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10-18-2009, 05:32 PM
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I'm about to buy some flats because I really love the tone of them that I hear, but one thing is holding me back. Has anyone here owned a B string flatwound? Was it very muddy and uneven?
My bass has a 35" scale and the gauge of the string I'm getting is 135 so tension won't be a problem, but how do you all think the bass will stand up clarity wise?
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10-18-2009, 05:48 PM
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Endorsing Artist: see profile | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: toms_river.nj.us | | | just knowing the 35" scale is not nearly enough info to judge how it'll sound with flats.
That said, I have a 5 string with LaBella Deep Talkin Bass Flats that has a killer B (34" scale). I went that route from playing another TBers 6 string that was strung with them.
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10-18-2009, 05:52 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sacramento, CA | | | I have a Pedulla Rapture 5 strung with D'Addario Chromes. No issues here. It's even a 34" scale. If you're worries about it, try buying a single B flatwound and try it. If you don't like it, you won't be out $40+.
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10-18-2009, 06:27 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Woodland Hills, California | | | Chromes on my 5 String Sadowsky (active jazz, 34"). Great B string, actually better than the DR LowRiders I had on it before. |
10-18-2009, 06:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan | | | I had Chromes on my Squier Affinity Jazz V. They sounded pretty good. I don't know, the jury is still out on this one... I'll probably try them a third time because I really enjoy flats. I play church music, so we'll see. But the B sounds really fat, which is a good thing. Try it out!
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10-18-2009, 06:33 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Cambridge, MA | | | I never had success with flat strings and a B string. The B string always sounded dead to me, it just produced a thump with absolutely no sustain.
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10-18-2009, 06:37 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: CO | | | The TI Flat B is a great B. |
10-18-2009, 06:42 PM
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Managing Editor, Bass Guitars Editor, MusicGearReview.com | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA | | | TI or Lakland Joe Osborne flats both sound great. However, they JOs must go through the bridge. TIs can go through the body.
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10-19-2009, 08:16 AM
|  | Registered User | | | | | Well, it will sound like flats. Whether or not that is described as muddy or not is a matter of personal preference.
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10-19-2009, 08:18 AM
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10-19-2009, 08:25 AM
| | | | I did a gig recently using la bella flat wound strings on a EB Stingray 5. The last time I used these was about 25 years ago.
At the start of the gig I missed the top end a bit, but by about half way through I really got into it.
Immense low end, as you would expect. The sound sits really well with other instruments.
They were a bit strange on double stops as the lower harmonics are very pronounced on the higher notes.
I would say that there is a more even response (less difference in tone between the B and the other strings) with these la bellas in comparison to round wound strings.
Flat wound strings are always going to have a lot less top end than round wound unless you boost it with eq. but even then they sound very different. |
10-19-2009, 08:32 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Ontario | | | I have heard of players who will use a roundwound B string with a set of flats for the rest.
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10-19-2009, 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by smeet Chromes on my 5 String Sadowsky (active jazz, 34"). Great B string, actually better than the DR LowRiders I had on it before. | Glad to hear this. I have a G&L 1505 fretless on it's way to me and it is strung with Chromes. This will be my intro to flats on a 5. Boom boom boom boom...  | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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