how many of your fender jazz has flatwound strings installed

bassit · #1 07-23-2006, 03:19 AM

as the title, i will have a try to install flatwound strings on my
fender standard jazz, I want to know your experience , for I am fuzzy, when I do so, wehther it will do harm to my fender's neck. thanks in advance!

**bassybill** · #2 07-23-2006, 05:04 AM

No harm will be done by correctly changing the strings. You may need to adjust the truss rod slightly if the flatwounds are higher tension than the strings you have on now. The Setup and Repair forum will tell you how to do this properly if you're not sure.

Thunder_Fingers · #3 07-23-2006, 08:09 AM

I had Flatwounds on My Geddy, it was no problems realy... i think i miss to have a flatwounded Jazz Bass....

sedan_dad · #4 07-23-2006, 08:15 AM

I have flats on both of my Jazz's.
I don't care for round wounds.

BaldBass · #5 08-07-2006, 02:11 PM

Ditto Sedan 2 Jazz's = 2 sets of flats. I keep rounds on my Yamaha with active p/ups but prefer flats you really should have no problem switching strings as long as the guage remains near the same. If you have light guage rounds and switch to heavy flats you'll need a set up but you would switching to heavy rounds. I have used a variety of flats but my favorite is LaBella Deep Talking Flats in a medium heavy 50-109 Good luck

Jazzin' · #6 08-07-2006, 03:22 PM

I have flats on my fretless. That's it.

The Dave · #7 08-08-2006, 03:15 PM

I've got a friend who uses flats on his '62 RI Jazz with DiMarzio model Js. I think it sounds really muddy but shouldn't cause any problems with the neck. If you want a smooth feel, you might try some D'Addario Half Rounds. They retain some of the brightness of rounds, but you can always roll back your tone knob a little and get that flat sound. Just my dos centavos.

RBrownBass · #8 08-08-2006, 05:26 PM

Be careful. I had some Fender flats that literally pulled the bridge up a bit from the top on my Olympia (cheapo Tacoma) AE bass. I was tuning to pitch, and just never seemed to get there. Looked back at the bridge to see if the pins were all the way in. They were, so I kept tuning. I finally looked at the back of the bridge, saw the crack and realized what had happened.

markjazzbassist · #9 08-08-2006, 09:21 PM

i have flats on my fender jazz fretless. they are nice and SMOOOOOOTH. yummy, when i get a Precision they will be on there.

DavePlaysBass · #10 08-08-2006, 10:03 PM

TIs on my 61. I love 'em. Beautiful sounding bass that sometimes got lost in the mix. Then I tried the TIs....

Dave

clockworkwar · #11 08-09-2006, 02:47 AM

I have Rotos on my P bass, and will load them onto my Jazz bass when i finally get it.

Sounds amazing and much cooler than rounds.