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02-21-2007, 09:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Morgantown, WV | | | flatwound for metal?
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alright, i am in a band that plays deathmetal, blackmetal, metalcore and iw as wanting to try out the d'addario XL Chromes, would these work well for the styles i play?
I play a Spector Performer 4DLX.
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Gear: Spector Performer 4-String, Maestro 800 Pro 6-String, Yorkville XM200 Combo Amp, Sunn 2x15 Cabinet, D'addario XL Chromes, Horizon/Whirlwind Cables.
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02-21-2007, 09:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: New York, N.Y. | | | i know a guy that gets great metal tone out of his warwick double buck corvette with chromes through an ampeg 4pro and 810
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02-21-2007, 09:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Morgantown, WV | | | i play through a Yorkville XM200 Combo and a Sunn 2x15 Cab, i'm looking at a 200 watt Traynor tube head right now though.
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Gear: Spector Performer 4-String, Maestro 800 Pro 6-String, Yorkville XM200 Combo Amp, Sunn 2x15 Cabinet, D'addario XL Chromes, Horizon/Whirlwind Cables.
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02-21-2007, 09:14 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Cave Passive Pedals | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Sydney, Oz | | | Chromes have plenty of zing with appropriate pickup selection (bridge rather than neck) and judicious use of EQ, so I don't see why they wouldn't work in a metal band.
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02-21-2007, 09:16 PM
|  | Remember 12/21/2012! ...it's my birthday! | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cheviot, OH | | | I'd say yeah. You won't get much, if any, grind or crunch but as long as you got enough lo-mids to punch through that wall of guitars then you'll be alright.
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02-21-2007, 09:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Brooklyn | | | Keep the sunn 2x15 and find yourself a nice old tube head! - or better find yourself an old traynor monoblock II - keep the flats and get yer grind!
in my opinion flats with a pick get THE perfect hardcore grind when plaing overdriven bass.
but that's just my opinion - some tube grind can't hurt either
I'm sure the Ox will chime in at some point.
Flats + my b1500 haven't failed me yet though!
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02-21-2007, 09:52 PM
| | | | Steve Harris uses flats but doesn't sound anything like it. |
02-21-2007, 10:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Morgantown, WV | | | i'm getting a 200watt Traynor tube head soon, it's an older model, used of course, but you can't go wrong with a tube head.
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Gear: Spector Performer 4-String, Maestro 800 Pro 6-String, Yorkville XM200 Combo Amp, Sunn 2x15 Cabinet, D'addario XL Chromes, Horizon/Whirlwind Cables.
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