Slapping with T.I. Jazz Flats

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Author Message dumfuxx Junior Username: dumfuxx Post Number: 29 Registered: 1-2005 Posted on Saturday, August 05, 2006 - 3:59 pm:    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:    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:    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:    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:    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:    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:    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:    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.