brightest flats

[harpguy74]

who makes the brightest flats? my only experiance is chromes and ghs brite flats

[ugly_bassplayer]

bright & flats are words that don't go together in my book.

[Deaky]

Roto Jazz 77 flats are brighter than your typical flatwound. I have them on 2 of my basses and they sound great.

[SLaPiNFuNK]

D'Addario Chromes and Rotosound Jazz 77's... DR Hi-Beam flats have a bit of high end presence as well..

GH Brite-Flats are technically "Ground Wounds" or "Half Rounds" since they started as Round Wounds and were ground into a flat surface.

[scotch]

Yup, Chromes stay fairly 'bright' once broken-in. Still, they settle into a decidedly 'mellow' tonal profile (in my opinion). Its like the true highs are scooped out, but there's still some of the high-mids that allow for great note definition in a thumpy string!

Those Monel Steel Rotosounds are the brightest flats I've used- almost not flat sounding! They stay bright-sounding for a long time, too.

[LAG]

Ernie Ball flats are pretty bright.

[AmadeusXeno]

I have Rotosound flats on my fretless. Almost 3 years old now and still brighter then most flats.

[odin70]

Rotosound

[Liam Wald]

Same guys who make the flattest brights!

[J-O]

Try the Rotosounds. They are great strings, although you should be aware that they are very stiff/high tension. They are very bright for flats.

[milo]

FENDER flatwound:
Fender® Products

[Systolic]

I was under the impression that around here the consensus was that Chromes are basically as bright as a flat goes without being a groundwound.

[SBsoundguy]

Chromes. The do an excellent Steve Harris tone on a P bass.

[BeanzCorp]

Originally Posted by Liam Wald

Same guys who make the flattest brights!

LOLOL

[brandau]

Tapewounds have a flat wrap and feel flat but are much brighter than metal flats... Just picked up set of fender tapes for $15!

[PBnJBassist]

D'Addario Chromes & Rotosound 77s. For a brighter touch, I'd lean towards the 40-60-80-100 set from either brand. The tension others mention shouldn't be a bother if you're shooting for those said gauges. I recommend D'Addario Chromes, though. With the tone knob maxed, the Chromes offer more growl and roundwound flavor (if you will) than the Roto 77s. The Rotos, from my experience, have a distinct sound to them which almost seems "flat." It is as though they are like a jack-of-all-trades kind of flatwound where they excel in no particular field, and yet, are able to do everything within reasonable amounts. I probably got a bad set though (at the time) so don't take my account of Rotos to heart.

[lowendfriend]

Originally Posted by J-O

Try the Rotosounds. They are great strings, although you should be aware that they are very stiff/high tension. They are very bright for flats.

I'd recommend to never use Rotosound flats on an acoustic bass....it's just too much tension for a glued on bridge. My EAB bridge and top bubbled when I put on Roto's.

[barebones]

Another happy RotoSound user here. Bright and long lasting.

[JimmyM]

Believe it or not, I just discovered that Labellas are very bright, though in a thumpy way. They go dead rather quickly but they have a very bright high end that doesn't go away. But if you mean bright like rounds, the closest flat to that I've used are by far the TI Jazz Flats. I hated them, but those who use them love them like religion.

[jmattbassplaya]

Originally Posted by JimmyM

Believe it or not, I just discovered that Labellas are very bright, though in a thumpy way. They go dead rather quickly but they have a very bright high end that doesn't go away. But if you mean bright like rounds, the closest flat to that I've used are by far the TI Jazz Flats. I hated them, but those who use them love them like religion.

I dunno if I'd consider TI's super bright sounding. They just have a presence to them that makes them very 'clear and clean' sounding in comparison to most darker sounding flats. They also seem to lack in the low end and low mids department, which makes them sound brighter than they really are.

I actually just took the TI's I had on my P off and threw on a new set of Chromes. The Chromes basically sound like rounds straight out of the package, but with less grind and more thump. They also emphasize their low end and low mids a lot more than the TI's, so they sound more like traditional flats but with some modern, round sparkle on top.