famous bass players on flats - Page 6

Bassmickeyd · #**101** 09-29-2009, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Burg

Pretty much everyone who played bass before roundwound strings came onto the market in '62.

Not that I doubt you but....... I think roundwounds went really on the market and available to purchase till about 72. .... Though, they could have and most likely were developed in the early 60's.

mmmmm_funky! · #**102** 09-30-2009, 04:50 PM

I nearly puked when jamerson didn't get mentioned till post#7 poor form TB

Beefbass · #**103** 09-30-2009, 08:17 PM

Billy Joel's bass player from 1975-1990 used Ernie Ball flatwounds, according to a BP magazine article.

Cyber Soda · #**104** 09-30-2009, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by tplyons

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.

Yeah, and James Jamerson.

cgnortheast · #**105** 09-30-2009, 09:01 PM

Did anyone say Mike Gordon from Phish? He uses flats and a pick. he's not one that people often think of as "famous" I suppose although phish are huge....very interesting sound, not my favorite...

groooooove · #**106** 09-30-2009, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by cgnortheast

Did anyone say Mike Gordon from Phish? He uses flats and a pick. he's not one that people often think of as "famous" I suppose although phish are huge....very interesting sound, not my favorite...

im pretty sure mike gordon is famous.

reed mathis of JFJO / tea leaf green, jazz with flats.

cgnortheast · #**107** 09-30-2009, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by groooooove

im pretty sure mike gordon is famous.

reed mathis of JFJO / tea leaf green, jazz with flats.

Mike Gordon is for sure famous...I guess my point is that his isn't a name that gets thrown around alot by bass players....

BritPicker · #**108** 09-30-2009, 09:23 PM

no longer interested in it rounds these days.

witchbass · #**109** 05-26-2011, 07:48 PM

chris chaney, janes addiction

Precision2564 · #**110** 02-07-2012, 04:34 AM

Pete Way of UFO sounds like he used flats in the early days.

addylewis · #**111** 02-07-2012, 04:55 AM

McCartney
Jamerson...

jason1980's · #**112** 02-07-2012, 11:51 PM

I like the sound Donald "Duck" Dunn and Steve Harris get on their flatwounds. Cliff Burton actually used flat wounds on Metallica's first album Kill em' All and I really dig his sound on that album.

Aurel · #**113** 02-08-2012, 03:08 AM

Owen Biddle, The Roots (TI's)

Bill Laswell

**countbassiedad** · #**114** 02-08-2012, 03:52 AM

I read somewhere that Roger Waters uses/used Roto77 flats which are very bright flats - similar to Daddario and Ernie Ball.

Like most of us, he probably used many different strings and basses, especially in the studio where a different song might call for a different setup.

I forget which one but one of their popular songs (maybe it was Hey You) uses a fretless bass in the studio version and David Gilmour plays it.

I'm sure someone will correct me on all this and that's fine. :-)

Buxtehude · #**115** 02-08-2012, 04:42 AM

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Originally Posted by BillMason

Hunh? Lots of players use flats exclusively. Many here on TB, and many well-known recording artists.

It said famous people. Not TBers. Hiding