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06-08-2007, 08:27 PM
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I am going out of town to a music store tomorrow and figured I would get some flat wounds for my bass player. We have always been really hard rock but we have toned down to more of a classic rock lately. He uses a P bass with a Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder. We tune down 1/2 step. What would be a good brand for us to go with? Thanks! |
06-08-2007, 08:38 PM
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06-08-2007, 08:51 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada | | | D'Addario Chromes are a good brightish set of flats.
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06-08-2007, 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Smallmouth_Bass  D'Addario Chromes are a good brightish set of flats. | +1 Yes the D'Addario Chromes are excellent on the PBass, I have then on mine and it has tone to kill and cuts right through the mix! |
06-08-2007, 09:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Rio | | | +1 to D'addario Chromes.
They're not the James Jamerson kind of strings but it sounds very good on my 78 P-Bass. |
06-08-2007, 09:43 PM
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06-08-2007, 10:12 PM
| | | | Chromes are always a good bet. Although I'm using a set of Ernie Balls thats I'm very very happy with right now. |
06-08-2007, 10:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Porto, Portugal | | | I'm using a set of Ernie Ball group III flatwounds on my fretless and they're great
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06-08-2007, 11:08 PM
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I have Chromes on my old jazz and La Bellas on my P-bass w/65' neck and they are both good. The difference is La Bellas Deep talkin are more like the Motown R&B sound (good for rock as well) and the Chromes are brighter and slightly more aggressive in the mid-range. I had TI flats and they were all mid-range, but they would not be good for dropped tuning as the tension was already low in standard tuning. |
06-08-2007, 11:18 PM
| | floppy b strings | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Bronx, NY | | +1 to Chromes. I had them on my P but I put them on jazz instead because I can't live without the P round sound 
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06-08-2007, 11:31 PM
| | | | I have the La Bella flat on my P-bass and they give that classic THUMP! I think you're after a brighter sounding string. The Chromes or GHS Rotos should be a better match for you. |
06-09-2007, 12:45 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Knoxville, TN | | | Would the D'Addario Chromes be OK in drop D as far as tension? I'm thinking the ECB82 set (.50-.105)
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06-09-2007, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by vivaknoxvegas Would the D'Addario Chromes be OK in drop D as far as tension? I'm thinking the ECB82 set (.50-.105) | They should be fine.
I don't know where you'll be shopping, but my experience with stores and flats hasn't been encouraging. You might be in luck as Chromes seem to be one of the most commonly stocked flats.
I order mine online because of this, and to save a buck, too. Shipping strings is cheap and they are way cheaper online in general. |
06-10-2007, 01:43 PM
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06-11-2007, 10:34 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cornwall, UK. | | | the only flatwounds i would ever use again would be the rotosound jazz bass 77 (monel flatwound) tried them on a J-bass and a P-bass and on the p-bass they sound killer!
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06-11-2007, 01:18 PM
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06-11-2007, 01:27 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | | Although I like Fender strings, I am convinced that there is no better string for classic sound than Labella Deep Talkin' flats. I have them on a Jay Turser JTB-401 '53 P clone, and on a violin-bass I have the Labella Hofner Custom flats (basically the same string). Great sound from both. Labella makes a superb vintage-sounding string.
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06-12-2007, 07:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Swiss Alps | | | It makes sense because they were probably the strings you hear on a goodly number of recordings from the era. Put 'em on a classic bass and it's a no brainer! |
06-12-2007, 09:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada | | | Sadowsky flats! |
06-12-2007, 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Pilgrim Although I like Fender strings, I am convinced that there is no better string for classic sound than Labella Deep Talkin' flats. I have them on a Jay Turser JTB-401 '53 P clone, and on a violin-bass I have the Labella Hofner Custom flats (basically the same string). Great sound from both. Labella makes a superb vintage-sounding string. | The juststrings.com page for the La Bellas says that they're not recommended for string through bridges. Any idea why not, and if it's true, what can folks recommend for a modern P with a string through bridge? | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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