Product Overview
Features
- Tin-plated plain steel trebles (E, B, G) — improved corrosion resistance and a slightly warmer, softer treble character than brass-plated versions
- Round wound pure nickel over a true round core — extra sustain and gentle treble response reminiscent of flatwounds
- Thin-diameter, unusually dense nickel winding retains warm jazz tone while extending into piano-like upper frequencies; silk-wrapped ends
Description
The Thomastik-Infeld BB114T is a tin-plated-treble variant of the medium BB114 Jazz Bebop set. The wound strings are identical to the standard BB114 — pure-nickel roundwound over a vintage-style round core of high-carbon steel, allowing the string to vibrate freely with no preferred motion axis for extra sustain and a gentler treble response than typical roundwounds. The unusually dense, thin-diameter nickel winding retains the warm jazz coloring while opening the top end into piano-like clarity. The difference lies in the plain E, B, and G trebles, which are tin-plated rather than brass-plated. The tin coating offers improved corrosion resistance and a slightly warmer, more sympathetic treble response, better matched to the mellow character of the wound strings below.
Bebop is Thomastik-Infeld's answer for the jazz player who wants the mellow midrange and controlled tension of a flatwound but with more articulation and sparkle. Silk-wrapped string ends secure the windings and extend playing life, and the set as a whole is supple, responsive, easy to play, and remarkably durable. At .014-.055, this is the heaviest gauge in the Bebop line — the traditional big-string choice for archtop players who want maximum acoustic projection, firm chord-comping authority, and the full-bodied low end that suits large-body hollowbodies and semi-acoustic jazz guitars best, now with a treble voice tuned to complement the pure-nickel low end. Made in Vienna to Thomastik-Infeld's century-old standards.
Specifications
- Brand: Thomastik-Infeld
- Model: BB114T
- Series: Jazz Bebop
- Instrument: Jazz Guitar (semi-acoustic / acoustic / electric archtop)
- Gauge: Medium (.014 .018 .022 .032 .040 .055)
- Plain Strings: Tin-plated steel (E, B, G)
- Wound Strings: Pure nickel round wound (D, A, Low E)
- Core: Round core (high-carbon steel)
- Winding: Round wound
- Silk End-Wrap: Yes
- Ball End: Yes
- Country of Origin: Austria
