Rock recordings with flats

[WayneS]

I'd like to hear some recordings from TBers using flats. Only rock or metal.

I used flats for a while but couldnt get past the dull, muddy sound.

The thing is, I want to use flats but dont want to buy a new set every other show. What I would like to hear are recordings with "broken in" flats.

Anybody feel like educating me?

I'll start, but these are new Rotosound flats, Steve Harris sig.

Go to the Octane Overload myspace in my sig. In the music player, the songs "The Final Destination" and "Just To Have It All" are the ones I did with flatties.

[UncleFluffy]

Cliff Burton + Ric + Flats

I have a similar setup and love the sound, but nowhere near the talent, so listen to him not me.

[WayneS]

Originally Posted by UncleFluffy

Cliff Burton + Ric + Flats

I have a similar setup and love the sound, but nowhere near the talent, so listen to him not me.

Cliff used Rotosound Roundwounds. See here ---> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A2s_rxx8C8 at around 4:30

[HogieWan]

Originally Posted by WayneS

Cliff used Rotosound Roundwounds. See here ---> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A2s_rxx8C8 at around 4:30

did you listen to those tracks? he might use rounds live, but that sounds like flats to me

[WayneS]

Originally Posted by HogieWan

did you listen to those tracks? he might use rounds live, but that sounds like flats to me

Yes I did, they sound like rounds to me.



Anyway, I didnt want this to be a debate about Cliff. I just wanted to hear some broken in flats in a band from fellow TBers. Not famous bands.

[UncleFluffy]

Originally Posted by WayneS

Yes I did, they sound like rounds to me.

Anyway, I didnt want this to be a debate about Cliff. I just wanted to hear some broken in flats in a band from fellow TBers. Not famous bands.

I'll see what I can dig up. Got to head into work, will see if I can scratch something together for you tomorrow.

[WayneS]

Cool... Thanks man!

[greenboy]

I haven't studied it a whit - only thing I ever did was listen to Metallica records and thought, oh, roundwounds on the bass. If that is indeed true, then a lot of people in that other thread need to delete their posts ; }

[::Saint::]

I used flats exclusively in one of my previous bands (Rotosound 77 series). I recorded these clips with flats -

http://fire-forge.com/BOR/music/The%...of%20Glory.mp3

http://fire-forge.com/BOR/music/The%...20-%20Cure.mp3


This was a project of my own devising that I recorded myself, with the same setup as the previous clips, although I was using an LBM and Blowtorch on this clip -

http://myspace.com/subsaint

[WayneS]

Originally Posted by ::Saint::

I used flats exclusively in one of my previous bands (Rotosound 77 series). I recorded these clips with flats

Sounds good... how worn in are they?

[::Saint::]

Ehhh.. At that point I'd say they were about as worn as they were going to be. Thing about flats is that they don't wear in and get dead the way that rounds do as there aren't all the grooves for dirt and oil to gather in. They do deaden down a bit after they get fully stretched and settled, but after that they pretty much stay the same. I've heard of some people using the same set of flats for 30 years without a significant change in the tone.

Those Rotosounds in particular are good if you want to use flats and maintain brightness as I believe they were rated as the brightest flatwounds available - they also got Bass Player's magazines rating of favourite flatwounds.

[::Saint::]

Speaking of those Roto's - I just threw them back on my new Jazz bass to see if the flat sound is appropriate for my new synth-rock band. If I end up recording some new material with them I'll definitely post it up on here for you, too.

[WayneS]

Thanks. I appreciate the guidance.