Yes I did toss up between those and the la bella flats. They were a lot more expensive but im sure they are fine strings. I have to say the la bella strings feel fantastic tension and smoothness wise.Kev77 wrote:Thomastik are the gold standard for flats,snitchez wrote:Cleaned up well. Darn it. I should keep my eye out for a nice old P. La Bellas are indeed the way to go
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I’ll have to trust you and talkbass on that’s opinion (just kidding, I know you are right).Kev77 wrote:Thomastik are the gold standard for flats,snitchez wrote:Cleaned up well. Darn it. I should keep my eye out for a nice old P. La Bellas are indeed the way to go
Yet to pony up for the TI. Maybe when I have a 70s p bass I finally will. About to have La Bella’s on my g&L too.... scary thought as I haven’t changed the strings on that for a couple of years now
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I don’t think I ever replaced bass strings due to age, only for feel.
(And to go to flats on my mustang)
(And to go to flats on my mustang)
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Funny gauges, nickel...yeah nah.snitchez wrote:I’ll have to trust you and talkbass on that’s opinion (just kidding, I know you are right).Kev77 wrote:Thomastik are the gold standard for flats,snitchez wrote:Cleaned up well. Darn it. I should keep my eye out for a nice old P. La Bellas are indeed the way to go
Yet to pony up for the TI. Maybe when I have a 70s p bass I finally will. About to have La Bella’s on my g&L too.... scary thought as I haven’t changed the strings on that for a couple of years now
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Apparently duck done never changed a set. He broke a string once and replaced it with a ddario flat chrome. But left the rest.Single coil wrote:I don’t think I ever replaced bass strings due to age, only for feel.
(And to go to flats on my mustang)
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The bass player that came to our last Gearfest said he didn't change his strings because he wanted to hear more of the fundamental. I guess new strings create more overtones.StrummersOfThunder wrote:Apparently duck done never changed a set. He broke a string once and replaced it with a ddario flat chrome. But left the rest.Single coil wrote:I don’t think I ever replaced bass strings due to age, only for feel.
(And to go to flats on my mustang)
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Blah blah boil trick - they just don’t need doing.
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Tastes change. I used to like the zingy feel and sound of brand new round wounds. And I'd only ever play finger style. Fast forward 15 years and I'm on a totally different wave length. Love a palm muted pick sound with flats . I expect I'll like these la Bellas even more in a year's time once the are stinky and less bright
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curiously I'm round about the same point now, have always used roundwounds and have always played fingerstyle even though I know I should pick the faster runs, I've been bloody minded.
Time for some flatties and I already have a couple of big stubbies I'm testing out.
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Time for some flatties and I already have a couple of big stubbies I'm testing out.
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Think I got my '76 P in 2003StrummersOfThunder wrote:Apparently duck done never changed a set. He broke a string once and replaced it with a ddario flat chrome. But left the rest.Single coil wrote:I don’t think I ever replaced bass strings due to age, only for feel.
(And to go to flats on my mustang)
Once I set it up its never had a string change (D'Addario Chromes)
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All flats have a wear in period.StrummersOfThunder wrote:Tastes change. I used to like the zingy feel and sound of brand new round wounds. And I'd only ever play finger style. Fast forward 15 years and I'm on a totally different wave length. Love a palm muted pick sound with flats . I expect I'll like these la Bellas even more in a year's time once the are stinky and less bright
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Half my basses have flats (la Bella Deep talking) and the other half has sadowsky nickel round wounds.
When I was using rotosounds years ago I would replace a set every two months or so, just felt wrong after that duration. Now stuff gets changed only if I’m bored lol
When I was using rotosounds years ago I would replace a set every two months or so, just felt wrong after that duration. Now stuff gets changed only if I’m bored lol