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11-28-2007, 08:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: COLORADO | | | D'Addario Chromes on my Jazz
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I just finished installing a set of chrome flats on my MIM Jazz Deluxe.
I took off some GHS Boomers, strings that I have been a fan of for a long time.
Man, I should have done this a long time ago!
Right now I am a very happy man. 
I had to re setup the whole thing but it is totally worth it. The only thing I can say about the sound is "as smooth as melted Butter"!
I'm gonna go play it some more! |
11-28-2007, 09:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cambridge, MA | | | Congrats! I had the same feeling when I first switched to flats. I always felt my bass tone was too "sproingy", and when I switched I realized that flats were the bass tone I always heard in my head. |
11-30-2007, 04:14 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Lehigh Valley Area, PA | | | I'll be doing the same within the week. |
11-30-2007, 06:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Boise, ID USA | | | Another fan of flats on a Jazz here. I ran roundwounds on my Jazz ever since the disco era. When I switched to flats a couple years ago--I was hooked. It was the sound I always wanted. I think rounds are better for disco and slap, only. |
11-30-2007, 07:18 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: CO | | | TI flats on my 61 J or the sheeeeet the best GAS dreams are made of. |
11-30-2007, 07:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Mudsock,Ohio | | | I've always said that rounds make it sound like a piano anyways.
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12-02-2007, 10:46 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: MO, south of St. Louis | | | I have EB flats on my MIM Jazz and love them. Smooth, warm, easy to play. You can crank the bridge PU and still get a "nasty" sound. I have an Ibby SR500 I'm debating to put flats on it too.
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12-02-2007, 05:17 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Apex, NC | | I too recently made the change to Chromes on 05 Am Jazz w/ the Audere Pre-Amp and my 62RI......WOW! I am so happy with my tone now! Congrats!!!
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12-03-2007, 07:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: conditional upon harmonic Hz | | Very subjective isnt it. I put a set of Chromes on since my last set of DR low riders are spent. Yuck. No growl. No throat. Harmonics are muted. I dont play disco either.  Nickle rounds for me.
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12-03-2007, 06:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Zealand | | | I have chromes on my Fretless Jazz
I think it is quite lovely
smooth goodness
it makes you want to play
and that is always a good thing. |
12-03-2007, 07:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: COLORADO | | | Subjective? Of course!
Everyone has their likes and dislikes.
I still have my "other" bass strung with rounds so I have options, but I haven't even touched it since making the swap on my jazz.
Like foal30 said:
it makes me want to play, and thats a good thing! |
12-03-2007, 08:47 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | | I am a rounds guy completely but having a P bass strung with D'Addario Chromes in the arsenal should be compulsary for every bassist.
Flats on a J sound nice but flats on a P sound incredible. 
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12-04-2007, 04:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newcastle England | | | ive got d'addario flats on my fretted squier jazz, and rotosound flats on my fretless squire P. i have found that they are too tight and havnt got enough give on them, makes them arkward to play. sound wise they are alright but i do prefer round wounds. ive got them on me Squier vm fretted jazz and its just right for me. mabye a better guitar brings out the best in flatwound strings,orive just had two bad packs of strings?
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12-04-2007, 07:31 AM
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Actually, I just put a big ol' set of Chromes (50-105) on my fretted Squier VM Jazz last night. Sounds great! And the beauty of flats is that they obviously sound better as time goes on...
Normally being a jazz/rounds guy myself, the higher tension takes a bit of getting used to (especially that .050 G string), but the tone you get is well worth it.
To sum it up (said in my best Samuel L. Jackson voice):
"I got muthaf**kin' FLATS on a muthaf**kin' JAZZ!" 
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12-06-2007, 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by nortonrider  I just finished installing a set of chrome flats on my MIM Jazz Deluxe.
I took off some GHS Boomers, strings that I have been a fan of for a long time.
Man, I should have done this a long time ago!
Right now I am a very happy man.
I had to re setup the whole thing but it is totally worth it. The only thing I can say about the sound is "as smooth as melted Butter"!
I'm gonna go play it some more! | What gague are you running? I'm thinking either chromes super soft or La Bella deep Talkin' flats, but the low tension has me leaning towards the chromes. Also how do they sound compared to Fender flats or the TI flats?
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12-06-2007, 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Baird6869 I am a rounds guy completely but having a P bass strung with D'Addario Chromes in the arsenal should be compulsary for every bassist.
Flats on a J sound nice but flats on a P sound incredible. | +1
We should have a 'Chromes on a P' club |
12-06-2007, 09:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Blimp City | | Quote:
Originally Posted by BuffaloBass Very subjective isnt it. I put a set of Chromes on since my last set of DR low riders are spent. Yuck. No growl. No throat. Harmonics are muted. I dont play disco either. Nickle rounds for me. |  Eh? You do know chromes are flats right? You wanted growl, throat from Chromes? No wonder you dont like em. If nickel rounds are what you were used to playin Chromes would be like mush next to em. Flats are muted to a degree and Chromes are one of the brightist flats on the market.
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12-06-2007, 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by butchblack What gague are you running? I'm thinking either chromes super soft or La Bella deep Talkin' flats, but the low tension has me leaning towards the chromes. Also how do they sound compared to Fender flats or the TI flats? | ECB82 - .050 - .105 (still digging 'em) |
12-06-2007, 09:38 PM
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12-06-2007, 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by nortonrider I just finished installing a set of chrome flats on my MIM Jazz Deluxe.
I took off some GHS Boomers, strings that I have been a fan of for a long time.
Man, I should have done this a long time ago!
Right now I am a very happy man.
I had to re setup the whole thing but it is totally worth it. The only thing I can say about the sound is "as smooth as melted Butter"!
I'm gonna go play it some more! | I just swapped out the Lo-Riders on my MIM active Deluxe for a nicely broken-in set of Chromes after reading this thread. I might end up liking this arrangement.
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