is the world really flat?

chilliwilli · #1 08-20-2005, 01:23 PM

cause it seems like alot of ppl are talking about flatwounds lately, myself included.

Whats up with that? Everyone tired of rounds?

5stringDNA · #2 08-20-2005, 01:28 PM

It's probably just you, haha. Every now and then it gets extra attention, but there are always people moving over to the flat-lands. I dig em on fretless, but not fretted. TI's are great flats.

RLT · #3 08-20-2005, 01:45 PM

It goes in cycles. They get discovered, they boom then last weeks news for a while.

Futurebass · #4 08-20-2005, 01:49 PM

I find that I love them on old school basses in the studio. But if you try to use them live there's not enough definition, especially in big halls with large PA's. Live I wouldn't use them unless it was a small club gig and the sound was mainly coming out of my amp.

In some cases like a 50's Fender, it's a sin to use roundwounds.