Flatwound, low tension, through body, bright tone; need recommendations.

#21
Gizmot said:
T-I Jazz Flats are what you need. In my experience, nothing comes close. Your list of prerequisites describes Jazz Flats perfectly. You won’t find strings that sound or feel better that last half as long as these do.
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^This!
BassplayinBob said:
i personally don't like string through for flats, YMMV. :)
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My mileage has varied for over 30 years. And isn’t variety the spice?
 
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I have used Chromes before with satisfactory results on other basses, but still wanted to try something different. It appears that the Cobalt Flats are no longer in production, not that that would stop me from finding a set somewhere. But, for this trial I ended up finding TI JF344 at a really good deal and the reviews resounded with what I wanted to hear.

I am not going to be in a big hurry to change them out, but when I do I will do a good A/B comparison of the stock strings and the TI's.

Thanks, everyone. (Still feeling like an ass)
 
#32
I use the Cobalts on my Stingray 5HH and love them. And that’s one of my “pop gig” basses, so I need to get modern, bright tones a lot and they work perfectly for that.

I recently put a set of Cobalts on my main Jazz and they’re a bit slinky for that but I’m waiting until they die down a bit (takes a while!) to decide whether to keep them.
 
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drumandstage said:
I have used Chromes before with satisfactory results on other basses, but still wanted to try something different. It appears that the Cobalt Flats are no longer in production, not that that would stop me from finding a set somewhere. But, for this trial I ended up finding TI JF344 at a really good deal and the reviews resounded with what I wanted to hear.

I am not going to be in a big hurry to change them out, but when I do I will do a good A/B comparison of the stock strings and the TI's.

Thanks, everyone. (Still feeling like an ass)
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Pretty sure Cobalt Flats are still made, they are actually called Slinky Flatwounds. Cobalt is just what everyone calls them

Definitely +1 on not stringing them thru the body
 
#34
I recently put the EB Slinky flatwound cobalt strings on my Ray 4 to try out and am digging the way they sound. The orange pack 2813 sized .45 - .105 to match the size of the rounds that came off of it.

They are fairly bright, but I don't know about low tension. They seem taught and are just a bit "sticky" out of the pack, but after playing them some and wearing the new off my fingers can quietly slide along.

I wanted to try some flats on a bass and these are a nice change from the rounds.
 
#36
drumandstage said:
Well, I guess I am not! I was certain that it was a string through body, but the pictures from the retailer (the bass will be here tomorrow) are in contrast to what I remember.

I won't lie; I am feeling quite silly at the moment.
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I use La Bella tapewounds on my Stingray Special. They are low tension and have a nice snap when you dig in. The slap tone is better than flatwounds and they aren't super expensive either. They come in colors other than black if thats not your thing. The best part is they are the smoothest strings ever made for electric bass. They will make those flats feel like cheese graters.
 
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#38
I tried Slinky Flatwounds and though I liked their sound I just couldn't get past the "stickiness." TI jazz flats did everything I wanted, so I've been using them for a couple years now. They last a long time, which is good, because they're expensive.
 
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