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dumfuxx
Junior
Username: dumfuxx

Post Number: 29
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Saturday, August 05, 2006 - 3:59 pm:   Edit Post

Are T.I. Flats for fingerstyle exclusively or do they sound decent using your thumb? I play a lot of different styles and I was wondering how good it sounded. I am really attracted to the long life of the flats and I've already ordered some. Anyone thump the flats?
hb3
Intermediate Member
Username: hb3

Post Number: 141
Registered: 2-2005
Posted on Saturday, August 05, 2006 - 5:55 pm:   Edit Post

I think they take away your union card if you do that... ;)
tbrannon
Intermediate Member
Username: tbrannon

Post Number: 106
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Saturday, August 05, 2006 - 6:24 pm:   Edit Post

I slap my D'Addario Chromes- They certainly don't have the brightness of roundwounds, but they sound decent.

If I was playing music that required LOTS of slapping, I probably would switch to roundwounds. Don't know if that answers your question about TI's, but I do know I can get a decent slap tone out of my Chromes.
dela217
Senior Member
Username: dela217

Post Number: 699
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Saturday, August 05, 2006 - 7:44 pm:   Edit Post

Slapping with the Chromes is possible and a decent sound can be had. But to me, when slapping with a TI, it comes out kinda thin. I think that they are not made for slapping. They are just too tiny.
richbass939
Senior Member
Username: richbass939

Post Number: 689
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Saturday, August 05, 2006 - 9:19 pm:   Edit Post

Hey, DF! Maybe I haven't been reading the same threads that you have, but I haven't seen you around for awhile. IIRC you work on an offshore rig (is it still there?). Someone said that your town isn't where the hurricane hit hard so you probably didn't get wiped out. So, wazzup?
Rich
dumfuxx
Junior
Username: dumfuxx

Post Number: 30
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Sunday, August 06, 2006 - 3:20 pm:   Edit Post

my town survived last years hurricanes, and I work on several different rigs. None of the ones that I worked on were damaged, but I got re-assigned to a boat that is cutting up damaged rigs.
byoung
Advanced Member
Username: byoung

Post Number: 325
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Sunday, August 06, 2006 - 4:32 pm:   Edit Post

I put a set on my 6-string, and I slap them.

I not exactly talented when it somes to slap; mostly just octaves and stuff. The B & A strings and E & D sound better to me than rounds did.

With rounds, I couldn't ever get a tone that sounded okay fingerstyle and didn't sound too shrill on the pop.
dumfuxx
Junior
Username: dumfuxx

Post Number: 31
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Tuesday, August 08, 2006 - 12:42 am:   Edit Post

a little more info on the hurricanes,
I work for a rov company(remotely operated vehicles) and we are using the subs in conjunction with divers to dismantle destroyed rigs and making artificial reefs with the remains. You would not believe how these hurricanes twisted the rig structure into spaghetti. The fish have already moved in.

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