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08-01-2010, 09:45 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Southern California | | | I put flat on my bass for the 1st time...
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08-01-2010, 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by iamdenialNJ  | Same happened to me, never looked back, welcome 
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08-01-2010, 09:53 PM
|  | Paid to be here | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Orange County, California | | | Well, I find I like certain basses better with rounds (like my Rics) and others with flats (like my Fenders). Depends.
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08-02-2010, 06:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Mastermold Well, I find I like certain basses better with rounds (like my Rics) and others with flats (like my Fenders). Depends. | Just put a set of Fender 9050's flats on my Ric 4003 and and I like them WAY better than the Roto Swing 66 SS rounds that were on there. Still has all the Ric growl you could want, but has a fuller sound and feels great. At only $20, you should give it a try IMHO.
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08-02-2010, 06:58 AM
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Originally Posted by iamdenialNJ | same thing happened to me, tried thomastik infeld and i already have a backup set of new strings to put them in another bass  |
08-02-2010, 11:08 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: D'Shaw | | | I like flats but I love nylon tapewounds.
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08-02-2010, 11:14 AM
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Accessories Sales Associate, Guitar Center Rancho Cucamonga, CA | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Upland, California | | Welcome to the flats coalition! 
I absolutely love flats after stringing up my SR5 with them. Would have never thought of doing this had it not been for TalkBass. |
08-02-2010, 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by mongo2 I like flats but I love nylon tapewounds. | +1
I have a set of Labella Beatle Bass strings with nylon on one of my Hofner HCT-500/1 and they sound awesome.
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08-02-2010, 12:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Louisville, KY | | | Agreed, love flats, but still use rounds for the band I'm in. I really need a cutting aggressive sound. |
08-02-2010, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by TheMutt Welcome to the flats coalition!
I absolutely love flats after stringing up my SR5 with them. Would have never thought of doing this had it not been for TalkBass. | same with me!! started reading about this kind of strings over here about 8 months ago and decided to try them.. best thing i did!
have a spare brand new set that i will put in my precision deluxe when i get tired of the round d'addario's i have in it.. been reading reaaly awesome things about fender precisions with flats.
will buy another set when i get tired of the round rotosounds i have in my stingray to give it a try.
then i will have all my basses strung with flats  |
08-02-2010, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by TheMutt I absolutely love flats after stringing up my SR5 with them. Would have never thought of doing this had it not been for TalkBass. | Huh. I had exactly the opposite experience when I tried flats on my fretless 'Ray. All the life went out of it... no 'mwah,' no sustain, no cut, none of the singing quality I love, just a colorless, muddy thud. I guess this works for people going for a really old-school (Jamerson) kind of sound. But while I'm the first person who will argue that EBMM's can be used for any kind of music, it just doesn't seem like "old school" is an instinctive fit for the signature MM sound.
IMHO, IME, YMMV, ETC.
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08-02-2010, 01:03 PM
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08-02-2010, 01:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Massachusetts USofA | | | I lurve Chromes on my P. Bought a set last week to put on my Bongo. |
08-02-2010, 03:35 PM
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Accessories Sales Associate, Guitar Center Rancho Cucamonga, CA | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Upland, California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by FromTheBassMent Huh. I had exactly the opposite experience when I tried flats on my fretless 'Ray. All the life went out of it... no 'mwah,' no sustain, no cut, none of the singing quality I love, just a colorless, muddy thud. I guess this works for people going for a really old-school (Jamerson) kind of sound. But while I'm the first person who will argue that EBMM's can be used for any kind of music, it just doesn't seem like "old school" is an instinctive fit for the signature MM sound.
IMHO, IME, YMMV, ETC. | IME, it really depends on the flats that you were using. Certainly, if I slapped on a set of LaBella Deep Talkin' Flats, I'd get that old school thump. However, the D'Addario Chromes are very bright and could certainly make some nice mwah on my fretless MM/J Carvin (However, I now have RotoSound Tru-Bass 88 strings on that one now) and didn't kill the great zingy tone of the Stingray. Sure, it wasn't as zingy as if I had brand new rounds on it, but it sits in the mix better now for my purposes. |
08-02-2010, 04:53 PM
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08-02-2010, 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by iamdenialNJ | They're D'Addario Chromes. My current favourite.
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08-02-2010, 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by CBgaragebassist They're D'Addario Chromes. My current favourite. | +10000000
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08-02-2010, 05:16 PM
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08-03-2010, 02:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Providence, RI | | | I think if someday I can afford to have a collection of basses again I'll have a "flats bass" for those occasions where it might be appropriate (maybe on a fretless where I wanted to emulate more of an upright sound). I tried those Chromes on a fretted 55-02 years ago, and I just don't think I'll ever be able to get the fretted "tone I hear in my head" with flats... too addicted to the upper harmonic content!
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08-03-2010, 03:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Southern California | | | Thanks! Yes they feel and sound great on my bass. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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