Flatwound string close ups...

[Creeper]

Got a magnifier for my iPhone so for a bit of fun I thought I’d have take a few close ups of my flats, first we have some super smooth Dunlop flats (which I like very much)

then some TI flats which are about a month old, o was surprised how wide the windings look close up, and how much gunk is already in there, then some super smooth DR Legends, then Rotosound Jazz 77s, interesting how you can see the tool marks on these... 

Edited March 29, 2020 by Creeper

[Mykesbass]

I had some Picatos once. Very nice until I started to feel th eedges of the windings as they lifted. Those TLs and Rotos look very odd. Not what you would expect.

[Reggaebass]

I only use flats, that’s really cool, what magnifier did you get.

[Creeper]

The magnifier just clips over my iPhone camera, the photos are all of E strings, will put some A strings up later.

the TI flats have only been on a couple of week, feel and play great, I think that slight gap between the windings reduces the friction a little which you can get on flats, having said that, the Dunlop’s are polished very smooth and play great too..

[Maude]

Those look quite cool, interesting to see the differences in gaps between windings up close. Can you feel a difference? 

 This is the only photo of a flatwound up close I have. My doublebass G string after it fell over and landed G string first against the edge of a granite step. 

[Little Dragon]

Be interested to see how some Pressurewounds would compare.

[Creeper]

3 minutes ago, Little Dragon said:

Be interested to see how some Pressurewounds would compare.

Ahah...I have some rotosound pressure wounds, I will take a picture of them in the morning 😀

[Creeper]

Here we have the rotosound pressurewound E string, can see the edges have been smoothed off. Unfortunately I don’t have any round wounds to compare all these too 😟

[Creeper]

And her is the TI A, Then the D and G string. Interesting how these don’t have the same spacing as the E String....

Edited March 30, 2020 by Creeper

[Creeper]

And here is the rather marvellous magnifier, just clips over the lens on my phone, only cost a couple of quid from Amazon....

[Creeper]

And here’s that TI E string magnified even more....

[wateroftyne]

Thanks for the inspiration...

Edited March 30, 2020 by wateroftyne

[ped]

6 minutes ago, Creeper said:

And her is the TI A, Then the S and F string. Interesting how these don’t have the same spacing as the E String....

 

I don't have S on my tuner - I always wondered what I was missing!

[Little Dragon]

^{Thanks,the Pressurewounds have a lot less of the 'crown' flattened than I thought they would,(my favourite strings),I expected them to look more like the TIs based on feel. Interesting.}

[Creeper]

29 minutes ago, ped said:

I don't have S on my tuner - I always wondered what I was missing!

Good spot 😋

[Creeper]

31 minutes ago, wateroftyne said:

Thanks for the inspiration...

What strings are these? 

[Reggaebass]

37 minutes ago, Creeper said:

And here is the rather marvellous magnifier, just clips over the lens on my phone, only cost a couple of quid from Amazon....

I’ve bought one, I love a gadget 😁

[wateroftyne]

4 minutes ago, Creeper said:

What strings are these? 

Lakland flats, I think?

[ped]

I was messing about with my phone camera and was quite impressed with how close it can focus (with a combination of 2x optical zoom and some cropping). 

I’m pretty sure I’ve seen someone post close up pics of flats before so thought it might be fun to compare them. Was it you @wateroftyne?

Anyway here are some Labella 760fx

Feel free to add yours! The closer the better. 
 

 

[wateroftyne]

Hello! Aye, t'was me. Flats are beautiful things.

[Reggaebass]

Was it this one ped , 

 

[wateroftyne]

I'd actually forgotten there was a whole thread about it. Not bad for a pretty niche interest. 😄

[JapanAxe]

...of the bass itself.

[Reggaebass]

I only remembered it because I bought one of the little magnifiers 😁

[ped]

Thanks @Reggaebass I’ve merged my thread into this one!