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I've heard alot of good things about the Pyramids but they are out of my price
range.
$70 a set. Ouch.
Phil
On Thursday, December 16, 2004, at 11:18AM, supertwangreverb
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>Hey Jeff,
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>Our bassist swears by Pyramid flats. He's had a set on one of his
>basses for 4 years! The Pyramids are nickel, like they used to be
>back in the day. Thomastiks are nickel as well but they are more
>modern sounding and they don't thud as much as the Pyramids. When he
>got his Jazz Bass and put on the Pyramids it sounded just like the
>intro to Mr. Rebel.
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>Bill
>www.freewebs.com/reluctantaquanauts
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>--- In , "Jeff" <bigtikidude@y...> wrote:
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>> Brian,
>> Sorry that last post didn't come thru. Comp glitch or something.
>> I'm not sure on the short scale, but I know they are out there.
>> Dan Valente in the Insect Surfers plays a Mustang Bass and he has
>> Shortscale Flatwounds.
>> I used to have Roundwound stings for 15 years. And Just assumed
>> that was the string to use for rock/surf. But I got a set of
>> D'Addario chromes flatwounds from Shawn of the Deoras, and will
>never
>> go back to Roundwounds again. It's like playing with buttah on the
>> strings compared to roundwounds.
>> As for the tapewounds , those are usually used on Fretless, or
>> acoustic basses.
>> See you in So. Cal. in the new year
>> Jeff(bigtikidude)
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