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glocke
Senior Member
Username: glocke

Post Number: 433
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Sunday, August 31, 2008 - 6:25 am:   Edit Post

Anyone have any experience with these ? I found prices that range from 50-60 bucks up t 80 bucks for the pyramid gold flats.

Thats alot of money for strings....Are they really any "better" than TI flats?
chuck
Advanced Member
Username: chuck

Post Number: 226
Registered: 3-2005
Posted on Tuesday, September 02, 2008 - 12:17 pm:   Edit Post

I have used these for many years and would have no other.Dave played my elan at our N.C. gathering and liked them.Also John McVie uses them

Chuck..
chuck
Advanced Member
Username: chuck

Post Number: 227
Registered: 3-2005
Posted on Tuesday, September 02, 2008 - 12:17 pm:   Edit Post



(Message edited by chuck on September 02, 2008)
willgunn
Junior
Username: willgunn

Post Number: 22
Registered: 2-2007
Posted on Tuesday, September 02, 2008 - 3:38 pm:   Edit Post

I used to use the "Golds" back in the '70's (when they cost me $15/set!). They were the "brightest" sounding flatwounds I'd ever heard then, and, when used with a "sideways" vibrato action, actually "rolled" under my fretting fingers! Perhaps Chuck could comment as to if they still do THAT sort of thing!
chuck
Advanced Member
Username: chuck

Post Number: 228
Registered: 3-2005
Posted on Friday, September 05, 2008 - 6:48 am:   Edit Post

Will is right about the brightness of these strings.You can get almost any sound you want from jazz to rock or funkey.They are not typical of other flats.
Other advantages are no string noise,looonnnnng string life,silky smooth surface,sore fingers are a thing of the past,easy on your finger board and frets.

Chuck
funkyjazzjunky
Intermediate Member
Username: funkyjazzjunky

Post Number: 169
Registered: 5-2007
Posted on Friday, September 05, 2008 - 7:42 am:   Edit Post

Sounds like I need to try something new. Who makes pyramid gold flats?
juggernaught
Intermediate Member
Username: juggernaught

Post Number: 146
Registered: 3-2007
Posted on Friday, September 05, 2008 - 8:11 am:   Edit Post

i need to try these too. how is the low B for medium scales? (too long?)
chuck
Advanced Member
Username: chuck

Post Number: 229
Registered: 3-2005
Posted on Friday, September 05, 2008 - 8:51 am:   Edit Post

They are made by Karl Junger in West Germany.
I get mine from Chuck Levins Washington Music Center.
Last price was $56.95 w/free shipping.
Cannot comment on the low B as I have a 4 string

Chuck
southpaw
Advanced Member
Username: southpaw

Post Number: 203
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Saturday, September 06, 2008 - 7:25 pm:   Edit Post

For flat wounds strings I use Thomastik Infeld (TI's). TI's have much less tension than Pyramids but they may be too low of tension for some players. Pyramids are definately much higher tension strings. Another excellent choice for flat wounds is D'Addario Chromes. They are brighter sounding flats and come x-light, light & medium gauges, they also cost much less than Pyramids & TI's.
crgaston
Senior Member
Username: crgaston

Post Number: 468
Registered: 11-2005
Posted on Monday, September 08, 2008 - 7:07 am:   Edit Post

Greg,
Check your email.
hieronymous
Advanced Member
Username: hieronymous

Post Number: 397
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Monday, September 08, 2008 - 4:52 pm:   Edit Post

One thing I read a while ago is that the Pyramid flats used to be low tension, and that these were the strings used by Phil Lesh and Jack Casady. However, the formula for the Pyramids changed and the tension became much higher. It is also said by some that the TI Flats are much closer to the original Pyramids.

Unfortunately, I don't have any evidence to back this up, only internet hearsay!

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