Im sold on flats....sample posted

uhdinator · #1 04-29-2011, 05:22 PM

After years of playing rounds and with a pick, I just could not get the smooth sounds I hear on so many recordings and having set up my little studio in the last year or so and doing a lot of experimenting with pre amps, Sans amp DI's etc.

While rounds were fine for Live gigs I have been finding its hard to get a good solid clean recording with them.

SO I have converted to Thomastik Infeld JF344's and I'm not looking back........
Recorded with an LA610 solo tube pre amp into a Motu interface using Logic. (I even had the treble rolled halfway off on the guitar and Eq's a little 1-2k cut and some HF roll off as well.

Sample here > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6319946/Sr8t%20on.mp3

1984 Japan RB999......love the pickups

pedroims · #2 04-29-2011, 05:41 PM

I tried TI flats for the first time 3 years ago, my favorite flats with Sadowsky on 2nd

prd004 · #3 04-29-2011, 05:48 PM

That's a nice sound bite. Thanks, TI's are on my list of strings to try already, this helped.

uhdinator · #4 04-29-2011, 06:37 PM

After experimenting and researching how to get the tone you hear on so many recordings........Im happy now!
I had the strings muted slightly just over the nut and treble turned halfway down on bass using my fingers......so I could get a little more edge if needed using a pick, or throw on some stainless flats instead but the tone is so much more solid and cleaner than the rounds I was fussing with to get a clean sound with no rasp/squeeks. I used a tube pre as well (LA610 Solo with the gain wide open.

Surly · #5 05-04-2011, 10:50 AM

Sounds similar to Chromes. I like it. Bright flats are not rounds.

DTF · #6 05-04-2011, 01:44 PM

sounds great

Lo-E · #7 05-04-2011, 01:50 PM

TI flats turned me around, too. I was a roundwound-only guy for 20 some-odd years, but a friend recently talked me into giving flats a try and suggested TIs. I'm not using them on every bass, but I do really like them for soul and R&B stuff on my '51 P reissue.

I just tried RotoSound flats on my Jazz bass and I'm liking that, too. A little higher tension and brighter tone than the TIs.

Killspringer · #8 05-04-2011, 02:32 PM

yeah dude, sounding good!

FunkMetalBass · #9 05-04-2011, 02:53 PM

When I read "pick", that's not at all the tone I imagined.

Very smooth.

uhdinator · #10 05-05-2011, 12:46 PM

That was finger playing on the sample. With a pick it would be a little brighter. I was surprised as I always thought flats were too dark and I had the treble only half way up and thought it still had good clarity. In a mix with more going on I would prob turn the treble up more.