They were always more grippy than a typical flat. Smooth, but never smooth as glass like some. Remind me little of SIT Power Flats in terms of feel, but less slick.
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Thunderbird Club
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I've mentioned b4 that I owned a mid 70s blue line SVT/810 rig, and later on, an Ampeg combo bass amp (ba112). They were 'ok', but not the sound I wanted. I don't recall ever playing through a B-15, but I did have the opportunity to play through a B-18. Sa-weet.
I don’t recall a sticky feeling. If it was there, it ent away quickly for me.
I have EBCF strings on a number of my birds. I wouldn’t call them sticky, but I would say they are noticeably more grippy than many flats I’ve tried. Sticky to me implies some degree of adhesive force felt when you lift off the strings. I don’t feel that with the cobalts. But grippy implies a not perfectly glass smooth roughness when doing slides, I do feel that with the cobalts, and it hasn’t ever reduced with play time.
Shop owner posted some clips from record store day.
In the second one I narrowly miss a kid on a bike with the bass headstock!
In the second one I narrowly miss a kid on a bike with the bass headstock!
Body back and sidez actyally turned out better than I thought once dried.
Back is a little 'splotchy' at some angles of light.
Need to look at it more and decide to clear or not; clear often will rearrange the flakes some as it remelts rhe top layer.
But face is like this again: looks like bubbles were trapped under the skin, rather than "spitting".
This is too much paint, isnt it? Too close, or too much flow from the red tip.
Puttin the 'pain' in 'painting.'
Back is a little 'splotchy' at some angles of light.
Need to look at it more and decide to clear or not; clear often will rearrange the flakes some as it remelts rhe top layer.
But face is like this again: looks like bubbles were trapped under the skin, rather than "spitting".
This is too much paint, isnt it? Too close, or too much flow from the red tip.
Puttin the 'pain' in 'painting.'
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I have the same experience. It does like to rip some of the red “fluff” from my hardshell case everytime I open it.
Excellent! If I didn't know better, I'd think you have a good time doing that.
Hopefully the bikers learned a life lesson: Never drive through a band while it's playing. It could decapitate you and a bird!
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
don't they need that funky install procedure?
I've done them both ways-doesn't seem to matter.
Early Aussie mobile phone at the National Motor Museum at Birdwood (Adelaide Hills).
Yeah, I think that's just their contribution to the world of "best practices". Or a response to anyone saying that flats are too smooth to properly grip the posts, or who wanyt minimal wraps. I like the idea of the strings having a death grip on the bass, so I normally do it their way. In fact, that's my default now. But I've done it "wrong" and had zero problems.
I bet picking up and using the handset was a bitch.
I love that band. That bassist is crazy good!
When I tried them, I followed the instructions (on the VP, the ‘15, and an Epi bolt-on). No big deal. Just didn’t care for them. To me they felt weird. And not enough zing or whatever you want to call it that I get from Stainless rounds. So I gave them away.
Yes, too soon between coats or too thick coats of nitro and it's flashing off while not set yet.
Yes sir, that's what they suggest. They can tend to want to slip.
Might have been a bit too warm, too.
Guess I'll be sanding back just the face, and ditching the red tip for the original white one.
Thankfully Im doing an edge burst on the body, so the blend wont be obvious.
Grain preservation says dont sand too much.
If it was easy it would not be as satisfylng.
