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08-07-2009, 01:05 PM
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when i hear flatwounds i think jazz, funk styles. i was hoping to put some chromes or elixers on my jazz build. i play mostly light rock but was thinking i groove on the low end, thus flatwounds. i love rock bands with a bass groove...
any tips?
or other string suggestions?
i normally play medium gauge but am open.
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08-07-2009, 01:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Wisconsin | | | It can be done in a rock or even metal band look at Steve in Iron Maiden.
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08-07-2009, 01:09 PM
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08-07-2009, 01:11 PM
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08-07-2009, 01:11 PM
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08-07-2009, 01:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan | | | Dude: search button. But to answer your question, D'Addario Chromes are EXCELLENT on Jazz Bass, especially for rock! Just try it!!
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08-07-2009, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by frozilla It's totally acceptable. Really it's a matter of personal preference. Do you feel comfortable playing flats in rock? If so then there's your answer. | ive never played flats on my bass...ived played round wound, and tape wound.
a friend has elixers on his schecter and i like those....i guess. |
08-07-2009, 01:14 PM
| | | | I use flats for any style of music. I just don't want all that extra treble and zing that rounds gave me, it was just too much .. . . |
08-07-2009, 01:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Twixt a rock and a hard place | | | +1 to dubstylee.. I do use them on one bass, just in case I do want that sound, but the others are flats.. |
08-07-2009, 01:19 PM
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Midtown Guitars | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 810, Michigan | | im thinking these: http://www.juststrings.com/dad-ecb82.html
is a fender jazz normal scale? i never really knew... |
08-07-2009, 01:28 PM
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08-07-2009, 01:38 PM
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08-07-2009, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by bassist4dalord Dude: search button. But to answer your question, D'Addario Chromes are EXCELLENT on Jazz Bass, especially for rock! Just try it!! | Haven't tried flats on my Jazz (yet  ), but I'm currently experimenting with a set of Chromes on my new USA P-bass V. I just put them on a few days ago and they definitely sound good. They keep enough brightness to sound great in rock/pop/funk stuff, but man... palm mute and it's the closest I've heard an electric bass come to sounding like an upright.
Also, I don't like Elixirs at all. I had an Ibanez SR535 that had a set from the factory and they felt sticky. Maybe I just got a bad set?
I'm still deciding on the Chromes, but they'll probably stay on the P-bass. For the rest of my basses, D'Addario EXLs... it's the sound I like and they've never let me down yet. 
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08-07-2009, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by bassist4dalord D'Addario Chromes are EXCELLENT on Jazz Bass, especially for rock! | +1 for Chromes on Jazz!
You might want to start with something a bit lighter than the ones you're talking about, though, if this is your first time to use flats. 50-105 may feel a little too stiff if you're not used to flats. I would suggest maybe 45-100 to start out with.
I personally use 40-100 on my jazz and love them!
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08-07-2009, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Gord_oh anyone prefer elixers? | No, I've had Elixers and, while they're ok, I prefer flats.
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08-07-2009, 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Jayhawk No, I've had Elixers and, while they're ok, I prefer flats. | elixers are flats i thought...did you mean chromes? |
08-07-2009, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by groovenut57 +1 for Chromes on Jazz!
You might want to start with something a bit lighter than the ones you're talking about, though, if this is your first time to use flats. 50-105 may feel a little too stiff if you're not used to flats. I would suggest maybe 45-100 to start out with.
I personally use 40-100 on my jazz and love them! | these? http://www.juststrings.com/dad-ecb81.html |
08-07-2009, 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Gord_oh | Yes.
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08-07-2009, 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by groovenut57 +1 for Chromes on Jazz!
You might want to start with something a bit lighter than the ones you're talking about, though, if this is your first time to use flats. 50-105 may feel a little too stiff if you're not used to flats. I would suggest maybe 45-100 to start out with.
I personally use 40-100 on my jazz and love them! | +1002!!
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