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05-23-2007, 06:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Knoxville, TN | | | Help me pick a set (new bass)
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I have a new Essex p-bass that I need string suggestions for. I play in a rock setting, with a pick. I have Seymour Duncan 1/4 pounders (SPB-3s) ordered and I'm really after A Perfect Circle tone with this bass. After the SDs are in, and the bass gets a fresh setup, what strings should I put on it?
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05-23-2007, 07:16 AM
|  | Yeah, I've got the moves like Jagger. | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: G.R. MI | | | The SPB-3's are really bright, powerful PUPs. I use GHS Brite Flats on my bass with the Seymour Duncan and I think they work together perfectly. The strings moderate the brightness of the PUP and the PUP accentuates the brightness of the strings. Lots of low end thump, with a very nice bit of midrange bite. I tried roundwounds at first, and they were retched with the SPB-3. Really clangy and trebly. Ground rounds or flat wounds are the way to go IMHO. |
05-23-2007, 11:32 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | | With a P-bass, flats are always in style. I'm a Labella Deep Talkin' Flats fan, but they're NOT on the bright end...so choose accordingly. |
05-23-2007, 11:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Knoxville, TN | | | Do flats sound good with a pick? I thought flats were more of a finger style string.
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05-23-2007, 12:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sac Area | | | I use DR Black Beauties with my quarter pounders. They are very bright - how aggressive do you want? I'd say this combo is about a 7.5 out of 10. Very usable, but definitely on the brighter side with a bite.
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05-23-2007, 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by vivaknoxvegas  Do flats sound good with a pick? I thought flats were more of a finger style string. | Nah, picks sound good on flats. Carol Kaye on "Good Vibrations", for example.
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05-23-2007, 12:41 PM
| | Yeah, I've got the moves like Jagger. | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: G.R. MI | | | I don't think they make a bass guitar string that you can't play with a pick, or your fingers. If you are using a pick, I would definitely go with flats. Unless you like uber brite and non bassy tone that is. |
05-23-2007, 07:30 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Puyallup, WA | | A great compromise would be a set of S.I.T. Power Flats. They are half-rounds and will give you a sound in between a flat and a round. They're fairly smooth to the touch and you get more definition in your tone than most flatwound strings. I've also heard that they last a long time. Power Flats |
05-23-2007, 09:48 PM
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DR Strings Employee | | | | | Try DR strings, not as edgy as most new strings but last longer and have brighter tone. Great for that Adam Clayton tone, he's always used DR strings, slapped a pair on my P-Bass and they sounded a LOT like he sounds. |
05-26-2007, 04:39 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by vivaknoxvegas Do flats sound good with a pick? I thought flats were more of a finger style string. | I play with a pick 99.9% of the time.
Pick + Flats = Awesome. 
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05-26-2007, 09:25 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB | | | A lot of the early players played flats with a pick. Early Joe Osbourne recordings come to mind. It is an awesome combination and can get that nice P-bass grindy tone. Carol Kaye's playing on Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys immediately comes to mind.
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05-27-2007, 06:38 PM
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