Paul S Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Over the weekend I fished various sets of flats out from my spare strings draw and fitted them on to a P bass to see which I preferred - this for my new blues band. I have some very thick gauge, extremely high tension that look like silver snakes with black silks at the top. These were too uncompromising, albeit nice and thuddy. I think they may be La Bella 760FS? Anyway, matters not as they are too tight. Then I tried a set of thinner gauge that were not ground so smoothly - if you run your nail along them you can still feel ridges albeit slightly - red silks both ends and far lower tension. Much brighter tone, brass ball ends. I like these a lot - they sounded lush at yesterday's rehearsal. Trouble is I can't for the life of me remember which ones they are. I'd like to fit a set of these to my 5 string but it would be extremely handy to know which they are - are there enough clues in my description? Muchas gracias! Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grantd Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 The red silk makes them look similar to the La Bella I have on my ACG but mine are smooth and not half rounds. What colour are D'Addario half round silks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 Doesn't ring a bell for anyone? I would have bought these and have never bought half rounds - definitely flats.... But which? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 After a bit of Googling it looks like these could be Thomastick Infeld Jazz flats. I've certainly bought these before now. Anyone able to confirm, please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Yup, they look exactly like Thomastiks, and if they are low tension and warm-sounding, that's definitely them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 Thank you! I'll order some. If they are the wrong ones I can blame you now .. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 LOL! 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted February 28, 2019 Author Share Posted February 28, 2019 Strings arrived, all is good. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 On 18/02/2019 at 12:01, Grantd said: What colour are D'Addario half round silks? No silks on those 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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