|  | | 
02-12-2008, 01:44 AM
| | | | famous bass players on flats
Sign in to disble this ad
hey guys,
Well, this is my first post. I've looked over the forum and since I haven't found such topic and decided to bring forth my curiosity, being a fan of flatwound.
Who are the famous players who choose flatwound to their sound those days, specially on fretted basses?
Regards! 
Last edited by lockedlx : 02-12-2008 at 02:00 AM.
|
02-12-2008, 02:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Austria , Villach | | | Ben Kenney of Incubus |
02-12-2008, 07:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Stockholm, Sweden | | | Steve Harris - Iron Maiden |
02-12-2008, 07:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Leesburg, Florida | | | Joe Osborn.
__________________
Classically Untrained Bassist, Infidel
|
02-12-2008, 08:03 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Czech | | | Meshell Ndegeocello |
02-12-2008, 09:17 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Central Illinois | | | Ben Shepherd of Soundgarden (Dean Markleys)
Phil Lynot of Thin Lizzy (Rotosounds)
Roger Waters of Pink Floyd (Rotosounds)
Carol Kaye (TI's)
Flea (GHS flats)
I'm sure there are a ton of famous bass players who use flats on and off again. |
02-12-2008, 09:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Las Vegas | | | well......um........the dude that did the Motown stuff...........
__________________
I spend 90% of my money on women, booze, guns & guitars~ the rest I just waste. |
02-12-2008, 09:32 AM
| | | | I would bet that the number of players who use flats exclusively, is much much smaller than the number of players who use flats occasionally. And many players who were known at one time for using flats, have long since moved to primarily rounds.
__________________
Luckydog
|
02-12-2008, 09:41 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | | Jamerson, of course.
Joe Osborn
Roger Waters
Steve Harris...
It'll usually be the same names coming up again and again. I prefer flats to rounds, but they just don't quite work everywhere, tonally, IMO. Depends on the music, and not so much what I'd been playing lately.
__________________
- Timothy P. Lyons
Your Neighborhood Friendly Candyman
|
02-12-2008, 09:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Bolton, U.K. | | | Pretty much everyone who played bass before roundwound strings came onto the market in '62. |
02-12-2008, 10:10 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada | | | Andy Hess
__________________
Dynamics? I'm playing as loud as I can!
|
02-12-2008, 10:23 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Los Angeles | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike Shevlin  well......um........the dude that did the Motown stuff........... | 
And the other dude, Mr. Babbitt |
02-12-2008, 10:54 AM
| | | | wow nice, i sure didnt know about all those guys on flats |
02-12-2008, 11:05 AM
| | | | Tim Commerford, Rage Against The Machine. |
02-12-2008, 11:12 AM
|  | Registered User | | | | | Pino Palladino must be included. |
02-12-2008, 03:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Jersey Shore, USA | | | Don't forget 'Family Man'!
__________________
"People don't notice what I'm doing...until I stop doing it."
Spector Club #13, Blue Bass Club #13, NJ Bassists Club #98, Bassists w/ Beards Club #66
|
02-12-2008, 11:29 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | Tim Commerford really? wow. Who knew(not me) |
02-12-2008, 11:42 PM
| | | Quote:
Originally Posted by rochishin Tim Commerford really? wow. Who knew(not me) | same here... more like a SS guy
and I think Flea has a GHS roundwound signature...
Last edited by lockedlx : 02-12-2008 at 11:59 PM.
|
02-13-2008, 12:17 AM
| | | | flats
John Paul Jones, Sir Paul, Noel Redding all rotosounds? Just guessing. I will be interested in what JPJ will be playing if there's a ZEP tour in the works. |
02-13-2008, 08:03 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Northwest Indiana | | | In Bass Player, didn't JPJ say he quit using flats in his session days and has used rounds ever since?
__________________
Fender MIA Club #156 - GK Club #226 -- Fender Am. Dlx Jazz V->Pedals->GK 700rb-II->GK 410SBX Plus/76 Bassman 50->Ampeg 1x15 Cab
| | 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 | | | |
