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Jennifer A.
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2025
First of all, these are very lovely strings to play because of their relatively low tension. I don’t think they are as smooth as other flatwounds but the gauges of the strings are incredibly well balanced. They have a distinct mid range growl that other flats don’t have. I would say it splits the difference between the sound of a flatwound and a roundwound. However I don’t think these sound that great on a Precision Bass. It’s almost too much midrange for me, but if that’s your thing, you may love it. Instead I put them on my 1960 Jazz Bass and it is heavenly. The midrange of these strings compliment the sort of flat and scooped sound profile of a Jazz Bass. If there is a drawback I would say I noticed a bit more “artifact” noise with these than other flatwounds as well when new. This is things like clacking, finger noise, etc. They have been in my Jazz Bass for several years now and I absolutely adore them.
Steven L.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 8, 2024
These flat wound strings are my absolute favourite flat wounds I have used. They are so easy to play because of their low string tension and my fingers don't get exhausted at all! In the past I have used rotosound flats and while they sounded great, the higher tension kept me from playing for too long, so these Thomastik flats are a blessing for my fingers.I've strung these onto my jazz bass and I plan to keep them on forever! I can highly recommend these Thomastik flat wound strings.
xyz
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2024
Amazing feel, sound and longevity on my p bass. Those strings can last years, are very easy on the fingers and just sound awesome. They seem a bit low tension at first but that feeling goes away. Action can be set ridiculously low for effortless playing and zero fret zing.
David J. Allen
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2024
I'm a long time Fender Jazz American Standard player, so I am very used to getting a nice warm tone out of my basses. I recently bought a custom luthier's creation, and he used dual Aguilar M5 pickups, on a chambered body, with steel roundwounds. I found the bass to be very bright compared to what I am used to. I read a lot of reviews about Thomastik-Infeld Pure Nickel Flats, and connected with a string expert who recommended them to mellow out the tone, and I read that Carol Kaye swears by them, so I took the plunge. Conclusion: Carol Kaye is not wrong. These strings are extremely warm, seem to be pretty low tension, are just plain easy to play, and the tone is so much better now. While they are on the expensive side, I am really happy that I purchased them, they tamed the aggressive brightness of the new bass right down.
Paul Charbonneau
Reviewed in Canada on December 26, 2024
These are the smoothest set of bass strings that I have ever owned. Great tone and incredible playability. Simply great set of strings.
Cliente
Reviewed in Italy on July 3, 2020
ho richiesto la muta di corde come nella foto, e ne ho ricevuta un'altra simile.
Yves ATTALI
Reviewed in France on December 26, 2018
Montées sur ma Fender Jazz Bass Marcus Miller elles montres agréables à jouer
Ym7
Reviewed in Japan on November 5, 2017
あのピノパラディーノが使っているとのことで試しに購入し、もちろんプレべに張ってます。個人的には知っているベース弦でダントツでテンションが緩いです笑まあ好みは別れますが触ってれば慣れます。スラップしやすいです。フラット特有の硬さが苦手な人、フラット張るとベースのネックが反っちゃうって人にはいいかもしれません。音は良くも悪くもフラットの音です。使い始めはブライトな印象でしたが、弾き込めば落ち着きます。【追記】張ってからほぼ毎日弾いて約一年経ちます。新品の倍音が取れた、いわゆる死んだ状態でも音程感が損なわれることなく、さらに迫力が増したような印象です。アコースティックからロックまで、まんべんなく馴染みます。【追記2】張ってから2年経過しました。ライブにレコーディングに、セッションや練習まで酷使しています。手入れはたまにクロスで拭く程度ですが錆びるようなこともなく、音の劣化も感じません。タフです。【追記3】張って3年と2日で2弦が切れました。音の劣化は最後までなかったので満足です。
G. Liebenstraus
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2016
I love these strings. I use them on two basses: a cheap Ibanez that I defretted, and a G&L L2000. On the Ibanez, they make a $400 bass sound like a high end instrument (as long as I avoid the warped parts of the neck, which buzz!). On the G&L, they do a superb job of taming the instrument, helping me find my sound. With the original roundwounds, the L2000 had too much treble and too much aggression in the upper mids for my tastes. I don't slap, and while I love some growl, I like to control it. The G&L always sounded like it wanted to bite my head off.For years my solution was GHS Bright Flats. These are actually ground-wounds. Once they're worn in a bit, they do a good job of taking the edge off the treble and the 1khz grind. The downside was the GHS strings' extremely high tension. They were like bridge cables. I found them physically challenging to play—to the point where I had to practice for gigs just to build up the stamina, so I wouldn't get hand cramps. The difficulty didn't do my playing any favors, and if I ever took a break from practicing, I was screwed. The tension was so high it actually damaged my bass. Even with the truss rod as tight as possible, the neck eventually warped. A guitar tech had to straighten it on a heat press (took about 4 days) and urged me to switch to lower tension strings.Enter the TI Jazz flats. I already knew i liked them on my fretless, so it was an easy choice to try on the G&L. What a difference. Brand new, they sounded great, if a bit more aggressive than ideal in the 800hz-1khz area. But this wore off in a couple of weeks. They sounded full, present, alive, and warm. Definitely in a middle ground between rounds and flats. Think round-wound minus the steel-on-steel sound of the fret noise.My favorite part is how easy the bass is to play now. Between the low tension and my first ever professional setup, playing is nearly effortless. I don't get tired. I don't press hard. Practicing is about music, not weight training. And, as the technician predicted, the neck is now dead-stable. No issues. I'm not ruining it with those bridge cables anymore.As some other reviewers have made clear, the low tension isn't for everyone. Neither is the lack of upper treble. But if you're ok with these characteristics, the Jazz Flats are about as good as it gets. They're expensive up front, but a good value—they seem to last practically forever.
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