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06-02-2011, 07:17 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Erie, PA | | | Just put flats on my jazz bass... WOW
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So I was hoping to use some flats and somebody gave me a used set. I was planning on my next purchase being a p bass but today I strung up my fernandes jazz with flats and WOW, that was just the tone I was looking for. Sort of like vintage but not to puchy or mellow, perfect for the jazz stuff I've been doing. It also feels great, smooth. Maybe this is not as much as a revelation for you as it is for me but I just wanted to share my experience. On top of the tone, I was having some buzzing issues so the fernandes was about to be sent away to a shop but the flats also fixed that problem, I was able to ge the action right where I want it without any buzzing. Yay! Haha
Ok, anyways, just ignore me, I am just an upright player who is finidng his way around the electric more and more.
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06-02-2011, 07:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greeneville, TN | | | Congrats Chris!! Diggable tone is always a good thing! Welcome to the fretted side! I am actually the reverse, I bought an inexpensive 3/4 this year ( already fixed the neck joint) and am starting to get comfortable on the upright!
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06-02-2011, 07:34 PM
|  | Fretless mmbr#658,Stingray mmbr#280,SPECTORŽ#269 | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ballaarat, Australia | | Jazz Bass +_ Flats = my idea of fun!
It's amazing how so many players get their bass jones' sorted by simply putting flats on.
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06-02-2011, 07:37 PM
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06-02-2011, 09:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Erie, PA | | | Haha thanks guys! I have no clue what kind of strings they are. They have a purple winiding on both ends.
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06-02-2011, 09:55 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Clovis, CA | | | if you were looking for a more p bass tone dyou think flats would help? |
06-03-2011, 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by pandaman37 if you were looking for a more p bass tone dyou think flats would help? | That was my experience, but I wouldn't call it p bass tone.
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06-03-2011, 01:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Iowa | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Spaldo  Jazz Bass +_ Flats = my idea of fun!
It's amazing how so many players get their bass jones' sorted by simply putting flats on.
Makes me feel good | Yup, me too!!! I've got Chromes on both of my Jazz basses as well as my P basses. Besides sounding great, I love the way they feel.  |
06-03-2011, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by chris1125 Haha thanks guys! I have no clue what kind of strings they are. They have a purple winiding on both ends. | Probably GHS Precision flats, unless someone knows of another flatwound string with purple windings.
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06-03-2011, 01:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado | | | Woo! +1 for flats! Welcome to the club!
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06-06-2011, 07:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Erie, PA | | Gigged with the flats for the first time tonight, there's that sound I've been waiting for 
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06-06-2011, 07:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Central Minnesota | | Quote:
Originally Posted by guroove Probably GHS Precision flats, unless someone knows of another flatwound string with purple windings. | Pyramid Golds are a very light purple, almost lavender ... Chromes are a very dark blue, that my wife actually calls purple ..
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06-06-2011, 07:48 PM
| | | | Flats are awesome...have had the same set on for years...they are thick, full, solid, beefy, stable, move air and and fill the room |
06-12-2011, 02:51 AM
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Originally Posted by chris1125 Haha thanks guys! I have no clue what kind of strings they are. They have a purple winiding on both ends. | I had Carvin flats on one bass that were supposedly re-labeled LaBellas with light purple (lavender really) at both ends. My older Pyramid flats are light green, while the newer Pyramid flats are dark green (at both ends). I just strung another bass with GHS Precision flats, with purple on the top only... Looks a little goofy against the FireGlo...
I'm gonna say you've got the LaBella made Carvin strings. They were tremendous on a 4003 I sold last year! Wish I'd swapped the strings before selling it! | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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