GHS 3050M Flatwound

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Bass String Set

Flatwound
String gauges: .045 - .065 - .085 - .105
Long Scale Plus: 34", 35", 36"
Length of winding: 38"

Available since December 2009
Item number 240245
Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
String gauge 045 - 105
Material Steel
Scale Extra Long Scale
Number of strings 4

€45

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Great strings, warm focused tone!

TrEr 18.03.2019

I got these strings specifially for a Gretsch Broadcaster shortscale (that can't use shortscale strings due to the tail piece).

I had tried several different strings, rounds and flats, on this bass and always felt it was lacking something. I definitely liked it better with flats than rounds but it always sounded a bit muddy. Not that I wanted a brighter sound, just something a bit more focused.

I remembered using these GHS Precision Flatwounds a couple of years back on another bass and ended up preferring other flats that sounded fatter. But I had a feeling the Precision Flats with it's very focused fundementals could be perfect for the Gretsch. And they were!

I'm very happy with these strings on my Gretsch. They may not have the huge, fat sounds of something like LaBellas but the strong, focused fundamentals were perfect for the Gretsch.

Highly recommended if that's the sound you're looking for. They do take some time to break in though. The string to string balance/brightness is pretty poor straight out of the package. But once they break in they sound amazing.

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Serious old school flats

Anonymous 14.02.2022

Very percussive. Tight lows. Excellent full midrange. Low sustain, especially the e string. Didn't notice any intonation issues. Great feel, not as polished as la Bella's, but in a good way. Stiff feel, as you'd expect, but lower tension than some flats. If you want that old school chocolatey thump, but want more midrange than the classic la Bella's, these are for you. One complaint is that the e string is noticeably thumpier than the test of the set, this is kinda an old school flat thing though. The purple silks look nice. Not stupid coloured ball ends. Classic strings.

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Could have been great

John Ramsey 25.01.2018

I really love the sound, feel and tension of these strings and I would have gladly given them 5 stars if it wasn't for bad quality control. Of the 4 strings, 3 of them (E, A, D) have uneven wounding. The A and D have a few kinks in the wounding and the E has a couple of portions of a few centimeters that are uneven and rougher to the touch. Quite an unpleasant surprise on an otherwise nicely smooth string. I really wanted to like them but I'm not sure I'll be buying GHS flats again after this experience. That really is too bad because, otherwise, they really are great sounding, feeling strings. Maybe I just got a bad batch.
As a conclusion, buy expecting imperfections.

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Thumpy and vintage.

midrange_presence 08.07.2021

These are very distinctive flats which have pretty much zero break-in time. Right out of the pack they are dark, warm, thumpy and full. Absolutely none of that new-string zing, and immediately broken-in. Tension and feel wise they're amazing too, and despite the medium gauge feel just the right mid-point between flexible and stiff.

One point of note is that the E-string is noticeably more dead than the A, D and G strings. It's almost like the E-string is extra-aged... apparently the A, D and G eventually get that way also, but for the first few months you'll definitely notice that the E feels like it's from a different set of strings. For the most part when you're playing in band context it probably won't bother anyone, but it's a bit of a strange quirk about these which you should consider before buying.

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