Flats - why do many rave about them

[scrumpymike]

3 hours ago, Grimalkin said:

 

I can't even... it's something like this...

 

 

Couldn't make out the brand but they were definitely multi-scale.

[Grimalkin]

19 minutes ago, scrumpymike said:

Couldn't make out the brand but they were definitely multi-scale.

 

Albacore. It's a new brand designed for stability, so you don't have to use your tuna as much.

[scrumpymike]

11 minutes ago, Grimalkin said:

 

Albacore. It's a new brand designed for stability, so you don't have to use your tuna as much.

Sounds a bit fishy to me.

Edited December 20, 2021 by scrumpymike

[Grimalkin]

20 minutes ago, scrumpymike said:

Sounds a bit fishy to me.

 

You can't really give them a good herring until you put them on your basa.

[Bridgehouse]

Oh for cod's sake you lot. This is a discussion about strings, and these fishy puns are distracting from the flow of conversation. Shoaly you can see that? There's a time and a plaice for this sort of thing. I trout it will stop you tho. Hhhhh

[Grimalkin]

8 minutes ago, Bridgehouse said:

Oh for cod's sake you lot. This is a discussion about strings, and these fishy puns are distracting from the flow of conversation. Shoaly you can see that? There's a time and a plaice for this sort of thing. I trout it will stop you tho. Hhhhh

 

I like Albacores anyway, they have a nice tench on.

[Bridgehouse]

37 minutes ago, Grimalkin said:

 

I like Albacores anyway, they have a nice tench on.

 

[scrumpymike]

Agreed, time to stop carping on about this (I'll get my coat...)

[wateroftyne]

Yeah, let's stop the fish puns. I hate fish anyway, and if we carry on dorsal fin-ish me off.

[ezbass]

No love for fish puns? Reely? They’re a BC tradition and they warm the cockles of my heart.

[Paul S]

That's rather shellfish of you, if you don't mind my saying.

[Chienmortbb]

18 hours ago, scrumpymike said:

Not sure why this string noise issue is getting so confrontational.  Me, I just like to hear what other players have to say 🙂

Me neither Mike, I have both on my basses (not at the same time of course). i will be honest I don't like either. I hate the tension of most flats and the string noise and extra friction of most rounds. I know my technique is lacking and I am trying to improve  it but until  I can get a round with no string noise or lower tension flats, I will continue to hate both equally.

Edited December 21, 2021 by Chienmortbb

[Paul S]

1 hour ago, Chienmortbb said:

Me neither Mike, I have both on my basses (not at the same time of course). i will be honest I don't like either. I hate the tension of most flats and the string noise and extra friction of most rounds. I know my technique is lacking and I am trying to improve  it but until  I can get a round with no string noise or lower tension flats, I will continue to hate both equally.

 

Sounds like a job for TI Flats!  Give them a try.

 

I know, I sound like a stuck record.

[Lozz196]

1 hour ago, Chienmortbb said:

Me neither Mike, I have both on my basses (not at the same time of course). i will be honest I don't like either. I hate the tension of most flats and the string noise and extra friction of most rounds. I know my technique is lacking and I am trying to improve  it but until  I can get a round with no string noise or lower tension flats, I will continue to hate both equally.

It`s strange but whenever I put a set of flats on a bass I get more string noise for a while, but it does go as I adapt my playing to them, seems either flats make me play better/more precisely, or rounds just let me get away with a lot more. Maybe it`s because I`m much more used to rounds, who knows?

[EssentialTension]

1 hour ago, Chienmortbb said:

... lower tension flats ...

 

La Bella do low tension flats -

 

[Boodang]

3 hours ago, Chienmortbb said:

Me neither Mike, I have both on my basses (not at the same time of course). i will be honest I don't like either. I hate the tension of most flats and the string noise and extra friction of most rounds. I know my technique is lacking and I am trying to improve  it but until  I can get a round with no string noise or lower tension flats, I will continue to hate both equally.

Also sounding like a stuck record but ..... Galli Synthesis flats (from bass direct) are low tension. 

[Supernaut]

Has anyone ever installed flats to find they are dead ? I know it can be a problem with rounds but does this also apply to flats? 

[naxos10]

I have read a few comments on forums/reviews about flats being dead straight out of the packet.

[BlueMoon]

12 hours ago, Supernaut said:

Has anyone ever installed flats to find they are dead ? I know it can be a problem with rounds but does this also apply to flats? 

Really annoying is when one string is dead. However, some brands "design-in" a duller sounding low E string as part of the mystique. Intentionally thuddy from the outset. I seem to recall Pyramid flats having this.

[Stub Mandrel]

 

[Stub Mandrel]

On 21/12/2021 at 21:41, Supernaut said:

Has anyone ever installed flats to find they are dead ? I know it can be a problem with rounds but does this also apply to flats? 

 

I've heard of a few people taking flats back because they weren't dead yet.

[Stub Mandrel]

Frets - why do so many people rave about them?

[ezbass]

4 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Frets - why do so many people rave about them?

They worry me 😉.

[EssentialTension]

12 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Frets - why do so many people rave about them?

 

Raves - why do so many people fret about them?

[Chienmortbb]

I am flat  broke. I spent to much while fretting about rounds. When she finds out it will be my neck on the line,,, (slinks back to the Den Of Iniquity Thread).

Edited December 23, 2021 by Chienmortbb