What if your flats were run over by a car ?

[Bobbadfinger]

Does they get flatter ? Pressurewound flats ?
Kidding aside, it happened...

I was bringing my Longhorn for a setup with those new released Ernie Ball short scale Group flatwounds, and strings fell off the bag without notice.
I found them an hour later in the middle of the street with some skid marks....
I dropped them at my luthier anyway; but what should I expect ?
Intonation problems ? Totally ruined ?

 

[ajschnitzelbank]

Glad it was just the strings! I drove over my bass once. It was fine! Hard shell case held up the mini cooper!

 

[ImTheOnlyOne]

...So many flat jokes to be made...

 

[Killing Floor]

String make from metal. Metal from ore. Ore from rock. Strong like robot bull.

 

[tindrum]

None more flat

 

[perfektspace6]

You should expect these will be the flattest flats you have ever played. Who know, might be magic?

 

[sikamikanico]

They might fit a long scale bass now…

 

[Phormlyss]

Roadworn flats!

I'd imagine the worst case scenario is that the surface of the string is damaged to some degree by briefly being ground against the pavement while being ran over, but it's possible that the packaging protected it.

 

[Budbear]

I'm pretty sure that rubber and asphalt are more compressible than steel. Odds are the only damage is to the packaging. It should be fine.

 

[BlackCrow]

Y'all know that Daddario or Ernie Ball has already stolen this concept from this thread and are holding emergency marketing meetings even as we speak, and they will be at a premium price when they hit the shelves...after all, "relic" bassists are still a thing...

 

[Bar Band Bassman]

Please keep us posted!

BBB

 

[Bar Band Bassman]

Y'all know that Daddario or Ernie Ball has already stolen this concept from this thread and are holding emergency marketing meetings even as we speak, and they will be at a premium price when they hit the shelves...after all, "relic" bassists are still a thing...

I'm a relic bassist...

BBB

 

[BlackCrow]

I'm a relic bassist...

BBB

took me a sec to find my own typo. Ahem, "relic basses"...got me on that one..

 

[Inertialsky]

First set of "Super Flats" I've seen.

cherish the flatness

 

[BlackCrow]

is it possible....Square Rounds?

 

[edwinhurwitz]

Does they get flatter ? Pressurewound flats ?
Kidding aside, it happened...

I was bringing my Longhorn for a setup with those new released Ernie Ball short scale Group flatwounds, and strings fell off the bag without notice.
I found them an hour later in the middle of the street with some skid marks....
I dropped them at my luthier anyway; but what should I expect ?
Intonation problems ? Totally ruined ?

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They are now flat wound ground wounds on the ground.

 

[Dynacord]

Glad it was just the strings! I drove over my bass once. It was fine! Hard shell case held up the mini cooper!

I have a set neck bass that was run over by a car back in the 60's - it was the owner himself backing out after loading out after a gig at 2 or 3 in the morning (apparently he was playing 6-7 nights a week, every week in those years) - one long split to the body but everything else including pickguard was fine. It was glued and still playing fine today. That hard case was destroyed though. Wouldn't know unless you knew to look for the glue line.

A friend had a Steinberger guitar in a GIGBAG that fell off the curb and got squarely run over by a taxi at the San Francisco airport. Not only undamaged but still in tune!

Anyway, will be interested to know the fate of the extra flattened flatwounds.

 

[maxmerx]

road worn strings ?

 

[Rabidhamster]

They're almost 100% definitely kinked in multiple places per string where they coil themselves or other strings

 

[BobKos]

They're almost 100% definitely kinked in multiple places per string where they coil themselves or other strings

I agree with this 100%. I would not use them in the situation you describe. Give your tech another set and maybe throw these on a bass at home to see what happens..