Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Hi all!
I'm normally a roundwound user but I'm wanting to put some flats on a Cort acoustic bass that I have. Although the sound is fairly good it would be nice with a bit more thump and a bit less twang.
I was about to fit some D'add chromes until I realised that the bridge on the bass will only fit small ball end strings
Tell me, does the TIs have small ball ends (or at least smaller than regular bass ball ends)? I'm figuring and hoping that they might as they tend to be fitted to vintagey sorts of instruments (hofners, EB-3s and the like)
From what every says about TIs they could almost be considered an investment, but I just need to know if they will fit.
Otherwise the only strings I can fit to this bass are those economy (but decent quality) rounds that are sold with a few different brand names. In Australia we can get them as "puretone strings" Nice string but just not flat!
emac.

I don't know but Chromes will fit on Gibson bridges, I have chromes on a T-Bird and GHS flats on a vintage EB-3. I've used TI's in the past but forgot how big the ball ends are.

The TI's are a bit smaller than the ends on most of my other bass strings. I don't have a micrometer, but they seem to be 6mm in diameter and 4mm thick. Without amplifying the bass, I suspect that they might be awfully dull as a result of their low tension. Amplified, they might do OK, but it's hard to say for sure without trying some. They're the big ones in this photo. The small ones on the octave strings are TI Jazz Flat guitar strings.

Rightio! thanks for that!
emac.

They're actually quite bright for a flatwound at least for the first three or four months, they then settle into a middy sort of sound with no highs nor extreme lows, very good for pop music. I had to raise the action when I used them because they are so light, they are high output though so you don't lose any volume.

I'm only considering them for a shortscale acoustic guitar with a highish action. I'm just looking for a bit more warmth and less twang.
eden.