bassmonkeee
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I pre-ordered from bassstringsonline.com
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Orangejulius3
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Orangejulius3
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Nevermind, I found them by using the filter.
Does anyone know why Marotta got a set before the rest of us?
tbone
I'm guessing he was involved in the testing phase.
I got a product announcement for the Cobalt flats in late January.
The link went to the EB website with a link to sign up as a tester.
Since I didn't hear anything and this thread came out soon after I assume the phase was already done and the link hadn't been removed yet.
Oh well, day late and a dollar short.
bassmonkeee
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I think...I think that was a joke about Dave Marotta.
keko
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I called my authorized EBMM dealer when he returned from NAMM and he said that he arranged order of these Flat Cobalts for his store and I'll be the first to know when arrive...etc.
I pre-ordered from Guitar Center.
Their system says "out of stock" and I have a shipment scheduled for the end of March.
It looks like they're shipping about every two weeks so when a shipment is sold out the ship date moves to the next shipment.
I ordered mine as soon as I found out about them so I could get on the earliest ship date as possible.
Their system says "out of stock" and I have a shipment scheduled for the end of March.
It looks like they're shipping about every two weeks so when a shipment is sold out the ship date moves to the next shipment.
I ordered mine as soon as I found out about them so I could get on the earliest ship date as possible.
T-bone
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I think...I think that was a joke about Dave Marotta.
Not much gets by you, bassmonkee.
Dave is one of the finest bass players of our time. If you haven't seen him in concert, I strongly suggest all bass players (especially us knuckleheads) check him out.
tbone
bassmonkeee
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Not much gets by you, bassmonkee.
Heh--You'd be surprised. I think I used the wrong smiley to represent my goofy comment.
Yes, everyone would benefit from listening to more Dave.
dmarotta
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"Does anyone know why Marotta got a set before the rest of us?"
I was involved in the final testing of the Cobalt Flats. The EB mad scientists were very responsive to feedback and were able to come up with alternate formulas within days. Incredible guys always pushing the envelope and doing great things for us bass players.
I was involved in the final testing of the Cobalt Flats. The EB mad scientists were very responsive to feedback and were able to come up with alternate formulas within days. Incredible guys always pushing the envelope and doing great things for us bass players.
uOpt
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... in a way that you can be sure you get the Cobalt ones, not the old flats, given that it's not in the product name?
bassmonkeee
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4 String Cobalt Flatwound sets:
2811: 55-110
2812: 50-105
2813: 45-105
2814: 45-100
2815: 40-95
5 String Cobalt Flatwound set:
2816: 45-130
4 String NON-Cobalt Flatwound Sets:
2802: Group I (55-110)
2804: Group II (50-105)
2806: Group III (45-100)
2808: Group IV (40-95)
5 String NON-Cobalt Flatwound Set:
2810: 45-130
2811: 55-110
2812: 50-105
2813: 45-105
2814: 45-100
2815: 40-95
5 String Cobalt Flatwound set:
2816: 45-130
4 String NON-Cobalt Flatwound Sets:
2802: Group I (55-110)
2804: Group II (50-105)
2806: Group III (45-100)
2808: Group IV (40-95)
5 String NON-Cobalt Flatwound Set:
2810: 45-130
aho
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I understand the idea of these new flats, but I don't think those are exactly my cup of tea. I love flats because of that warmer old school tone and feel. My stingray sounds great with flats.
uOpt
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Hey man. Nothing personal, you know it, right? I just have to help you guys make a bit less of a mess, m-o-kay?
There are just so many things wrong with this:
- The search term I entered is for the most popular size. The Amazon listing for your most popular size is screwed up (see gauges). You need to take a bit more control of that. If you need help getting Amazon to correct things I can help you but that is a mess. And it is not
- "Cobalt", the whole point of the exercise, does not appear in the product description.
- Product description says "super slinky", but packaging says "slinky". Which one is it?
- How is anybody supposed to tell your new hot product from the flats you had all along?
It is like you deliberately try to tank this launch.
Big Poppa
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We work with Amazon. It is a giant machine and we are a small string company.
They are calling it super slinky we are calling them slinky flatwounds.
Amazon's first bullet point "Super Bright Cobalt ribbon"
The bottom line on the package says "the worlds first and only cobalt flat"
THey have a different package, name and product number.
Other than that you got us we are trying to sabotage the launch.
They are calling it super slinky we are calling them slinky flatwounds.
Amazon's first bullet point "Super Bright Cobalt ribbon"
The bottom line on the package says "the worlds first and only cobalt flat"
THey have a different package, name and product number.
Other than that you got us we are trying to sabotage the launch.
uOpt
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You should really have a look at how your launched product shows up.
Musiciansfriend is even worse than Amazon. Sure, Amazon has every single cobalt flat product mixed up wrt picture, gauge, model number and title. But hey compared to MF that still looks pretty darn good.
At least Amazon is smart enough to include the product description in search term matching, so searching for "ernie ball cobalt flat" actually returns flat cobalts. On MF that search does not, thanks to you keeping "cobalt" out of the product title and MF doing a title match only.
No, they don't scan your product packaging picture to OCR out the "cobalt" string you have hidden down in that subtitle in the graphics.
Ironically going through Google product search toward MF does work after all thanks to Google search being smarter than MF search.
Musiciansfriend is even worse than Amazon. Sure, Amazon has every single cobalt flat product mixed up wrt picture, gauge, model number and title. But hey compared to MF that still looks pretty darn good.
At least Amazon is smart enough to include the product description in search term matching, so searching for "ernie ball cobalt flat" actually returns flat cobalts. On MF that search does not, thanks to you keeping "cobalt" out of the product title and MF doing a title match only.
No, they don't scan your product packaging picture to OCR out the "cobalt" string you have hidden down in that subtitle in the graphics.
Ironically going through Google product search toward MF does work after all thanks to Google search being smarter than MF search.
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It's great to see these are available through Amazon. Thanks for opening up this channel, BP.
Now, as a diehard fanboy, I only us OEM strings on my Musicman instruments. 2834s for the 4 strings. 2836 for the 5 string. I'd like to change over one of my Stingrays (4 string) to these new cobalts flats. Which set, of the three offered, does the manufacturer recommend? Which is the closest match to the 2834s?
Thanks, and I'm really looking forward to playing these new strings.
tbone
Now, as a diehard fanboy, I only us OEM strings on my Musicman instruments. 2834s for the 4 strings. 2836 for the 5 string. I'd like to change over one of my Stingrays (4 string) to these new cobalts flats. Which set, of the three offered, does the manufacturer recommend? Which is the closest match to the 2834s?
Thanks, and I'm really looking forward to playing these new strings.
tbone
Orangejulius3
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I just ordered some for both my 5 strings fretted and my 4 string fretless.
I can't wait to test these out.
I can't wait to test these out.
stu42
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Okay...I finally got a set on order. My dealer had no idea what I was talking about because Cobalt is not in the description. I gotta admit, the name for these new strings is not entirely intuitive. The round-wound cobalt strings are called "Cobalt Slinky..." so I expected these would be called the same thing but with "Flat" in the name since the Cobalt is one of the main things that makes them unique. For people who are in a hurry, or want to identify something quickly in a display, or even just to talk about the product, it would help to have Cobalt in the name or in bold letters on the package. Just my two cents.
Anyway...I'm definitely looking forward to getting them. I'm sure they will be awesome!
Anyway...I'm definitely looking forward to getting them. I'm sure they will be awesome!
