2811 Power Slinky Flatwound Electric Bass Guitar Strings - .055-.110 Review

D string broke immediately

The D string broke during initial setup. I've played bass for 20 years and I think this is the second string I've ever seen break. I suppose this could have been user error as I wasn't excessively careful with it, but I've never needed to treat a bass string like a newborn baby before… It's a shame because the other 3 strings sounded great.

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Brightest flatwounds you're likely to hear

As a Billy Gould fan, I am decidedly a roundwound person, but there are times when I simply do not want all the string noise associated with them. On these occasions I find myself spending far more time than I care to surgically removing it with very expensive software with very mixed results. I tried these cobalts out and I don't imagine I'll be going back to rounds as long as… read more they remain on the market. You can watch YouTube videos of people demonstrating them to get a general feel for their timbre, but those are ultimately all on someone else's equipment and overcompressed by YouTube itself. To my ears, out of the package, they sound like roundwounds that have about two days worth of use on them. Unless you have a truly massive tone capacitor or ridiculously long cable indiscriminately sucking up all of your high end, it is unlikely that anyone would find themselves missing any of the sounds they know and love from roundwounds. It's really pretty remarkable what they've managed to do here with these. The downsides that I've found are all pretty much due to me preferring short scales and they are minor. Firstly, string tension is noticeably lower than rounds and, even with the heavier gauge, it's super easy to push the string into the pickup when palm muting, creating an unpleasant click when it contacts a pole piece. Secondly, the way they're wound can hang up on a nut really, really easily, and you may have to do a bit of minor file work to get rid of all the tink-tink-tink noises as you tune. Lastly, and most insignificantly, the colorful yarn on the ends just never works out on short scales. I cannot say that I noticed any real difference in output levels between these and the normal power slinkies. Honestly, apart from the way they feel and the lack of noise, I don't notice much difference at all. As with all cobalts, if you sweat a lot or live near the ocean, wipe your expensive strings down with a bit of mineral oil regularly. It's not nickel. It will rust.

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Excellent sound and feel

I have had these on my American Deluxe P bass for a few years and they sound amazing. Very bright sound that only mellows slightly with time. They have a fantastic feel, and have held up really well. I see no need to replace them unless they break. Highly recommend for anyone thinking about flats but not wanting to give up a bright tone.

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Flats that sound like rounds!!!!

Slapped these on my VM squire mustang bass and whoa had some la bella flats on em before and these sounded super bright round wound bright night and day difference. These strings are the roughest flats but you'll get used to the texture in minutes. Great bright tone on flats who would of known! The string ends are purple like the pack is so cool!

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