Chienmortbb Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 I was looking a and found that they do groundwounds. My tavourite strings were Picato Groundwounds so can anyone give the opinion on these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 (edited) - Edited March 14, 2022 by Jus Lukin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chienmortbb Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 12 hours ago, Jus Lukin said: I have a set and love them! They are more at the flatwound end of things, but bite a little as you dig in. This is on a Thunderbird though, so they may be brighter on other basses. I plan to put them on at least a couple of other basses. What is the tension like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pow_22 Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 Im an Elites user (flats, grounds, nickel). The grounds are high tension, to me they feel even more so than their flats. Great strings but initially very unbalanced sound wise. The E is particularly tubby in comparison to the rest but eventually they do even out. I may gave a used set somewhere i could dig out for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 (edited) - Edited March 14, 2022 by Jus Lukin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceBass3901 Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 I used to play the Stadium Elites and loved them, then gave a set of the Ernie Ball Cobalt Flatwounds a go, just to give some flat profile strings a go. Really like the overall sound and character, but find the tension is a bit much. Has anybody compared the Elites Groundwounds to the EB Cobalt Flats? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 I've found that groundwounds (which were originally introduced to give a bright string with a smoother feel than rounds) dull quite quickly and end up sounding more like flats. A brighter sounding set of flats (Chromes, EB Brites, Cobalts or similar) might be a better option and will certainly be easier to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sky Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 they say mani of the stone roses used them for the 2016 reunion tour on their website, hes my favourite bass player of all time so they must be good, although looking through pictures of the 2016 reunion i dont see the blue silks of elites anywhere, seems to be red which leads me to believe he had rotosound flats on and him using the elites grounds might be bollocks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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