Pino Palladino Signature Flatwounds

[PaulHornBass]

Saw this pop up on Instagram yesterday. Ernie Ball are bringing out some Pino Palladino signature flats. Interesting as the flats I associate with Pino are TIs, which his signature Fender P comes with. I have them on all my basses and they are nicely worn in, so I might be forced to buy a new bass to put these new Ernie Ball ones on 😉

 

 

[ezbass]

I think he has been using Cobalt Flats recently, as I recall an advert of some description…

 

Found it

[PaulHornBass]

2 minutes ago, ezbass said:

I think he has been using Cobalt Flats recently, as I recall an advert of some description…

 

Found it

Interesting - did not know that! I wonder how the signature strings will differ from these. 

[ezbass]

Just found this:

 

https://blog.ernieball.com/accessories/ernie-ball-new-at-namm-2025/

 

I think that they might be Cobalt Flats, but in signature gauges.

[sky]

On 24/01/2025 at 09:22, ezbass said:

I think he has been using Cobalt Flats recently, as I recall an advert of some description…

 

Found it

hes defintely not someone i know a whole lot about but i seem to remember seeing a gear video from when he was in the who where he said he was using those because he didnt like the feel of rounds, and they were bright

[Hellzero]

43 minutes ago, sky said:

hes defintely not someone i know a whole lot about but i seem to remember seeing a gear video from when he was in the who where he said he was using those because he didnt like the feel of rounds, and they were bright

Especially if he was using Rotosound Swing Bass (66) like almost everybody back then in the U.K., and I seem to recall that it's what he used to play.

[Linus27]

He does use different strings on his fretless Stingray and his fretted P Bass etc. I think it was TI flats on the P Bass and was the lightest possible gauge of Rotosound Swing 66 but recently moved to the Ernie Ball Cobalts I think. 

[BlueMoon]

Frankly, he could use any strings and still sound amazing. Top drawer artist.

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[ezbass]

3 hours ago, sky said:

hes defintely not someone i know a whole lot about

Do some digging into his back catalogue, it’ll be a marvellous journey. If I had to name one artist who made me want to play bass, Pino is that guy (Paul Young, Gary Numan, John Mayer, The Who, D’Angelo, Joan Armatrading, NIN, David Gilmour, Don Henley, to name just a few).

[ghostwheel]

3 hours ago, Linus27 said:

He does use different strings on his fretless Stingray and his fretted P Bass etc. I think it was TI flats on the P Bass and was the lightest possible gauge of Rotosound Swing 66 but recently moved to the Ernie Ball Cobalts I think. 

He also has some La Bella flats: