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08-09-2009, 12:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New York City | | | Recommend some flat's for my 5?
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I just got a fender P5. Looking for flats. Any recommendations?
Thanks.
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08-09-2009, 12:34 PM
|  | Now a major motion picture | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hudson Valley, NY | | | I use the Carvin flats (labella's, really) for my 5. They work quite well, and won't break the bank. |
08-09-2009, 12:49 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Powder Springs, Ga | | | TIs, Chromes, or Sadowskys depending upon your personal tastes.
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08-09-2009, 12:53 PM
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Brownchicken Browncow | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ | | | i've been playing DR flats for several years now. couldn't be happier.
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08-09-2009, 12:55 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Kansas City, MO | | | Just put GHS Brite Flats on my Jazz. I really like them. They have a "snappier" tone than regular flats, which IMO are too muddy sounding. |
08-09-2009, 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by gjbassist  Just put GHS Brite Flats on my Jazz. I really like them. They have a "snappier" tone than regular flats, which IMO are too muddy sounding. | i'll have to try these next 
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08-09-2009, 02:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Belfast, Ireland | | | I dig LaBella and TI flats myself
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08-09-2009, 02:26 PM
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Partner: Otentic Guitars | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Gorinchem,The Netherlands | | | There have been polls on this.
I'm a Chromes man. Great low B, medium tension, rich sound. |
08-09-2009, 03:44 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Durham NC | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jumbotron I use the Carvin flats (labella's, really) for my 5. They work quite well, and won't break the bank. | La Bella doesn't make the flats for Carvin anymore. They are GHS Precision Flats, with the purple silks and everything.
The rounds are still La Bellas. |
08-09-2009, 05:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: West Memphis/Marion area, AR. | | | I have used Chromes my five. I have also used GHS Precisions and ordered the B string seperately. They were really old school thumpy while the Chromes were a little brighter. |
08-09-2009, 05:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Your location can be this long | | | Several people I know use D'Addarios on their basses. Not too expensive either.
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08-09-2009, 05:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Charlotte NC | | | I like TI's on fretless, I think the 5th could be more musical, I like DR Flats on fretted all 5. |
08-09-2009, 07:17 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Philadelphia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by gjbassist Just put GHS Brite Flats on my Jazz. I really like them. They have a "snappier" tone than regular flats, which IMO are too muddy sounding. | I just put a set on my P. I like them, but the D & G have a brighter, different tone than the E & A strings. They seem almost like they're from two different sets, but when they all break in, they should be more balanced. I've also used GHS Precison flats, which are awesome for thick, vintage tone.
But if I bought a Precision V, I'd probably use Chromes. IMO/E, they are a fabulous match for stock American Fender P-bass pickups, and I assume this would be true on the fiver. They sound thick and punchy, but not muddy.
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