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08-15-2011, 02:09 PM
| | | | Who's got flats on an active bass?
I've got flats on my precision, and rounds on my Leduc (an active bass with a jazz-like neck). I've recently been considering putting flats on the Leduc as well, but would that make my precision redundant? The flats/passive rounds/active solution seems like the perfect two bass combo.
But damn flats are nice....
Anyone out there have flats on an active bass? |
08-15-2011, 02:28 PM
|  | Less barking, more wagging! | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Diego, CA | | Yes.
I have flats (TI jazz flats) on my '73 P-bass and several active fivers; despite using the same strings, nothing else sounds like my passive P-bass.  |
08-15-2011, 02:35 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: 6.7 m (22 ft) BSL | | | I use d'Addario flats on my Ibanez GSR200EX. As neck pick-up produces an undefined sound, I only use the bridge pick-up. |
08-15-2011, 02:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: North West Indiana | | | I have TI Jazz Flats on my Cirrus and love it. It lets me add that old school thump I was missing.
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08-15-2011, 02:40 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Cleveland, OH | | | I've had the same set of Chromes on my 55-01 for almost four years. |
08-15-2011, 02:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sioux Falls, SD | | | Flats on a 78 P-Bass with EMG PJ pickups here. Lovin' the combination much. |
08-15-2011, 03:15 PM
|  | Supporting Member and fetch player | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Colorado, USA | | Flats on a Carvin LB70 and just put Chromes on my Carvin SB4000. They both sound great, and I have the advantage of onboard tone controls. There's no reason not to put flats on an active bass, IMO. 
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08-15-2011, 03:26 PM
|  | Don't take any guff from these swine! | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Pomona, SoCal | | | Flats on my active Brice HXB-405. Sounds like buttah!
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08-15-2011, 03:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Frankfurt, Germany | | | TI flats on my Sadowsky P/J 4 as well as on my Sadowsky 5 J/J.... Could not be happier....
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08-15-2011, 03:33 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Barrie, Canada | | | TI flats on my jazz V...with J retro ...sounds incredible...still cuts!! |
08-15-2011, 03:42 PM
|  | Functionally Retired | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Ennui, IN USA | | I've TI Jazz flats on a Conklin GT-5. The sound is nothing like a pbass. Kind sounds like a... Conklin. 
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08-15-2011, 03:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Louth UK | | | I had rotosound flats on my Fender Urge, sounded great, but they were a little two heavy, so now there on my Fender P! I've put some really light round strings on the urge now! |
08-15-2011, 03:52 PM
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Endorsing Joiner & Ben Lindsey Basses - Maker: XB Custom Cables | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Twin Cities, MN | | | Two of my three active basses have Sadowsky flats on them. Both are PJs with Sadowsky pre-amps. Play like butta and sound great!
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08-15-2011, 03:53 PM
| | | | I have D'Addario Chromes on my MMSR5. Used to have TI Flats, but didn't like the loose tension. Tried EB Regular Slinkys, RotoSounds, etc......but always returned to the Chromes.
When I tried the TI Flats it was because Carol Kaye told me they were the best around....even though she doesn't like 5 strings..."Church bass players like them, I guess." Then when she kicked me off her forum for getting into that James Jamerson thing with her, (I'm a native Detroiter), I ripped off my TI Flats in protest of her obsession with them and put on EB Slinkys. I really never liked the tension of the TIs anyway. But, I never really liked the feel of round wounds....so I went back to my old standbys...D'Addario Chromes. And that's what I've stuck with since then. |
08-15-2011, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Johnny StingRay  I have D'Addario Chromes on my MMSR5. Used to have TI Flats, but didn't like the loose tension. Tried EB Regular Slinkys, RotoSounds, etc......but always returned to the Chromes.
When I tried the TI Flats it was because Carol Kaye told me they were the best around....even though she doesn't like 5 strings..."Church bass players like them, I guess." Then when she kicked me off her forum for getting into that James Jamerson thing with her, (I'm a native Detroiter), I ripped off my TI Flats in protest of her obsession with them and put on EB Slinkys. I really never liked the tension of the TIs anyway. But, I never really liked the feel of round wounds....so I went back to my old standbys...D'Addario Chromes. And that's what I've stuck with since then. | Bernadette!!! That... is... funny!
Chromes are my weakness as well. TIs are tempting me, though. Never tried them.. |
08-15-2011, 05:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Santiago, Chile | | | Schecter Custom 4 w/ Labella Deep Talkin' FS760. It really sounds great, altho one misses some definition. If anything, the strings prevented me from turning the lows all the way up.
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08-15-2011, 05:29 PM
|  | So many basses, so little time | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alta Loma, CA | | | I love TI flats on my EBMM Big Al. Helps the old school tone when in passive, but still bright enough for me when active.
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08-15-2011, 06:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Sydney | | | Have flats on my Gene Simmons axe. It makes it sound more so. |
08-15-2011, 06:15 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Takoma Park, MD (DC) | | | I use TI flats on my Mike Lull jazz 5er, which has Seymour Duncan single coils and a Bartolini preamp. Those strings and that bass are made for each other, IMHO.
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08-15-2011, 06:16 PM
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