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*TI Flats MegaThread*
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To be clear, I find the mids a bit much on my precision bass; they are perfect on my Jazz bass, probably due to the inherently scooped tone of that instrument. I don't need any EQ tweaks to make the jazz sound great, whereas the precision needs a bit of a reduction in the meds.
I actually used my SAPEQ2 and scooped out a little at 600 and 1k and I'm liking it. Might have to hear a recording of our next service and see if that's the culprit.
Me too, i play them on my jazz and they have stronger mids than I like so I scoop them or mellow high mids with tone pot. But still my favorite strings.
may put the ti flats on the white kramer acoustic, but if my memory serves correcti i'm not sure it's a 34 incher
The only TI string that honks too much for me is the A string, and only on some basses (one of my passive J's and an active Sire M7). With the J, I set the mids on my amp (which only has a single mid control, not hi-mid and lo-mid) to about 35% (about 10 o'clock). On the Sire, with the amp mid knob centered, the on-board pre-amp has a mid sweep control that I set to somewhere in the hi-mid range and set the level to about 25%. Both of these approaches work pretty well but not perfectly. I don't have a graphic EQ in order to play around with specific frequencies.
Could someone who uses TI Jazz Flat JF345 tell me definitively what the winding length distance is from ball to start of the taper silk.
Likewise if anyone uses the Super Long scale set JF365, what is the winding length ball to start of taper silk. Read conflicting stats about the winding lengths and figure someone using these sets can nail it down. Cheers
Likewise if anyone uses the Super Long scale set JF365, what is the winding length ball to start of taper silk. Read conflicting stats about the winding lengths and figure someone using these sets can nail it down. Cheers
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If I remember to do so tomorrow I will measure the ones on my fretless Martin Keith Elfin 5.
The JF346 set has the same B-G strings as the JF345 set. On my 34" bass, I was worried about the silk possibly not clearing the nut, because the tail piece sits about an inch further behind the bridge than normal, bringing the silks closer to the nut. Turns out the B and E strings have the silk somewhat closer to the nut than the rest, but no problems there.
So what is the distance from the ball end at the the tailpiece to the beginning of the silk on the B and E strings?
I've measured it on the B-string, but not mounted, and including the ball end, and so the silks start at 94 cm = 37". The ball end takes up 0,5 cm. On the E-string it's 2 mm shorter. (Ignoring the ball-end silks, obviously.)
Thanks for taking the time . So it looks like the winding length is 37" for the JF34.. sets
On the B and E strings, yes. The rest have somewhat shorter silks.
The 37" accords with the stats in the sticky, which I've read before. Now for the JF365 winding length Bass String Lengths by Manufacturer
Nope. I don't have any basses longer than 34.5" SL.
