|  | | 
02-05-2007, 02:26 PM
|  | The only bona fide cure for G.A.S. is more gear! | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Omaha, NE | | | To all you flatwound guys...
Sign in to disble this ad
...I just bought my first set of flats ever. I got some D'Adarrio Chromes. They definitely feel/sound different from roundwound strings. I like 'em so far, but it's far too early to make an educated decision.
Just curious as to what kinda flats everyone is palying. |
02-05-2007, 02:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Moorpark CA | | | I've got LaBella/Carvin flats on one fretless and Nylon tapewound flats on another. I prefer the sound from the Nylons but the other ones sound great too.
__________________
What if forensics finds the answers? What if they stole my fingerprints? Where did I leave my book of matches? We'll find you. We'll find you.
|
02-05-2007, 02:41 PM
|  | Registered User
Endorsing Artist: see profile | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: toms_river.nj.us | | | LaBella Deep Talkin Bass Flats on my Benavente 5 string, SIT Powerflats on my Destroyer. |
02-05-2007, 02:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: West Richland, WA | | TI Jazz Flats...
...on a Korean Squire II Precision.
Deeeeeeeelicous! 
Joe. |
02-05-2007, 03:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lakeland, FL | | | TI Jazz flats on my Jazz bass! I love the sound and feel. |
02-05-2007, 03:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Carbondale, IL | | | I have had a set of D'addario Chromes on for about a year and a half and I am hard pressed to try a different string.
The reasons? Well, the chromes come in smaller gauges offering less tension than other flats I have tried. I like their feel and sound. I have tried LaBella and Fender flats and do not care for the feel of them. I had played roundwounds exclusively for 15 years. I would like to try the nylon flats, but on a bass in a store so I would not potentially waste my money.
I came across D'addario Chromes by playing them on a '61 reissue P Bass at Corner Music in Nashville, TN. I immediately felt like "Hey, this is a set of flats I can see myself using."
The chromes on my Ernie Ball Music Man are really surprising. They really even and round off the sound.
I have not played any Thomastik strings.
My favorite rounds are DR nickel lo-riders by the way. Grand piano sounding.
I should be receiving my Godin A4 fretless tomorrow and will be putting chromes on it. |
02-05-2007, 04:21 PM
| | | | DR highbeam flats, sooooo smoove |
02-05-2007, 06:13 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lansing, Michigan | | | Im trying some Fender 9050M's and they are bright as all get out. I have a mellow slap tone and thick fingerstyle tones with a nice shimmer, which easily rolls right off with a twist of the tone control.
P-Bass heaven.
__________________
"But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:" Matthew 6:20
|
02-05-2007, 06:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Leesburg, VA | | | Chromes on my MIM P Bass and MIM Fretless Jazz.
The Jazz had the Fender flatwounds on it and I didn't like those at all. Love the Chromes though!
__________________
Silvertone P Bass (for sale)
Last edited by vcs700s : 02-05-2007 at 08:35 PM.
|
02-05-2007, 06:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: San Carlos, CA | | | TI Jazz Flats on my G & L ASAT
__________________
Lefty Union Member #16 • G&L Club Member #9 • Marshall Amp Club #25 • Mediocre Bassist Club #134
|
02-05-2007, 06:38 PM
| | | | I've got Ken Smith Slickrounds, which are essentially flats, on my Dillion '51 P-Bass copy. They sound real nice. |
02-05-2007, 06:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lincoln, NE | | Quote:
Originally Posted by portaflexer  ...I just bought my first set of flats ever. I got some D'Adarrio Chromes. They definitely feel/sound different from roundwound strings. I like 'em so far, but it's far too early to make an educated decision.
Just curious as to what kinda flats everyone is palying. | You know what's funny?
You are just down the road and I just bought my first set of flats (on saturday) and they were also D'addario Chromes...
Must be this cold weather that has us experimenting here in NE. |
02-05-2007, 06:48 PM
| | Notes we play > Gear we play them on | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Wisconsin | | | TI Flats on my Fender Precision. A match made in heaven! |
02-05-2007, 07:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: self banned from talkbass.... | | | Chromes. |
02-05-2007, 09:27 PM
|  | prefers electric miles davis | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by portaflexer ...I just bought my first set of flats ever. I got some D'Adarrio Chromes. They definitely feel/sound different from roundwound strings. I like 'em so far, but it's far too early to make an educated decision.
Just curious as to what kinda flats everyone is palying. | good decision. i used to love my chromes (im a roundwound guy now). |
02-05-2007, 09:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Millcreek Township, UT | | TI Jazz Flats on my Ric.
Bit clanky at first, but after breaking in... mid-rangy, yet oh-so mellow... 
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by Kwesi Atoz, forever the inside spoon. | Rickenbacker #19, Mediocre Bassist #3, Mark Wilson Fail #Onion
|
02-05-2007, 09:45 PM
|  | I fling carrots | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Make a left at the Taco Bell | | Quote:
Originally Posted by fender_mod ...smoove. | "Smoove"... Hahahaha
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by MatticusMania Strange to say it... but Perry is a man who understands. | Quote:
Originally Posted by macaroni tony Back in the day, I thought I was hard. I think we all know I was pretty much lying to myself | |
02-05-2007, 09:55 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada | | | ti jazz flats on my stingray
it calms down that hifi stingray top end. makes it more mellow, more midrangey and to me seems more musical sounding. cuts through great with my band. and chromes are great too man. good luck with those.
__________________
"If you can't feel it you can't play it"
Fender Roadworn Jazz Bass
Gallien Krueger MB500
SWR Triad Cabinet
Avatar neo 4x10 cabinet
|
02-05-2007, 10:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Hidalgo,Texas | | | Flat-footed.
Fender medium flats on my Fender Fretless,because:
-Roundwound would chew up the fingerboard.
-The tone has less definition(which I like for Blues).
-My right hand fingers seem to attack flats differently,and again seem to work better for a Blues feel.
I am not doctrinaire about this;I have roundwounds on my Squier P-bass and my Yahama RBX375.
GaGa |
02-06-2007, 02:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Minnesota | | Fender 9050ML Flatwounds on my Reggie Hamilton.  | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off | | | |
