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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)
Hey Jeff,
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.
Bill
www.freewebs.com/reluctantaquanauts
--- In , "Jeff" <bigtikidude@y...> wrote:
>
> 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)
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
<> wrote:
>
>
>Hey Jeff,
>
>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.
>
>
>Bill
>www.freewebs.com/reluctantaquanauts
>
>
>--- In , "Jeff" <bigtikidude@y...> wrote:
>>
>> 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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I'm a Rotosound RS66 Round Wound user on a '51 Fender
Precision re-issue...and also Danelectro Bass 6
Roundwounds...for me, it's a better (brighter) bass sound
for loud, high-energy instrumental surf...
I do use Pyramid Flats on both the Danelectro Hodad Guitar
and on the Gretch Country Gentleman...but I do use GHS
Heavy Round Wounds on the "Strat"-like Retrotone
Surfmaster...Sort of Dick Dale or Dwayne Eddy "twang"
tone...
as you can see, I'm all over the place when it comes to
strings...
dp
--- Richard <> wrote:
>
> I think I paid about $40 for the Labella flats that I
> had on my AV series Precision and never changed them.
> Flatwounds don't need to be changed very often and I
> figure that since you hardly break them it's not too
> much of a stretch to put some extra cash in them.
> Roundwounds, at least the Ernie Balls that I use, are
> a good bit cheaper but with as much as I play I tend
> to gunk them up pretty bad over the course of a few
> months and need to add a fresh set. It comes out to
> about the same amount of money.
>
> Actually, I wasn't under the impression that all the
> bassists here were flatwound users. Am I wrong about
> that?
>
> Richard
>
>
> --- Phil Kucer <> wrote:
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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
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I have been using elixirs for some time now and am happy with them. they too are
expensive with retail around $70, however I can usually find a discount
somewhere on the net in the $30 range. Anyone else use these? would like to hear
any other opinion on them.
Stewd.......................
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From: Phil Kucer
To:
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Bass strings
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
<> wrote:
>
>
>Hey Jeff,
>
>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.
>
>
>Bill
>www.freewebs.com/reluctantaquanauts
>
>
>--- In , "Jeff" <bigtikidude@y...> wrote:
>>
>> 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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I guess 70 bucks every four years isn't too bad. However, Matt's the
most anal bass player you'll find.
But, I do hear where your comming from Phil. I think Pyramids sound
best on the guitar as well as bass, but I kept wearing the G strings
out fast and had to switch over to a stainless flat brand. $23.00
for strings every 3 months was outta my price range!
Looking foward to seeing you guys on the 7th!
Bill
--- In , Phil Kucer <philx@m...> wrote:
> 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
<supertwangreverb@y...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >Hey Jeff,
> >
> >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.
> >
> >
> >Bill
> >www.freewebs.com/reluctantaquanauts
> >
> >
> >--- In , "Jeff" <bigtikidude@y...>
wrote:
> >>
> >> 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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Richard,
When I used to use Roundwound strings, and they became gunked up.
I would take them off, and boil them for about 5 minutes. All the
dirt would come off and collect in the center of the pan. Then just
ladle it out. After I would put them in a bowl of Ice water and put
them in the freezer for about 10 minutes. This helps to reallingn
the molecules in a tight uniform manner.
try it and let me know what you think.
Jeff(bigtikidude)
--- In , Richard <errant_jedi@y...>
wrote:
> I think I paid about $40 for the Labella flats that I
> had on my AV series Precision and never changed them.
> Flatwounds don't need to be changed very often and I
> figure that since you hardly break them it's not too
> much of a stretch to put some extra cash in them.
> Roundwounds, at least the Ernie Balls that I use, are
> a good bit cheaper but with as much as I play I tend
> to gunk them up pretty bad over the course of a few
> months and need to add a fresh set. It comes out to
> about the same amount of money.
>
> Actually, I wasn't under the impression that all the
> bassists here were flatwound users. Am I wrong about
> that?
>
> Richard
>
>
> --- Phil Kucer <philx@m...> wrote:
>
> > I've heard alot of good things about the Pyramids
> > but they are out of my price range.
> >
> > $70 a set. Ouch.
> >
> > Phil
>
>
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