Is anyone else as excited about Cobalt flats as I am?

[bassmonkeee]

Winter NAMM 2015: Ernie Ball Slinky Flatwounds

Please be available in five strings.

Please be available in five strings.

Please be available in five strings.

 

[Bass Control]

I'm excited for the Cobalt Flats too. And yes, it looks like they are coming in 5 strings! Check it out!

Ernie Ball | Bass Strings - Flatwound 5 String Slinky Bass

Hoping they make a C .032 string in the Cobalt Flats!

 

[bassmonkeee]

Awesome. I can't wait. Two Bongos will be getting set up with these.

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

They feel great! Slinky like a round wound but smooth like a flat.

 

[Golem]

Well NOW I'm as excited as you are. Just one
minute ago, I didn't even know they existed !

 

[nervous]

If this statement is accurate then absolutely. Will certainly try a set on my fretless for starters. Only half loving the feel of the GHS Pressurewounds I have installed right now.

"Flatwound Bass strings are the first flat that actually feels like a flat and sounds like a round."

Looks like pre-order only at MF

Ernie Ball P02816 Slinky Flatwound 5-String Bass Strings | Musician's Friend

 

[liverbird]

Will definitely try these!

 

[tunaman4u2]

me too

 

[drTStingray]

The rounds are great. Can't wait to try the flatwounds.

 

[five7]

all right, going to have to try a set also. loving the cobalts on my sterling.

 

[Moose308]

The downside to playing flats is that I don't have a lot of opportunity to try new strings. I only change them once every 10 years or so.

 

[stu42]

Well NOW I'm as excited as you are. Just one
minute ago, I didn't even know they existed !

Hahaha....my thought exactly. Can't wait to check them out!! Judging from when the first Cobalt rounds came out, I suspect I'll have to order them as I'm guessing the local retailers won't even know they exist for a while.

 

[nurnay]

I'm intrigued with a fretless Ray on the way. /grabs popcorn

 

[Golem]

The downside to playing flats is that I don't have a lot of
opportunity to try new strings. I only change them once
every 10 years or so.

Same dilemma here ... but mebbe you need to think just a
tiny bit more creatively. See, this is the perfect moment to
acquire another bass, one that needs strings ?

 

[sanderhermans]

Same dilemma here ... but mebbe you need to think just a
tiny bit more creatively. See, this is the perfect moment to
acquire another bass, one that needs strings ?

That is the way i see it... never enough basses.

 

[keko]

Is there any demo video of new cobalt flats???

I'm pretty interested to try one 5 strings set, especially when I saw this official recension:

Gauges .045 .065 .080 .100 .130

Ernie Ball Slinky Flatwound Bass Strings combine the smooth feel of traditional flats and the modern power of Cobalts. Featuring a SuperBright Cobalt Ribbon wrap, Cobalt Underwraps and optimal hex-core to wrap ratio, the new Flatwound Bass strings are the first flat that actually feels like a flat and sounds like a round.

 

[Movielife]

Any idea on tension? I use Group III's on certain basses and they seem just about right.

 

[bassmonkeee]

Same dilemma here ... but mebbe you need to think just a
tiny bit more creatively. See, this is the perfect moment to
acquire another bass, one that needs strings ?

"But, honey--the strings on all of my basses were too new. I HAD to buy a new bass for these strings. It would have been wasteful, otherwise!"

 

[tunaman4u2]

the new Flatwound Bass strings are the first flat that actually feels like a flat and sounds like a round.

Interesting... why do we want flats to sound like rounds?

 

[bassmonkeee]

Maybe people want a round that feels like a flat?

I like both rounds and flats. I will always love the sound of a nice dead flatwound string. But, I'm definitely curious to see what these bring to the table. The roundwound Cobalts instantly became my favorite roundwound strings. I want to see how that translates to a flatwound.