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10-21-2010, 12:30 PM
|  | Ampeeeeeeg \o/ | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Israel | | | Flatwounds in Rock?
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Have there been rock bands where the bassist used flatwound strings? I would love to hear some and how well/bad it sits in the mix.
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10-21-2010, 12:31 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Chicago | | | Check out anything recorded before 1970. Precision Bass and flatwounds. |
10-21-2010, 12:38 PM
| | Ampeeeeeeg \o/ | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Israel | | There was rock before the 1970s? 
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10-21-2010, 12:41 PM
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10-21-2010, 12:41 PM
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10-21-2010, 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by BullHorn Have there been rock bands where the bassist used flatwound strings? I would love to hear some and how well/bad it sits in the mix. | Ever heard of Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath?
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10-21-2010, 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by BullHorn There was rock before the 1970s? | I guess you've never heard of Led Zeppelin. Or Black Sabbath. That's okay, it's not like they were that important to rock music or anything...
Oh wait...
Edit: Beaten to the punch again.
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10-21-2010, 12:44 PM
| | Ampeeeeeeg \o/ | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Israel | | | Oh, yeah. Sure have, I'll go check their stuff.
My query was due to never using a set of flatwounds myself, I had no idea how to determine which was a flatwound recording and which wasn't.
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10-21-2010, 12:45 PM
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10-21-2010, 12:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Hamburg, Germany | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Muaguana Edit: Beaten to the punch again. | Great minds think alike and stuff.
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10-21-2010, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by BullHorn Have there been rock bands where the bassist used flatwound strings? I would love to hear some and how well/bad it sits in the mix. | 
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10-21-2010, 12:57 PM
| | Ampeeeeeeg \o/ | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Israel | | | I'm sorry but it never occurred to me that people used flatwounds in rock, I've never had a chance to try them myself. I'm just used to the often-trebly overtones of bass players in modern rock...
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10-21-2010, 01:03 PM
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10-21-2010, 01:04 PM
|  | Born in the '90s, please ignore | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Northfield MN | | | I play lots of progressive rock, and I use roto flats.
They rock.
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10-21-2010, 01:05 PM
| | | | I got one thing to say - Steve Harris!
Iron Maiden's bassist, Steve Harris, is one of the greatest metal bass players and he used Flatwounds on his Fender Precision (alongside his style, he created that "machine gun" like bass sound). |
10-21-2010, 01:07 PM
|  | Evil Alien | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sacramento, CA | | | Probably the majority of recorded rock in existence, from the time "rock" first evolved out of rock'n'roll to the present day, has been recorded with flatwounds on the bass guitar.
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10-21-2010, 01:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Chester, Pa.,USA | | | Even after 1970, a good number of rock bassists in well-known bands used flatwounds for many years. Still do.
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10-21-2010, 01:17 PM
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10-21-2010, 01:18 PM
| | Ampeeeeeeg \o/ | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Israel | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Yegor P. I got one thing to say - Steve Harris!
Iron Maiden's bassist, Steve Harris, is one of the greatest metal bass players and he used Flatwounds on his Fender Precision (alongside his style, he created that "machine gun" like bass sound). | Wow, yes! He's got an amazing tone for their style. Sounds so well in the mix!
Another question: Are there stainless steel or other 100%-non-nickel flatwounds in existence? Unfortunately, I'm allergic to nickel.
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10-21-2010, 01:27 PM
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