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Pyramid Gold Flatwounds 640/A .45,.65,.85,.105

markjazzbassist

markjazzbassist

Apr 19, 2005
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#1
Got these rare strings on their way to me!! Only ones I've had were 640/1 long scale which are 40, 55, 75, 105. I love them, but find the a-g a little thin compared to that 105. This set is perfect (I'm hoping) and will have a little more heft. Had to buy the 5 string set to get them at Chicago music exchange but I've never seen these anywhere so I had to jump to try them.

Pyramids are my favorite flat due to their attack and decay (sound like vintage recorded flats), mid range and low end. Still have a little treble too, just a tiny high mid touch.

We'll see what happens! I'll report back.
 
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Got the strings and have had a couple nights playing them.

Initial thoughts - the a and d strings are .10 bigger than the other set so the biggest difference is here. Whereas with the other set the a d g strings are lighter and have more high mid punch, this set is thicker and he tone is noticeably so as well. The girth I was missing from the a string (in comparison to the .105 e on both sets) is now there (on the d too). String to string balance is really nice. The .45 g has a little twang to it still but I will report back later.

All in all a thicker deeper sound with more fundamental and midrange girth. Thicker strings mean more tension but not terribly so. Just a little truss adjustment and its super low action. Like all pyramid strings they are smooth as glass and play so easily, just feel amazing.

I have some gigs this week and next, I'll report back.

Also discovered they have another set, .50, .70, .90, .110 basically the jamerson set but pyramid. So I might try those sometime as well.

Cheers
 
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Thinking of getting some labella 760fs to do a compare contrast with.

Had the pyramids on all weekend for a gig Friday night and 2 sessions Saturday and Sunday. Definitely more midrange content than the light set, just a thicker sound overall.

Will update after more gigs and break in.
 
#6
Had a gig and some sessions this weekend, I have one conclusion. These strings are very mid range heavy. Very very meaty in the mid range, so much so they sound like a DR low rider flatwound. Very thick dense sound. Still breaking them in, but I have another 4 hour gig Friday night and will keep practicing with them to loosen them up. Tension is pretty tight, tighter than labella 760fs for sure. Probably on par with ghs precision flats.

The g string still has a little of that top end bite that the lighter gauge set has, but I have a feeling it might wear off.
 
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Root 5 said:
I like Pyramid flats - they're glassy smooth feeling and have a warm, smooth tone I appreciate. Just give them a bit of time, they'll mature into a beautiful, balanced old school tone.
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I understand. I'm talking about the 640/A set though, so you have experience with them?

I have had multiple sets of the 640/1 in the past, they are nice but d and g strings to clanky and not balanced sound wise with the E. Also the a is too thin, not a big enough sound compared to the e.

This set is more balanced, and all the strings are meatier.
 
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markjazzbassist said:
I understand. I'm talking about the 640/A set though, so you have experience with them?

I have had multiple sets of the 640/1 in the past, they are nice but d and g strings to clanky and not balanced sound wise with the E. Also the a is too thin, not a big enough sound compared to the e.

This set is more balanced, and all the strings are meatier.
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Yes. They will settle down.
 
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went back to labellas for a couple weeks and i missed the feel and sustain (lack of reallY) of the pyramids. going to order the .50-.110 set and a .55 G string to make a pyramid jamerson/ghs precision flat size set (.50, .70. .90, .105). hoping for more girth on the a d g strings to match that thump of the e.
 
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yeah after playing this set for a while i'm feeling the d and g definately need to be bigger. the A is debatable, but i'll get that .50 .70 .90 strings and see how they pair up with the .105 E. Also to note, i tune down a half step to Eb and my truss is a quarter turn from being maxed out, these strings have some serious tension on them. well see what happens.
 
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markjazzbassist said:
i've had DR flats and Labella 760FL recently and have just gone back to the pyramids. something in the midrange and the girth they have that i just like. Im going to need to get a larger G string though and D string as well. When I do I will update here.
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Resurrecting this thread for info on the .110 set of Pyramids. @markjazzbassist did you ever end up trying the 110 set?
I'm loving the 105 set I put on one of my P Basses.
 
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markjazzbassist said:
sorry no idea I haven't played chromes in decades. If you want high tension someone else tried the .50 - .110 from pyramid and they said it's even higher tension than Jameson set from labella.
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Thanks for replying. No, on the contrary, I'm rather looking for low tension flats, but not TIs. In fact, I do have a set of 45-105 Pyramid Gold in my string box, which was on my Pbass for a few days, some 10 years ago, but don't want to remove the Fender 7250ML strings currently on the bass, if the Pyramids have too high a tension. I only have one bass, unfortunately...
 

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