Go Back   TalkBass Forums > Bass Guitar Forums > Bass Guitar Forums > Strings [BG]
Register Rules/FAQ/CUP Members List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read



Supporting Membership
Thank You

Latest Supporting Member
Donate to Upgrade Today

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
  #1  
Old 05-28-2008, 08:50 AM
Banned
 
Join Date: Dec 2002
Help suggesting Flats for a Fender Roscoe Beck V

Sign in to disble this ad
Thanks in advance for the advice. I will have 2 Roscoe Beck V's and want to make one a roundwound and one setup with flats. I have only used Fender 9050 medium light flats and found them to sound great but be too stiff to get around on quickly. They were on a P bass 4 string. Seems as if the threads on strings point to TI or LaBella Deep Talking Flats (in the lighter gauge) as the lower tension choices. I play R&B and Blues and tend to play faster passages that often require that I dig-in (octave patterns). So I'm concerned about tension being too light or too heavy!
  #2  
Old 05-28-2008, 01:36 PM
Registered User
 
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Long Beach, CA
DR Strings Flatbeam flatwounds FLB 45-105.

They ring and sound excellent on my 77 P-Bass.
  #3  
Old 05-28-2008, 01:41 PM
Registered User
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Liberty,IN
I have Rotosounds on both my electric and acoustic and they dont have too much tension i can get around quick on them and yet they stil give me plenty of bend or pluck away when i ask for it. .45-.105 gauge
  #4  
Old 05-28-2008, 01:43 PM
Fuzzbass's Avatar
Fingers, pick, and a little bit of slap
 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Terrapin country (Crofton, MD)
Supporting Member
When I want the flatwound tone I use Thomastik-Infeld Jazz flats. They're the only flats I've tried on it, but they sound killer IMO.
  #5  
Old 05-28-2008, 03:22 PM
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by supablazed View Post
I have Rotosounds on both my electric and acoustic and they dont have too much tension i can get around quick on them and yet they stil give me plenty of bend or pluck away when i ask for it. .45-.105 gauge
Roto flats are supposed to be even higher tension than the fenders!
  #6  
Old 05-28-2008, 06:04 PM
Darkstrike's Avatar
Drunk on power... and beer
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland.
Supporting Member
Quote:
Originally Posted by walruswaspaul View Post
Roto flats are supposed to be even higher tension than the fenders!
On hisher guages, yes, like the Steve Harris ones. Dunno about regular guages though.
__________________
The winners are crying and the losers are dancing.
  #7  
Old 05-28-2008, 06:05 PM
TrevorOfDoom's Avatar
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Austin, TX
Supporting Member
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fuzzbass View Post
When I want the flatwound tone I use Thomastik-Infeld Jazz flats. They're the only flats I've tried on it, but they sound killer IMO.
+1
__________________
Lakland/Fender-Demeter-Orange-Bag End
LOG #244
Twitter Facebook
Please, stop playing for free.
Reply


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off

Follow TalkBass on Twitter   Visit TalkBass on Facebook  

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 06:12 PM.




Copyright 2011 Talk Music Group Inc. All rights reserved.
Play guitar? Visit our new sister site TalkGuitar.com [beta]
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.12
Copyright ©2000 - 2012, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.