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06-22-2007, 07:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hopewell-Richmond, Va. | |  What flats have a similar feel to Lo-riders?
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I've been using DR Lo-riders on my jazz bass and wanna put flats on it to record our album in August. I want something with a similar tension to the Lo-riders. What flatwounds would be a good choice?
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06-22-2007, 08:49 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Ventura, CA | | | Sadowsky and Lakland flats are both about the same tension as 45-105 lo riders. Maybe slightly higher. |
06-22-2007, 10:12 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Marco Bass Guitars | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Wylie (D/FW), TX | | | D'Addario Chromes seem to have more of a similar tension to rounds than other flats I've tried. |
06-22-2007, 01:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Indiana | | | +1 to Chromes. I just put a set of Chromes on my P-Bass a couple weeks ago, and I couldn't tell the difference between them and the EB Slinkys I had on.
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06-22-2007, 02:35 PM
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06-25-2007, 07:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hopewell-Richmond, Va. | | | OK I'm gonna try the chromes when I get paid on Wed.
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06-26-2007, 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by SGT. Pepper  +2 on the Chromes. | +3 on the Chromes
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06-26-2007, 11:57 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Brooklyn | | | +4 on chromes
In fact I took a new pair of D'adarrio Nickle Lt top Med bottom rounds off my bass and put a set of chromes on - And I had nearly no change in action on the bass.
Which is a plus because i have to take the freaking neck off everytime I setup the bass.
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06-28-2007, 10:27 AM
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Endorsing Artist: HCAF | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: The Woodlands, TX | | So the Chromes would be a nice choice for my fretless Q5? 
Whoa. .132 B string? Kinda huge there. |
06-28-2007, 10:31 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Marco Bass Guitars | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Wylie (D/FW), TX | | Quote:
Originally Posted by rockstarbassist Whoa. .132 B string? Kinda huge there. | That's not large at all .135" is pretty standard for B strings. |
06-28-2007, 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by bertbassplayer That's not large at all .135" is pretty standard for B strings. | Huh. I usually stick to my .125's, so I guess I'm new to this one. |
06-28-2007, 08:26 PM
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06-28-2007, 08:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New Haven | | | I say go for a different feel, man-- if you're looking for something to change up your sound a little, maybe something that feels a lil' different under your fingers.
It might take you to different melodic and rhythmic places. You never know!
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06-28-2007, 08:38 PM
|  | I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize! | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Ottawa, Canada | | | What gauge of chromes are people using that are the same as rounds? |
06-28-2007, 08:45 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Marco Bass Guitars | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Wylie (D/FW), TX | | Quote:
Originally Posted by seanm What gauge of chromes are people using that are the same as rounds? | I've found the 45-100's are about the same as the 50-105s. |
06-29-2007, 11:34 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hopewell-Richmond, Va. | | | I put a set of Chromes 45-100 on there, and it's a little stiffer than my Lo-riders, but I like them. I can't wait for them to break in a little more to see how they end up sounding on my J.
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06-29-2007, 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by FoHBass I put a set of Chromes 45-100 on there, and it's a little stiffer than my Lo-riders, but I like them. I can't wait for them to break in a little more to see how they end up sounding on my J. | In my experience the Chromes usually loosen up after a week or so. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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