Flat wound strings....Question..

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 6:42 pm

TI makes great upright strings. TI's flats are brighter for a few months then die down and you can get some proper thump out of them. I prefer Pyramids (Tetrahedrons, haha!) to them. TI's are too light for me although I have them on several basses and use them on my upright. Fenders are decent strings but Pyramids kill them in the tone department to me, much more complex tone from Pyramids. They are the closest sounding flats I've found so far to that great old 60's sound you hear on a million records and they keep the same tone as right out of the box almost forever. I've never had a problem with fender flat wound E strings and I used them a lot in the past, bought many sets. I also like light GHS bright flats after they calm down, very nice for bending notes which Tetras aren't.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 6:45 pm

"Rot-O-Sound" describes them to a T, I bought two sets, both E's were completely dead right out of the box and the others sounded very thin and tinny.

tsarter · Post by **tsarter** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 6:30 pm

Here's a couple of shots from a gig last week showing the 4004 with the Dark Star pickups I mentioned earlier in this thread. Used it at a jazz gig the next day and dammed if those Pyramid Chrome flats didn't kill on that set of tunes also. I'm sold on these strings for this particular bass!

jmh · Post by **jmh** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 4:24 am

That picture puts me in the mood to play some Renaissance.

86kubicki · Post by **86kubicki** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:29 am

Looking good Tim!
I tried Pyradmids a while back. Bought two sets - one for my V63 and one for my Lakland hollowbody. A, D and G strings were great, but both E's were terrible. Totally dead with no volume or sustain.

tsarter · Post by **tsarter** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:34 am

That's an amusing thought! What makes you say that?

tsarter · Post by **tsarter** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:37 am

I've never had a problem with Pyramid strings before, Steve. One of the bands I'm playing with - the one pictured - is fond of that roundwound sound or I'd be tempted to put some Pyramids on my V63 too. It's nice to have one Ric with rounds and one with flats though.

jmh · Post by **jmh** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:21 pm

I blurted: That picture puts me in the mood to play some Renaissance.

Tim replied: That's an amusing thought! What makes you say that?

Reminds me of being in a band with a female singer in which we played some Renaissance. The Espresso sign made the place have a cool vibe for that kind of music. It has been ages since I've been in a band, just seemed kinda cozy in that pic. On a less cerebral note, I saw the singer's eyes closed in the pic, and coupled with the Espresso sign I was gonna link the two. I opted for the Renaissance comment.

tsarter · Post by **tsarter** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 6:21 am

Ahhh... it all makes sense now, Jack!