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04-20-2007, 02:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia | | | An observation on flats...
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Hey guys!
After a year and a half or so of playing bass, I got my first set of flats last week, some Fender Stainless Steel Flatwounds (just a cheapo set, I spent the rest of my money on a set of my favourite strings, Power Slinky's!). Having gotten them I now know that I am not a flats type of guy, perhaps this thread could change that! Who knows. They have a real slow feel to them, my fingers have more trouble moving from fret to fret, and alot more trouble doing slides, wouldnt you think seeing as they are flats it would have been easier? Less grooves would mean less friction? They also have really pathetic low's in places. For example, you play a G on the 3rd fret, 4th string (I think that's it! Sorry I'm only just learning what the notes actually are  ) it is significantly softer and not as loud as the other notes around it. Is this what flat's are like? Or have I just got a shotty set of strings?
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04-20-2007, 02:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: St. Louis, MO, U.S. | | | More points of contact means more friction. That's why race cars use slicks.
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04-20-2007, 02:13 PM
|  | Yeah, I've got the moves like Jagger. | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: G.R. MI | | | Personally, I like ground rounds, but they are much the same thing.
Try a set of Brite Flats and see what you think. I had them on the P bass I used last week and I like them a lot! Those strings have balls! They feel a little weird at first, but once they get a little grimy, they fell really good. Lots of low end POWER!!
Normally I play a Rickenbacker, but a P-Bass with ground wounds is the Anti-Backer. Totally different, and quite agreeable voice. |
04-20-2007, 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by lemur821  More points of contact means more friction. That's why race cars use slicks. | Haha, my bad. 
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04-20-2007, 02:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Phalex Personally, I like ground rounds, but they are much the same thing.
Try a set of Brite Flats and see what you think. I had them on the P bass I used last week and I like them a lot! Those strings have balls! They feel a little weird at first, but once they get a little grimy, they fell really good. Lots of low end POWER!!
Normally I play a Rickenbacker, but a P-Bass with ground wounds is the Anti-Backer. Totally different, and quite agreeable voice. | I ALMOST got a set of Brite Flats, though they were a bit pricey seeing as I was only getting flats for experimental reasons. Also the store only had a really light gauge.
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04-22-2007, 10:24 AM
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I've been into flats and ground wound string for a long time.
Just a thought.
Cables make a big difference in how these string sound.
The better the cable, the better the tone. |
04-22-2007, 10:29 AM
| | ° | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: harrisonburg, va | | | flats can be a little sticky out of the package. give them time and they will get faster. i myself find i will overslide some. i use TI flats, btw.
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04-22-2007, 04:33 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Near Worcester MA | | | The other thing with Fender,Sit power flats and D'addario chrome flats is way high tension. I have found the LaBella Deep Talkin' flats and Thomastik Jazz Flats to be much lower tension and much easier to play. The fretting problem with the higher tension flats is just that with high tension you need more force to move the string. The LaBella's and Thomastik's are fairly expensive but well worth the dough if you like the Phat sound.
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04-23-2007, 04:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Europe-Romania-Craiova | | | Are flats good for metal music? Anyone plays metal with flats ? |
04-23-2007, 05:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Catalin Are flats good for metal music? Anyone plays metal with flats ? |
Steve Harris of iron Maiden.  |
04-23-2007, 08:48 AM
|  | sushi lover | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Italy | | Quote:
Originally Posted by ROON Hey guys!
... They also have really pathetic low's in places. For example, you play a G on the 3rd fret, 4th string (I think that's it! Sorry I'm only just learning what the notes actually are ) it is significantly softer and not as loud as the other notes around it. Is this what flat's are like? Or have I just got a shotty set of strings?
Thanks, | Yes, it could be because of a bad set but there are also other possibilities. Did you check if the E string is installed properly? Are sure it's not the bass? Or the fret?
Also if you want seriously explore flats world you gotta try a set of La Bella Deep Talkin' and a set of Thomastik Jazz Flats.
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04-23-2007, 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Beefbass Steve Harris of iron Maiden. | I think Harris's tone is too clinky  | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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