Flatwound string close ups...

[Silvia Bluejay]

I want to play too!

D'Addario Chromes,

 

 

[Lfalex v1.1]

I'm sure some of these close-ups are actually shower hoses...🙃

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

This is a very interesting thread. Can I ask what maybe a daft question? Are the strings in the OP’s photo’s all under tension. I’m presuming so as gaps in the windings in photo’s 2 & 4 are quite significant/more than I thought they would be for flats. Gonna have to get one of those magnifiers. Didn’t even know they existed. 

[Creeper]

2 hours ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

This is a very interesting thread. Can I ask what maybe a daft question? Are the strings in the OP’s photo’s all under tension.  

Yep they are on the bass and under tension, I think it’s the gaps in the winding which make the ti’s feel so smooth, reducing the friction 

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

2 minutes ago, Creeper said:

Yep they are on the bass and under tension, I think it’s the gaps in the winding which make the ti’s feel so smooth, reducing the friction 

Thanks for the confirmation 👍

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

I've just taken delivery of this which includes a 10x zoom, a fisheye lens and a wide angle lens plus two clips - all for £8.49 delivered. Great idea. Thanks for sharing. 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01ITGECNC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[Silvia Bluejay]

I've got a couple of those clip-on phone lenses and I must say, my 12-year old, 10MP-or-so very mini, compact Canon with 6x optical zoom still knocks the spots off anything coming from a phone plus one of those thingies.

Edited August 4, 2020 by Silvia Bluejay
mixed-up specs

[Dad3353]

3 minutes ago, Silvia Bluejay said:

I've got a couple of those clip-on phone lenses and I must say, my 12-year old, 10MP-or-so very mini, compact Canon with 6x optical zoom still knocks the spots off anything coming from a phone plus one of those thingies.

Ah, but did it cost 6€40..? 

[Silvia Bluejay]

I think it may have cost even less at the time!

[alyctes]

On 01/08/2020 at 10:44, Lfalex v1.1 said:

I'm sure some of these close-ups are actually shower hoses...🙃

... Are they good for metal?

[Lfalex v1.1]

47 minutes ago, alyctes said:

... Are they good for metal?

Only as scrap!

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

1 hour ago, Silvia Bluejay said:

I've got a couple of those clip-on phone lenses and I must say, my 12-year old, 10MP-or-so very mini, compact Canon with 6x optical zoom still knocks the spots off anything coming from a phone plus one of those thingies.

Whoa - talk about buzz kill. It’s just a bit of fun Silvia. If I could get my lad to put down his phone, let alone pick up a camera instead, that would be an achievement. Best of both worlds here - something he can add to his phone and makes the photo’s slightly different.

[Lfalex v1.1]

My phone did ok..

Not too much gunk between the windings,  and it's had 16 months' use.

Edited August 4, 2020 by Lfalex v1.1

[Creeper]

Just picked up some Ernie ball group 3 flats today, interesting how big the gaps are on the windings, and the angled winding on the G string!

close up they look similar to the TI flats

Going to play them like crazy for a month then take another closeup, see how much gunk for the funk I’ve managed to accumulate!

Edited June 10, 2021 by Creeper

[Reggaebass]

25 minutes ago, Creeper said:

Going to play them like crazy for a month then take another closeup, see how much gunk for the funk I’ve managed to accumulate!

I’ll be interested how much accumulates, I’ve had some flats on for years, great pictures 👍

[pfretrock]

On 01/08/2020 at 10:44, Lfalex v1.1 said:

I'm sure some of these close-ups are actually shower hoses...🙃

Mine is a really, really, really low B. Way off the end of the keyboard.

[Creeper]

I’d really like to see some close up of some chromes to see how they compare to the Ernie ball, I’ve heard people comment that they are the same string just rebranded, they certainly my don’t feel the same, would be good to get a good close up of them.

[Beer of the Bass]

There definitely seems to be a rough correlation of less gapped/smoother to being darker and thumpier. I guess the gaps allow for a little more flexibility.