P Bass Flats?

[CrimsonGhost]

I have been playing 45-105 rotos for the last few years now,.

for the hell of it i had a urge to try fender 7250's but the store was out, i walked out with 45-100 boomers and ill tell ya what..

the flats are going back on!, the boomers just do not cut!
d&g have no thickness at all, its just "plink plink" I cant even get any good harmonics out of them that i can with the rotoflats.

Its the sound just fills with the flats, You can get a really nice growl from the rotos as well.

[sedan_dad]

Chromes work for me at about $35 a set.

[RH434]

Just my $.02

I recently (2 months ago) put these on:

http://www.juststrings.com/ghs-3050.html

I have a P/J, but usually use mostly the P pickup and am thrilled with the feel and sound. I'm sold on them.

Oh yeah, for $20, I figured I'd give it a shot. Happy I did.

[Joe Smithberger]

They look and sound like the LaBella Deep Talkin' tapewounds. These are rounds with nylon covering.

[TroyK]

Originally Posted by Reynolds 101

Damn uptight uprights

I don't know, it's a good question. You'd think with all the weed we jazz guys allegedly smoke, we'd be a lot more laid back. It's a mystery.

Originally Posted by Reynolds 101

Im kind of looking for a tone like Chris Wood's, but without making my amp clip like crazy. Would I be better with a high tension or medium tension?

Don't know who Chris Wood is or how you can sound like him, but tell him I said "hey".

LaBella and TI will be the most popular and passionate answers you get. No reason to ignore them, but I'm telling you, the Fenders sounded much better in my experience. And they're easier to get and cheap. Why not make a $16 experiment rather than over think it?

As for tension vs sound...I don't know about that. Get your tech to set your bass up for the strings, it will be worth it and go with the ones that sound the way that you want them to. I had 2 issues with the higher tension on my bass at the time, one of them was that I had a truss rod problem that eventually exposed itself. The bass I was using just didn't handle it. And it hurt my fingers a bit, but I got over it for the tone.

Then I went to the Ernie Balls which were a little easier on both me and the bass, but didn't sound quite as good. Close, though.

I didn't see any advantage of LaBellas over Fenders and the TIs are their own animal. It takes some time to get used to them and they are really nice strings. Depends on what you're going for.

For old skol Flatwound sound, Fender or LaBella.

[lmfreeman9]

I suggest DR Flats. They're stainless, have better highs than most flats and will leave some grind in. As for money, they're expensive around $40, but if you don't like them you can sell them for 75% of cost, if you leave them uncut.

[LuvMusic]

Originally Posted by lmfreeman9

I suggest DR Flats. They're stainless, have better highs than most flats and will leave some grind in. As for money, they're expensive around $40, but if you don't like them you can sell them for 75% of cost, if you leave them uncut.

+1 on the DR Flats, at least on a P bass. I find that the DR's on a P provide a well balanced, lively tone.

On my Jazz though I like the LaBella's. My Jazz is a Squier VM with a maple body and finger board. IME, the LaBella's help tame some of the brightness of this particular bass without detracting from it's versatility of tone.

My 2 cents.