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12-13-2007, 05:45 PM
| | | | What strings does Les claypool use
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on his fretless? Roundwounds or Flatwounds?
The brand would also be nice to know, but that's not what I'm wondering. |
12-13-2007, 06:42 PM
| | | | What, nobody knows?
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12-13-2007, 06:47 PM
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12-13-2007, 06:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Pennsylvania | | | I'd almost guarentee he uses roundwounds. And I would venture a guess there's a good chance he uses carl thompson strings |
12-13-2007, 06:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: st. marys, ga | | | well, for years he played thomastik-infeld jazz rounds...not sure about now, but carl thompson has strings, too, so it could be plausible he's using CT's...i read an article a long time ago that said he used to use dean markley nickel rounds...with .080 guage E and A strings and .040 guage D and G strings...isn't that odd? |
12-13-2007, 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by neptoon  well, for years he played thomastik-infeld jazz rounds...not sure about now, but carl thompson has strings, too, so it could be plausible he's using CT's...i read an article a long time ago that said he used to use dean markley nickel rounds...with .080 guage E and A strings and .040 guage D and G strings...isn't that odd? | claypool is an odd fellow |
12-13-2007, 09:12 PM
| | | | On his 6 strings he uses roundwound. it is very hard to get close of his sound without roundwound and some overdrive. |
12-13-2007, 09:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Wichita Falls, Texas | | | i read something that he uses blue steels maybe?
or Basic D'addarios
it said in a bass player mag. one time.
waiit wait its right here lemme look,
aha! here in the August of 2006 issue of bass player magazine
Les "hog wild" on the cover it says
Dean Markley Blue Steel strings (.45-.100)
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12-13-2007, 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by neptoon well, for years he played thomastik-infeld jazz rounds...not sure about now, but carl thompson has strings, too, so it could be plausible he's using CT's...i read an article a long time ago that said he used to use dean markley nickel rounds...with .080 guage E and A strings and .040 guage D and G strings...isn't that odd? | yeah, I remember that article...yes, it IS odd...
but then what's conventional about les claypool? |
12-14-2007, 06:59 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: CO | | | Sounds like new steels and overdrive to me. |
08-13-2010, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by PilbaraBass yeah, I remember that article...yes, it IS odd...
but then what's conventional about les claypool? | I read the interview too, said to be easier to "shoot'em chords" with. |
08-13-2010, 01:23 PM
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