known to the bass players world that the price didn't put me into sticker shock! Now, on my baby (my trusty 75-Fender JBass) I have GHS precision roundwounds and I love the quality and the tones I can get out out of that darn trusty bass. I have GHS precision flats on my Hofner and I have to admit these are absolutely the all around best flatwound I have ever put on a bass guitar of mine!!!

 

[Linnin]

I found this on Wiki:
"Tony D'Andrea was the one of the first people to use celluloid to produce and sell guitar picks. In 1902 he came upon a sidewalk sale offering some sheets of tortoise shell colored cellulose nitrate plastic and dies, and eventually he would discover that the small pieces of celluloid he punched out with the dies were ideal for picking stringed instruments.[8] From the 1920s through the 1950s, D'Andrea Manufacturing would dominate the world's international pick market, providing to major businesses such as Invalid Link Removed, Fender, and Invalid Link Removed.[9] One of the main reasons celluloid was so popular as guitar pick material was that it very closely imitated the sound and flexibility of a tortoise shell guitar pick."
I don't know if the world famous Fender 351 shape originated with Tony D'Andrea or not, but I will try to find out. Just like so many Fender designs, the 351 shape is the most copied pick shape in history.

This confirmation just in from Terry Foster, (one of three authors of 'Fender; The Golden Years' by Martin Kelly; Terry Foster, and Paul Kelly) " Fender picks were made by D’Andrea and started selling branded 351s in 1955." So now we know for sure.

 

[fermata]

Fender Heavy has long been my preferred pick--I had no idea of the history behind it! It delivers a great tone and feel with flats.

I've sold my bass that had GHS Precisions on it; my other bass with flats has La Bella 760FX, which has more going on in the high(er) mids than the GHS. Both are great sets in every regard.

I don't miss the bass I sold, but do I miss the strings, so I'll probably get a new set of GHS flats for my bass that's currently strung with rounds.

 

[Linnin]

Fender Heavy has long been my preferred pick--I had no idea of the history behind it! It delivers a great tone and feel with flats.

^^^YES!^^^

 

[trothwell]

I've mostly used the Fender Heavy pick, though I wouldn't mind it being a little heavier even. They make extra heavy, but I think I've only seen it for sale in gross packs, and I really don't need or want 144 of them...

 

[Linnin]

I've mostly used the Fender Heavy pick, though I wouldn't mind it being a little heavier even. They make extra heavy, but I think I've only seen it for sale in gross packs, and I really don't need or want 144 of them...

We should orchestrate a group buy. I'll take a dozen.