Need flatwounds with less tension than the Jamersons...

[addylewis]

...they're annoying me and are just TOO tight for me to play bass "normally"...

..I usually use Roto Swing Bass 100s...any flatwounds around with similar tension to those?

(I'm just after a really "dead" sound, y'know...no "Click" and no cheating by turning down the treble - FROM NEW...)

[fourstringdrums]

Labella 760FL's should be lower tension, they're what I use. You may also want to check out TI Jazz Flats, but they're very low tension. Maybe too much for you.

[zombywoof5050]

LaBella makes four other sets of flats (besides the Jamerson set), and they are all lighter than the Jamerson set.

From lightest to heaviest:

760FX (039-096)
760FL (043-104)
760FS (045-105)
760FM (049-109)

[addylewis]

Hmm...maybe I could try Labellas again...but I'm after another brand really coz labellas aren't that easy to get hold of in England...anyone had any experience of the Rotosound Jazz bass strings? - just wondering what they're like for tension...

[Luckydog]

the roto flats i used for awhile are less tension than the Jamies. Everything is. But I didn;t like the rotos perceived lack of lows and deep thump. Labellas, Fenders and GHS are more traditional sounding flats. I'm now diggin the Sadowsky flats- to me traditional sounding but with a nice bite

[Michael Jewels]

I like, and have used both the LaBella 760FL set, and the Rotosound 77s www.rotosound.com/bass.html#, but neither of them are dead-sounding, at least not when new. The Rotos should be in almost every shop in England.

I also tried the Jamerson set about 6 years ago, and took them off my Jack Casady bass after 3 days as I thought their high tension was going to pull the bridge off!

Have you considered using some kind of a mute near the bridge?

I don't think it would be cheating if it gives you the sound you're after.

Good luck.

Mike

[Bobby King]

Originally Posted by Luckydog

I'm now diggin the Sadowsky flats- to me traditional sounding but with a nice bite

Good description --I also really like the Sadowskys. Previously, I was using Ernie Balls, also good.