Also Cobalt flats, a little more flex then the Dunlop’s.
They may be flats but have the tone of rounds
Enjoy the benefits of a premium membership!
Upgrade Account
-
TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
Join free Log in
Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.
Thunderbird Club
- Thread starter TBird1958
- Start date
-
- Tags
- club thunderbird
Also Cobalt flats, a little more flex then the Dunlop’s.
They may be flats but have the tone of rounds
You could just buy TI Jazz Flats, plenty bendy and they sound great. However, my experience on fast fretting complex songs is that floppy isn’t a good thing, it slows me down. A lighter gauge EB Cobalt flat is what I’d be after. A bit easier to fast fret and bend without feeling floppy and slowing you down.
my (long gone) '66 J through a Sunn Colisseum Lead at the '98 E-mu Systems company picnic.....should have NEVER let that bass go....
I’m not a fan of the TI flats, I know they have a deserved fan club, but the Cobalts and Pyramids are the beez kneez.
I’m keeping the cobalts on my Danelectro, but I’ll be switching to pyramids on any fretted I have.
I have the Dunlop flats on my 2018 EB and have been on the fence about selling the bass, if I keep her she will end up with pyramids. Unless I defret her…
Oddly enough, for me anyway.
I love TI’s, and they never felt floppy to me. But most say they feel that way.
Just off the top of my head...Non-Sequitur (as usual!)...
Bass strings! I'm looking for something that's flexible, easier to bend than a stocky hex-core Rotos type thing.
I'm going to do a gig with a band with tunes that have a lot of high-energy, rapid-fire bass lines, and I'm in the pinch to get them all learned asap.
There are bends, position changes, repetitive and involved fingerings, and I think lightening up on the work load for the 'auld digitals' is a good idea.
So something with teeth that behaves a little more like Thomastik-Infeld Jazz Flats is what I'm looking for.
This is for the Thunderbird CP, my best weapon for this assault-style set... Thanks for sharing your wisdom, which is what we do here, and what I'm talking advantage of...
"Round Core" Boomers are more flexible. Any round core would likely help.
IT Jazz Rounds are likely too flexible (for many) and pricey. The most pliable string I've used.
Lighter gauge of a string that you like maybe? I've got some Roto 100s (Hybrid set as they are called) that are very comfortable and flexible.
EB Cobalt Flats (not high gauge). The lighter sets felt good to me as far as flexibility goes. (There was that other finger issue!) They sound kind of like rounds.
That's all I got...right now anyway.
Just don't bring anything back that burns when you pee.
Oh heck yeah! Or makes things itch...
Fantastic Chuck! Geddy and Chris Squire would hope to sound that good! And great playing.
I need a Chuck poster and get rid of the Canadian bass roadie.
(I actually don't have a poster of Scott's bass roadie.)
Last edited:
I’m kinda with you on that one. If there was a floppy scale from one to ten with ten being the most floppy, I’d put them at about a five, which is noticeable but not problematic for me. DR Silver Stars I’d put at about a six or seven, which was problematic. Boomers with the hex core I’d put at about a three or four along with Cobalt flats, which aren’t noticeably floppy at all, but do feel stiffer than some strings.
^^This. EBCFs. They're bendy enough for me.
Yes, the queen has some beautiful ... basses!
- Mar 13, 2008
- 18,895
- 142,214
- Disclosures
- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
Well, it's done.
Glad I have a very understanding husband.
Glad I have a very understanding husband.
No, you shouldn't! But most of us have at least one of those stories.
That sounds absolutely amazing.
Was scrolling through old note drafts i had going on, & stumbled upon what i had for the collective thunderbird idea.
Which got me thinking about it again. & so i'll try to make this easy to pin point certain aspects of it throughout a voting. Quote this post to input your vote (itll help if im notified to keep track xD)
Let the polling begin!
Body style: Traditional, or NR
Body type: flat, or raised mid section
Construction: Bolt on, set neck, neck through
Number of pickups: 1, 2, 3
Type of pickup: thunderbird traditional, other (be it split p, j, mm style, or any other type of pickup)
Hardware color: nickel, chrome, black, gold.
Guard: definitive, none, or optional.
Colour: personal preference, however i'd like to hear.
Thanks for chiming in
Which got me thinking about it again. & so i'll try to make this easy to pin point certain aspects of it throughout a voting. Quote this post to input your vote (itll help if im notified to keep track xD)
Let the polling begin!
Body style: Traditional, or NR
Body type: flat, or raised mid section
Construction: Bolt on, set neck, neck through
Number of pickups: 1, 2, 3
Type of pickup: thunderbird traditional, other (be it split p, j, mm style, or any other type of pickup)
Hardware color: nickel, chrome, black, gold.
Guard: definitive, none, or optional.
Colour: personal preference, however i'd like to hear.
Thanks for chiming in
Nice tune (edit typo!) to spend time with, which obviously you did! Very cool.
Last edited:
Congrats to our Queen! A checkmark next to that bucket list item.
