slappn' poppn' with flatwounds

[JacoLesFlea]

I have heard it is not as easy as with roundwounds....but tonight my brother popped and slapped the jesus out of my bass which has Fender F-rounds...so that tells me you can Pop with F-rounds. Though he did tell me he has never been a fan of the flat wounds they just dont have that pop, funk, dirty sound to them. ala Graham, Collins, he told me.

[mlbarlow]

I played "little shop of horrors" with flats ... if you know the show, the man-eating plant gets a funky slap line. Sounded great on my rotosounds.

[pickles]

Chuck Rainey did it a lot with Steely Dan ... it can be a very cool sound.

[James Hart]

I love slapping on flats!

well these are actually done on groundwounds... but the bass now has LaBella Deep Talkin Bass Flatwounds on it.

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[AmazingGracePlayer]

I think roundwounds is easier, because flatwoods tend to slip when I'm plucking.

[James Hart]

Originally Posted by htotheh

I think roundwounds is easier, because flatwoods tend to slip when I'm plucking.

Slip what? every string you pluck,pop,pick,finger,etc has to "slip" past whatever you hit it with.

[Mark Perry]

Does anyone here like slapping dead strings? The strings on my bass at the moment are dead, doesn't sound too bad. Altough i'll probably be convinced otherwise when i get round to buying a new set.

[cash87]

Originally Posted by JacoLesFlea

I have heard it is not as easy as with roundwounds....but tonight my brother popped and slapped the jesus out of my bass which has Fender F-rounds...so that tells me you can Pop with F-rounds. Though he did tell me he has never been a fan of the flat wounds they just dont have that pop, funk, dirty sound to them. ala Graham, Collins, he told me.

I dont think its any harder or easier to slap and pop with flats, but i do have to agree with your brother that they dont get that same growl funky sound that rounds get.