Nylon strings, upright sound

Stiba · #1 03-12-2009, 07:28 AM

nylon strings, do they sound moore upright bass'ish?
Is it possible to get some kind of "jaco" sound on these?
or are they to mellow...

fretlessguy · #2 03-12-2009, 07:23 PM

I always thought regular flatwounds got a better sound for uprite tone, at least to my ears and experience. Jaco used roundwounds, I believe.

Stiba · #3 03-13-2009, 07:08 AM

Yes, I use roundwound now, and there good for "jaco" sound(rear pickup, close to the bridg).
Picking at the lower part of the fretboard I get a decent upright'ish sound..

Just wanted to know if someone knew if nylon core strings where better than regular flatwound,
and if you can get a "jaco" type sound with them...