SETS - BASS BRITE FLATS™

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SETS - BASS BRITE FLATS™

GHS Strings Brightness Bar for Bass Guitar Strings

GHS Strings Brite Flats Bass Guitar Strings

When you are looking for “Motown with an Attitude,” GHS Brite Flats™ get the call. We take a highly magnetic nickel-iron alloy (Alloy 52), wind it over a hex core and then grind it smooth. This gives you a string that feels like a flatwound, but sounds closer to a roundwound with a mellow sound that is tightly defined.

Why Should You Play Brite Flats?

  • You want that vintage thump, but a brighter and more modern sound too
  • You want an edge to your dark tonality, to cut through "just enough"
  • You like tight definition and sustain with low action
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    SKU Set Gauges 1-G 2-D 3-A 4-E 5-B
    L3075 SETS - BASS BRITE FLATS™ - L3075 Set, Light (38" winding) 045-098 BF45 BF56 BF77 BF98
    M3075 SETS - BASS BRITE FLATS™ - M3075 Set, Medium (38" winding) 049-108 BF49 BF62 BF84 BF108
    M3075-5 SETS - BASS BRITE FLATS™ - M3075-5 Set, Medium, 5 String (38" winding) 049-129 BF49 BF62 BF84 BF108 BF129
    ML3075 SETS - BASS BRITE FLATS™ - ML3075 Set, Medium Light (38" winding) 052-103 BF52 BF65 BF84 BF103
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    Michael G.
    Michael G. wrote

    the medium-scale light gauge best fits a modern Hofner reissue, correct? or would the short-scale set be better?

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      deb v.
      deb v. wrote

      Thanks for checking in Michael, the medium scale is your best bet.

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        Matt C.
        Matt C. wrote

        I have really been through the wringer finding the right strings for my '81 Gibson RD Artist bass to set it up in BEAD. 34.5" scale, but juust under a 38" wind and throughbody bridge. I've tried Labella and then DR flatwounds--neither fit (I can make the DRs sort of work by shaving back the silk at the nut). Are the M3075-5 ACTUALLY a 38" wind? It turned out the DR Legends were actually like 37 1/4. Also, any issue with these and running throughbody? It's not a 90-degree angle, more like a 45.

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          deb v.
          deb v. wrote

          The M3075-5 set will work.  All strings are wound 38" from ball end to taper.  Installing through the body will not be a problem.

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            Jonathan Moody
            Jonathan Moody wrote

            What you are describing (pressure on the nut from the string) is a result of the angle of the string, and not the string itself. A headstock that isn’t properly designed with the angles for strings will have this issue, no matter what gauge you put on it. You’ll have a bigger problem with an improperly cut nut or a G string angle (as that string has typically more tension than the E). 

            Your concerns about breaking a nut are warranted. But, it’s not due to the string wrapping around the tuner. 

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              Jonathan Moody
              Jonathan Moody wrote

              Jovan, it will not cause issues with the nut or tuning stability. I've done it many times (either for testing or real-life gigging situations) and those concerns don't exist. It is the same concern people have with our Precision Flats (that are also 38" winding length), but they are just fine. 

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