they are just as smooth but a very different kind of smooth. LaBellas really do feel glassy (which I personally didn't dig) and the GHS are more ribbon-y if at makes sense. I really love the feel of PFs.
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Praise Report: GHS Precision Flats
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they are just as smooth but a very different kind of smooth. LaBellas really do feel glassy (which I personally didn't dig) and the GHS are more ribbon-y if at makes sense. I really love the feel of PFs.
Just put a brand new set of CM3050 on my Jazz. The tension is perfect, not too floppy or tense, just right and very well balanced. Also my first PF set since they reformulated the 105 E and it sounds great, and the whole set sounds more balanced than the last set (although I did string it through the body that time...). I think I have found my ideal set of strings.
For such truth telling, you would be greatly blessed my friend.Who knows, I just might turn into an anti-La Bella conspirator myself.
A personal report of great praise indeed! You are well appreciated brother man.
As a "balanced tension enthusiast" I was happy when GHS came out with the CM3050 set last year. If I were to put these strings on my Jazz, that would be set I would choose. For now, we'll see how the 3025 set will do on my P.
I trust Old Blind Mikey. He is a truth teller.
Looking forward to your assessment, get dem dang strings on Old Blind Mikey!
The new strings will be installed on June 27. That's when the Balanced Nickels will be exactly 8 mths old.
It's not going to be an easy task, though, now that I'm both old and blind.
they are nice, if you like a lighter guage set you can buy singles from juststrings.com and do 40 55 75 100 and that's balanced tension as well. that's what i'm using now.
A question...
Can you still get the 100-E with the old "long scale" (36.5 winding), or are they all "long plus" (38") now?
3025 has the loudest sound Flatwound E string I been play .
Never hindered Ray Charles, or Blind Lemon Jefferson.It's not going to be an easy task, though, now that I'm both old and blind.
I did it! GHS Precision Flats 3025 (45-95) officially on my Am Std P.
Gone is the green...
Here comes the purple...
A few quick things to note for now:
Gone is the green...
Here comes the purple...
A few quick things to note for now:
- As I was taking them out of the package and uncoiling them, I couldn't help noticing how pliable they actually feel for flats. In fact, they feel more flexible than the Pressurewounds.
- They feel and LOOK silky smooth. No blotchy spots like the ones I've seen on some La Bella flats.
- The purple silk is darker and richer-looking than I expected. It doesn't clash with the sunburst/tort/rosewood of my P like the bright green on the BNs did.
- Does the fact the main body of the E string rides up on the tuning post irritate my OCD like I had feared? No. Why? Because I'm supposed to be friggin' blind!
I did it! GHS Precision Flats 3025 (45-95) officially on my Am Std P.
Gone is the green...
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Here comes the purple...
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A few quick things to note for now:
Give me a few weeks to give them a good workout before posting my first impressions. Stay tuned...
- As I was taking them out of the package and uncoiling them, I couldn't help noticing how pliable they actually feel for flats. In fact, they feel more flexible than the Pressurewounds.
- They feel and LOOK silky smooth. No blotchy spots like the ones I've seen on some La Bella flats.
- The purple silk is darker and richer-looking than I expected. It doesn't clash with the sunburst/tort/rosewood of my P like the bright green on the BNs did.
- Does the fact the main body of the E string rides up on the tuning post irritate my OCD like I had feared? No. Why? Because I'm supposed to be friggin' blind!
How you string it ？ Topload or string through body ？
I hope the G string can loss it brightness and sustain as others lower string on 3025 set. Compare to Ti flat, she get broken in consistently from string to string.
The Balanced Nickels were thru-body, while the P Flats are top-loaded. I've never liked the idea of putting any flats thru-body.
