TI Jazz flats and Chromes which is brighter ? Which cuts more?

#21
Chrisk-K said:
I have used the TIs and Chromes. They are no match for EB Cobalts when it comes to cutting through.
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I tried two sets of the Chromes, and both got very rusty very quickly. A few minutes of research found that this is a recurring problem for many with these strings. Is there a secret to which I and many others are not privy???
 
#22
Uncle Hanky said:
I tried two sets of the Chromes, and both got very rusty very quickly. A few minutes of research found that this is a recurring problem for many with these strings. Is there a secret to which I and many others are not privy???
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Most sets of Chromes I have are at least two years old, and a couple sets probably four. I've never seen any rust on a Chrome string.
 
#24
Uncle Hanky said:
Tarnation!!! I meant COBALTS.
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I have one set of Cobalts. I haven't had a rust problem with them that I've noticed, but they aren't nearly as old as the Chromes I have.

Cobalts aren't much kin to Chromes or TIs, but I do like them. They sound like a cross between flats & rounds, but definitely feel like flats. They break-in to a brighter flat tone, and they haven't yet been through any phase where I didn't like them. I have them on a Jazz, and they are a great fit for both tone and feel to me. They are going to have to change pretty drastically from how they sound now before I'd consider taking them off.

I'm glad someone likes TIs, but I have to admit I'm not really one of them. I tried them on four different basses, and just couldn't coax a tone out of them that suited me. They ended up on my fretless acoustic, where I do like them pretty well. I never considered them "bright". High mids were present when they were newer and still is to some degree. Works well with fretless tone.

I like Chromes on every bass which I've tried them. They do have sort of an annoying clack when they get older, but it's not noticeable in a live setting. I think it's always there, but only gets noticeable when they lose their brightness.
 
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#25
Just thought being the OP I would share my observations , I have TI Flats on one of my basses and Labella (extra light gauge) on another, these are both short scale basses.
Using both basses at rehearsal I would actually say that TI's are middy with slightly less lows than some flats rather than bright, boosting or cutting mids made significant impact to the tone of these strings, these are not a string where it is useful to cut lows. Despite TI's reputation as being bright flats I actually found that boosting treble made relatively little difference and more than anything just introduced more noise into the signal.
The Labella's I would say are less prominent in the mids but actually ime seem to have more treble detail and boosting or cutting the treble made significant difference to the tone, strangely the Labella's actually strike me as being brighter.
 
#26
jallenbass said:
Chromes are a tiny bit mid scooped and the TIs are mid forward. TIs work better for me live but the Chromes sound great recorded.
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Couldn’t have said it better. I’ve found the Chromes a little tougher to EQ in a live mix, where TI’s seem to inhabit all the right frequencies out the gate. The Chromes seem to be a bit high mid/high dominant, leaving the bottom unfocused and making it so the low mids need to be goosed on the amp, which comes with its own set of sacrifices. I like the way Chromes sound with a pick, but I think a lot of that has to do with their stiffness.
 
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