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03-15-2006, 09:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Sebring, FL | | | Flats suggestions for a Jazz bass?
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Now that I have a P with rounds I need a Jazz with flats. 
I've been listening to Led Zeppelin lately, and I really love the huge tone that JPJ gets out of his jazz. What strings did John use? Labella flats?
Also, I might give in and see what all the TI Flats hype is about. How would you describe the tone of these strings? Anyone use them with a Jazz? If so, what pickups do you use in combination with the strings?
Thanks in advance!
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03-16-2006, 05:15 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: USA-Mineola | | | Believe it or not JPJ used rotosound strings on his Fender jazz in the early days. |
03-16-2006, 05:22 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Simi Valley CA | | TI jazz flats all the way 
I have em on my 68 P and my Sadowski UV70
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03-16-2006, 05:28 PM
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Endorsing Artist: John Doe Guitars | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Rochester, NY | | | Put the Rounds on the Jazz, and the flats on the Precision. |
03-16-2006, 06:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Sebring, FL | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by HMZ Believe it or not JPJ used rotosound strings on his Fender jazz in the early days. | Roto flats? I could have sworn I heard that he played Labellas. Quote: |
Originally Posted by midmoto TI jazz flats all the way
I have em on my 68 P and my Sadowski UV70 | I just cemented a deal with a guy for a lightly-used set of TIs. Can't wait! Quote: |
Originally Posted by Audiophage Put the Rounds on the Jazz, and the flats on the Precision. | I thought about this, but I want to try them out on the Jazz first. I have a killer set of (IIRC) Ernie Ball Slinkys(?) on the P and I'm love the tone I get out of the P.I'll experiment by switching strings around a coupla' times.
This is going to be my "Oldschool-with-flats" jazz. Later I'll get my "suped-up-modernish" jazz, most likely a DJ5. |
03-16-2006, 08:21 PM
| | run rabbit run | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Southern California | | | JPJ used rotosound roundwounds with zepellin. He had used flats in his session days but moved to roudns for more sustain and less thump. |
03-16-2006, 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by ArwinH JPJ used rotosound roundwounds with zeppelin. He had used flats in his session days but moved to roudns for more sustain and less thump. | What he said. |
03-16-2006, 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by ArwinH JPJ used rotosound roundwounds with zepellin. He had used flats in his session days but moved to roudns for more sustain and less thump. | Wow, My mistake then. Thanks for the tip! |
03-17-2006, 08:11 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Last House on the Block-Texas | | | I use Thomastik Jazz Flats on both my Classic 60's Jazz and MIM P. Love them on both. Not too thumpy, although I can certainly dial in enough thump to make almost any speaker flap. Nice meaty tone & I love the way they feel. |
03-17-2006, 11:12 AM
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Very decent flats, reatain quite a bit of brightness
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03-17-2006, 11:15 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Ventura, CA | | | Lakland and Sadowsky both private-label great sets of flats for J-basses, but for the JPJ sound use rounds and work with the amp EQ to get a big, round sound with muted highs. |
03-17-2006, 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by ebe9 D'Addario Chromes
Very decent flats, reatain quite a bit of brightness | I'll have to give these a try sometime, too. Can't wait for my TIs! |
03-18-2006, 10:23 PM
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03-18-2006, 10:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Valencia, CA 91354 | | | I heard that JPJ used nylon tapewounds...am I to take that as bunk?
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03-18-2006, 10:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Peter McFerrin I heard that JPJ used nylon tapewounds...am I to take that as bunk? | I don't remember exactly where I saw it, but I read an interview that JPJ did once about what strings he used. He said he switched to roundwounds during his session days, because they gave a punchier sound that flatwounds did.
Plus, if you watch the Song remains the same movie, look at his right hand during Black Dog(they pan in on it near the end)Those strings are definitely not tapewound-but admittedly, they do look like flats to me.
I guess JPJ knows though |
03-18-2006, 10:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Valencia, CA 91354 | | Well, it sounds damn good, whatever he used.
My favorite JPJ tone is his 8-string Alembic, though, as used on Presence. "Nobody's Fault but Mine" =
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