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Flatwound Low B 145


antonio_das_cruzes
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Greetings!

Recently I started using some flatwounds on one of my bass for a more jazzy tone, but now I want to string up my 5 string and ain't able to find a .045 - 0.145 flatwound set. It seems string companies aren't producing flatwound low b's with .145 gauge, which is what I use on a short scale so it doesn't go flabby. Anybody know why is that?

However, I found out this guy, that produces custom strings on order:

http://www.garrygoodman.com/sub_contra_flatwounds.htm

Anybody has any experience with him or may have heard about?

 

 

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It’s most likely because, as a general rule, if you have a roundwound string and a flatwound string of the same gauge, the flatwound string will be quite a bit higher in tension than the round. Therefore, to achieve the same tension you’re used to with rounds, you can use lighter gauge flats. I imagine the tension on a .145 flatwound string would be like playing a suspension bridge cable!

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