Flat rounds or round wounds?

andybb1500 · #1 06-20-2008, 06:51 AM

ive got a yamaha bb1500a and am looking to get new string for it, my question is should i choose flat wounds or roundwounds, i know ben kenney uses flatwounds and im looking for that sort of tone, playing alot of rock and funk stuff my question is though would flatwounds still be good for bass solo's (harmonics etc) like some jaco stuff. As i dont know much about flat wounds some help woudl be much appreciated

thanks

Dave Muscato · #2 06-20-2008, 07:03 AM

Well, Jaco's tone is pretty much based on the idea of roundwounds on a fretless Jazz, with a marine epoxy coating on the fingerboard (so as to prevent the rounds from chewing it up). Different world altogether from Ben's flats-on-a-fretted-Jazz sound.

Sounds like you need two basses

andybb1500 · #3 06-20-2008, 03:21 PM

thanks for the reply, yeah thatd be good except one thing, im 15 and havent even payed my dad for my first bass hahaha. maybe ill just stick with these strings until they break haha, im pretty sure theyre the original strings the bb1500a came with. besides the red bits at the top make it look nice haha and sorry for my noobiness with strings haha but thats why i posted