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04-24-2009, 05:34 PM
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Has anyone ever tryed putting flats on a an active modern bass? I have a Traben Array Attack that i have thought about putting flats on. I'm just curious to know if anyone has ever tried this before.
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04-24-2009, 06:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Central Oregon | | | Flats are great on a modern active PUP bass
Hey Madmanbass,
I just put a set of D Addario Chromes(switched from DR Lowriders) on my graphite necked five string bass with bartolini PUP's and active pre.
I love the sound and feel. It will change the sound quite a bit. It will give you more thump, more pure bottom end, less top end sizzle. I would say try them and see if you like them.
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04-24-2009, 06:12 PM
|  | curiously looking back at what once was beautiful | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Oregon | | Got TI flats on my active fretless 5-string. It's growl-tastic. As a matter of fact, it's the one axe of mine that gets people to actually remark about the tone. 
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04-24-2009, 06:13 PM
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Endorsing Artist: see profile | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: toms_river.nj.us | | | I've got LaBella flats on an active modern 5 string |
04-24-2009, 06:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Perth Australia | | | i put a set of dean markley flats on my yamaha rbx 760II-A and it sounds amazing. active dual humbuckers.
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04-24-2009, 06:21 PM
| | | | Great, i think ill try some chromes pretty soon, thx
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04-24-2009, 08:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Dallas, TX | | | Fender flats on a deluxe Precision.
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04-24-2009, 08:33 PM
| | | | Daddario chrome flats on a G&L L2500 FL. Nice muted whack...
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04-26-2009, 01:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Cottage Grove, St. Paul suburb | | | Fender 9050's on an Audere equipped Bacchus J-Bass clone...beefy! |
04-26-2009, 01:59 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Savannah GA | | | I put flats on a Spector Euro 4 with EMG PJ set.. they sound amazing... I was shocked.
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05-05-2009, 12:41 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Littleton, CO | | | I have a set of Chromes on my MIM Active 5-String J...
...Mmmmm good!
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05-05-2009, 02:22 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Alexandria, VA | | | I'm gonna have to put some flats on my JO5 w/J-Retro pretty soon.
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05-05-2009, 09:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Columbus, Georgia | | | Ive got TI flats on my SR5 and EB flats on my Sterling.
LOVE the sound of those basses with flats!!!
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05-13-2009, 08:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Santiago, Chile | | | I own a Schecter bass, wich I love, and i'm seriously thinkin bout flating him, for a change. But, any ideas of how the sound might change? It's a basic emg-hz passive pup¡s with active dual band eq.
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05-13-2009, 09:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Canada | | | Running flats on my Schecter Stiletto Studio Five for two years now. Great tone, brings the thunder each time I play. |
05-13-2009, 09:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Lansing, MI | | | Its common to put flats on high-powered G&Ls, but only if you want to blast MASSIVE groove vibes at your audience.
I use Deep Talkers on my L2000 and can force people up to three miles away to get down with their funky selves.
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05-13-2009, 09:14 PM
|  | Let's play! | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Indy | | | I put TI jazz flats on my G&L L2000. Perfect!
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05-13-2009, 09:20 PM
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05-13-2009, 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by sebastian  Running flats on my Schecter Stiletto Studio Five for two years now. Great tone, brings the thunder each time I play. | That's exactly the anwer I was looking for. Guess I'll try some. Besides the famed D'addario Chromes, wich are impossible to find in this south side of the world, would you recommend T-I jazz flats for a modern active beast?
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05-13-2009, 10:03 PM
|  | Funkmaster of Fairmount | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Eugene, OR | | | I use nothing but flats on my fretless Kubicki (D'Addario Chromes) and its sounds fantastic. I still get a huge variety of tonal options, they feel great under my fingers, and my fingerboard looks as good as new.
I also use them (Status flats, in this case) periodically on my fretted Steinberger XL2A which, although 25 years old, is about as modern as a bass gets (all graphite with active EMGs and an HAZ Labs preamp). It is as punchy and percussive as all get out, especially with a pick. It is not as versatile as when I have it strung with rounds, but when it sounds right, it sounds amazing and not quite like anything else.
If you want to develop your own sound and not just sound like everyone else, it might be something you should try to see if you can make it work.
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