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Yes! Fender 9050 flats!

#22
After about a month now of playing them almost everyday they have settled down and are now smooth and full bodied thumpitized, man I'm impressed. I have chromes on my Fender P Bass and my Peavy P Bass. Chromes have been on for about a year on both. With the new fender flats it's my all around goto killer tone bass. I have more to add, but I'll keep it short. D'Adarrio Pro steels, EB Slinkys, Chromes and Dunlop Nickels have been on this bass. Fender 9050 ROCKS.!!!!!!!! Image is with Pro steels
 
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#25
I just took these off my pbass and was surprised how flexible they felt. The coiled ends that were around the post came through the bridge quick and easy. Usually it's a pain in the butt to get them through the bridge.
 
#26
how well do the 9050 Fender flats work for hard rock or post punk etc? for a player who uses distortion and fuzz pedals etc...? do they work well with dirt pedals etc? Right now i have Rotosound nickels on my P bass. I love them!!! just curious about how the 9050 flats would sound for hard rock kinda music...i love a big mean tone with grunt and growl and grit etc...
 
#27
I tried these after using GHS Precision Flats and I didn't care for them. They might break in after a while and not be so bright but I guess I'm impatient. The GHS's were thumpy and sounded right out of the box what I think flats should sound like.
 
#29
jasper383 said:
But that's the case with any flat. Why would Fender not be able to keep selling flats?
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Simple business. They don't sell enough of them, and strings are not their primary business concern.

Also see the GHS thread. GHS recently quit making lots of strings that they didn't sell a lot of and lots of folks are upset, including me. And strings IS their primary business.
 
#30
aborg1 said:
After about a month now of playing them almost everyday they have settled down and are now smooth and full bodied thumpitized, man I'm impressed. I have chromes on my Fender P Bass and my Peavy P Bass. Chromes have been on for about a year on both. With the new fender flats it's my all around goto killer tone bass. I have more to add, but I'll keep it short. D'Adarrio Pro steels, EB Slinkys, Chromes and Dunlop Nickels have been on this bass. Fender 9050 ROCKS.!!!!!!!! Image is with Pro steels
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How's the B string compared to the rest of the strings?
 
#31
raul said:
how well do the 9050 Fender flats work for hard rock or post punk etc? for a player who uses distortion and fuzz pedals etc...? do they work well with dirt pedals etc? Right now i have Rotosound nickels on my P bass. I love them!!! just curious about how the 9050 flats would sound for hard rock kinda music...i love a big mean tone with grunt and growl and grit etc...
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The Fender flats growl with the best of them, kind of like a subdued version of a Rotosound Swingbass growl. And because they have good overtone structure, but don't have top end zing, they drive pedals really, really well and let the pedal do what it wants to do without over coloring the top end.
 
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#32
:cool:

I've had a set on one of my Jazz Basses for almost a year.
They sound great and feel very nice.
They break in well. TI-flats are still my favorite.
But these have become #2. And I love the green silk.
 
#34
The problem is in the string being too-good. For example, when I gigged regularly in the '90's, I was changing strings once every month or two, and always getting an extra E string. Now, the Fender flats are sooooooooooo good, that my last set lasted over two years, and I only gave them away to another TB'er to try, and bought another used set that only needed a new E string; but Fender won't sell single or individual strings, (like they used to - and they were the first to do this, but that's all in another thread), so I was forced to get an Ernie Ball E string single to match.

So part of it is not that they simply don't sell enough, it is partially because they last almost too long, and so players go more time between purchases. So to a marketing department that is not enlightened, this simply looks like no demand, instead of being proud that they offer a superior product. I'm going to contact Fender the same way.
 
#40
Well ok then. I put a set on my 09 usa p bass and im liking them so far. Its been a month or so. Sound great compared to roto sound flat i took off. rotos are to tight and no output. the fenders are so so much louder. Had to adjust my gain on amp.
 

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