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TI Jazz Flats rule for me...

#162
reidar otto said:
Sorry for sounding ignorant, but I really need hep to find this TI strings, can someone please provide a link for me so I can order a set?
I play a 5 string Jazzbass, a Godin fretless and and a Jack Casady signature, and I would like to change from rounds to flats.
regards
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1st Time I tried TI's, was on a Godin fretless, simply fantastic, hooked within 5 minutes. They sounded great on my Epi Jack too.
 
#163
Funk 'N' Stein said:
I bought a set new in '96 on recommendation from Carol Kaye and they did indeed sound good. Especially for jazz / blues...but not much else. In fact, I thought they were too hollow and honky sounding in the mids on my old jazz bass.

I recorded with them and they sounded fantastic. Live...it was a different story

When I purchased my stingray in 05, I put a set on and once again...great for jazz / blues but not much else. For anything other than that which requires a light touch, I found I was left wanting.

What eventually prompted me to remove them from the SR was the issue with dead spots. These strings REALLY bring dead spots to the fore. I just couldn't cope with them any more

To cut a long story short...I took em off and replaced them With DR sunbeams, which in my opinion and while not a flatwound serve my musical needs much much better and are a much fatter, warmer sounding string without the 'gank' and 'clack'.

I just can't imagine putting flats on my new jazz . To me the jazz needs roundwounds to achieve that warm 'open' sound, especially on the back pickup. I think a lot of the tonality I like with a jazz disappears when it's strung with flats.

As I said...for me they were great for jazz / blues...but not much else.
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http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=500661

I posted a clip of my SR5HH with TI flats just right now. There are some buzzes, but that was just poor fingering on my part :)

I use these strings to get rid of some of the harshness of my touch. I have some touch issues (uneven picking, ganks etc) that I feel these string mitigate somewhat. Still working on it. I agree about the hollowness, but I kinda like that.

Glenn
 
#165
I threw a set on my Sadowsky Metro RV4 last night. These are some killer strings! I really like the low tension and their overall feel.

The tone is pretty sweet too. I dont know how it will hold up in my rock band, but for bedroom jamming they've been working and sounding great.
 
#166
JF's are incredible strings, i've currently got six basses & three are strung with JF's, i really like how they sound & feel fingerstyle, & they sound hellagood with a pick. i've found with a pick that you can play with a lighter right hand technique just in front of the bridge & they have a nice full tone without thinning out, as some strings do.

it's getting to the point that rounds just feel wrong after spending some time on the JF's.
 
#168
thisSNsucks said:
I threw a set on my Sadowsky Metro RV4 last night. These are some killer strings! I really like the low tension and their overall feel.

The tone is pretty sweet too. I dont know how it will hold up in my rock band, but for bedroom jamming they've been working and sounding great.
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Please let us know how they work out with the band. I'm considering buying a Sadowsky (alder & rosewood), and was thinking about TI flats for it, since I have 4 spare sets!
 
#170
TI flats on the Sadowsky bridge can "slip" thru because the ball ends are barely smaller than traditional ball ends. What I did was cut the ball ends off of an older 4 string set I had around and string them on the TI flat and used them as a "washer" so to speak to keep the strings from slipping out of the bridge. For the B string, I used a #8 washer. The TIs did sound good on the Sadowsky. But the Sadowsky also sounds really good with rounds too.
 
#175
sebpayne said:
I've got TI Flats on my Lakland Duck Dunn and they sound great - however the E string has no sustain at all, especially with an open E. Is this the low tension or something on the bass?

I had the bass professionally setup and I've noticed the saddles are very high up - very odd because the action is so low?! I'll get a photo if I can - any thoughts?
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How interesting, because just yesterday I was thinking about putting a piece of foam or something at my bridge to make the notes decay more quickly. This particular bass has piezos and acoustic chambers and I get a very nice, uprighty sounding tone, but the the long sustain, I felt, kinda gives it away that it isn't an upright.

But if the sustain of the open E string seems short to you, then my guess would be tension. Obviously if we loosen our bass strings and thwack them, they aren't going to hold a note as long as if they were tightened to pitch.

Interesting observation, thanks.
 
#180
Slax said:
+1

I put TI jass flats on my MIA P-Bass. Sounds awesome. I actually got a complement from my guitarist saying that it was the best tone I've gotten thus far with the band. I agree. They're killer. :)
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This is going to be the most ironic thing I have ever heard of concerning basses, but since the only bass that I have with a Pbass pickup is my Fodera Yin Yang...

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Maybe I'll try the TIs on it!

Wow, I wonder what Victor Wooten would say if he found out! :eek:
 

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