Flats or tapes?

[BassClef 2010]

Which has more upright tone?

[deliciouspesto]

tape, they can be very very woody sounding.

[SpamBot]

Which tastes more like steak, dirt or sand?

[Gopher Bob]

dirt

[SpamBot]

I hear there's a new Steak Simulator pedal that makes your dirt taste like steak!

[steelhead2]

great name for a band,there your steak lays cooked to a perfect medium rare,you havent ate since 7;15am AND,,the waitress dropped it because you pinched her behind

hey!,,,dirty steak is better than NO steak

(this is all an abstract i'm trying to find the effects section,Dirty Steak=yeah!

[dmusic148]

The honest answer is neither. But if you insist, tapes.

[pbass888]

Originally Posted by SpamBot

Which tastes more like steak, dirt or sand?

spambot is funny.... i say stuff like that to our friend we know as 'dillic' all the time... dillic stands for 'do i look like i care'... he a chillin rasta

id say my jazz plus w la bella 760 sounds woody and thumpy as any bass ive heard...but prolly not upright... so more like a wet muddy sandy steak

also check out dexplosion's posts on this site for sound clips which are very good on a p bass with all the diff types of strings

[fretlessguy]

Probably tapes but I like the sound of flats better.

Also, I prefer dirty pork to dirty steak. But.....with sand I'd prefer the pork. Steak is much more suited to dirt.

[newbold]

aah...upright tone. Don't forget the foam mute.

I play Trubass88s on my JazzV and find it's very very fat. Gristly.

Totally different beast with the mute. Especially with Envelope Phaser and OC-2.

[BarkSlayer]

I just took a set of tapes off my Jazz and replaced them with Fender 9050 stainless flats. I like the flats much better!

[One Drop]

I think Labella tapes can cop some of the vibe of an upright (everything is relative, of course), maybe more than flats.

I like the tone of Jamersons on a P, picked, ahead of the PUP. Surprisingly upright-like, moreso than fingerstyle, if you can get a good flattish clean tone from your amp.