Vintage records with roundwounds.

[KoalaBass]

I know most of the 60's/70's records are done with flatwounds, and i'd like to know some vintage stuffs that are rounds. Yeah, i know about entwistle, noel redding and glenn cornick, some others?

[tangentmusic]

Most of Rush's stuff from the '70's..
2112
A Farewell to Kings
Hemispheres

Geddy used a Ric strung with Rotosound roundwounds
Swingbass 66's I believe

[Cristo]

I think about anything by Yes.

[OPBASSMAN1994]

Pretty much anything Yes, Rush, The Who, Genesis, Hendrix, or Pink Floyd.

[KoalaBass]

well, no PF stuff with rounds, only flats! And about Hendrix, albums with Noel Redding are with rounds, but the ones with billy cox are flats!

[nysbob]

King Crimson from Greg Lake on...

It's hard to tell if Jack Bruce used them - the distortion kills a lot of the harmonic content.

I think Jack Casady was was playing rounds - it sounds like it on the live stuff.

Ditto Ron Wood on the early Jeff Beck records.

[KoalaBass]

Originally Posted by nysbob

King Crimson from Greg Lake on...

It's hard to tell if Jack Bruce used them - the distortion kills a lot of the harmonic content.

I think Jack Casady was was playing rounds - it sounds like it on the live stuff.

Ditto Ron Wood on the early Jeff Beck records.

Jack Bruce said in an interview in 1977 that he was using labella's flats, so if he was playin flats in 77, he was playing flats with cream.

Jack Casady was playing with flats too, look at some pictures, his strings clearly look flats. I also emailed him once, he said they were fender flats (on his j-bass, but he had also flats on his guild, and then on his alembic)

[tekdiver500ft]

Most everything by the Beach Boys.

[KoalaBass]

Originally Posted by tekdiver500ft

Most everything by the Beach Boys.

is that a joke?

[tekdiver500ft]

Originally Posted by KoalaBass

is that a joke?

No. Al Jardine and Carol Kaye used rounds, palm muted, and picked. They largely determined the surf sound of the '60s.

[KoalaBass]

Originally Posted by tekdiver500ft

No. Al Jardine and Carol Kaye used rounds, palm muted, and picked. They largely determined the surf sound of the '60s.

well, carol kaye always used flats, that's a well known fact, it's even written on her website The Official Carol Kaye Web Site

[tekdiver500ft]

Originally Posted by KoalaBass

well, carol kaye always used flats, that's a well known fact, it's even written on her website The Official Carol Kaye Web Site

And yet I've seen photos of her playing a P Bass with what appeared to be rounds. I guess, though, that I will have to admit the possibility that she used flats, as she is also a well-documented liar. I seem to recall an interview on YouTube in which she describes how to get that "tic tac" bass sound. She said to use rounds, palm mute, pick... I went by that interview and the photograph. Her website only mentions her current gear, though, and not what she used back then, so I wouldn't lend it too much weight.

I suppose it's possible that she played flats during the '60s, but that has never been my impression. Since I wasn't there at the time, I can't say any more than I have.

[OldDog52]

Originally Posted by tekdiver500ft

she is also a well-documented liar... I suppose it's possible that she played flats during the '60s, but that has never been my impression. Since I wasn't there at the time, I can't say any more than I have.

[BulbousMoses]

John Paul Jones played rounds

[tekdiver500ft]

Originally Posted by OldDog52

You're right, that may not be entirely fair. I can't fully retract it, either, though, as there is at least some truth to it.

[KoalaBass]

Originally Posted by tekdiver500ft

And yet I've seen photos of her playing a P Bass with what appeared to be rounds. I guess, though, that I will have to admit the possibility that she used flats, as she is also a well-documented liar. I seem to recall an interview on YouTube in which she describes how to get that "tic tac" bass sound. She said to use rounds, palm mute, pick... I went by that interview and the photograph. Her website only mentions her current gear, though, and not what she used back then, so I wouldn't lend it too much weight.

I suppose it's possible that she played flats during the '60s, but that has never been my impression. Since I wasn't there at the time, I can't say any more than I have.

well, if she uses flats now, i dont see why she wasnt using them in the 60's. I also have one of her solo albums, pickin'up the E strings, from the 70's, and her tone sounds just like flatwounds, you can clearly hear it. but in the end, who knows?
I bet on the flats, that's my opinion

[KoalaBass]

Originally Posted by BulbousMoses

John Paul Jones played rounds

Well discuted fact. He used flats on his J-bass until 1975, when he switched to the alembics. His 50's P-bass was strung with rounds ("black dog", "out on the title", ...). No idea what he used on his fretless P, probably flats...

I know he said in a recent interview that he stopped using flats before led zep, but in a 1977 interview he said he used flats on the J bass.

[One Drop]

CK always used flats and continues to recommend them. I think she uses TIs these days, not sure though.

Maybe she was talking about the Dano bass when doubled with upright, which was used a lot in the '60s, and shipped with light rounds. But I suspect you are just remembering wrong, no harm done.

[fourstringdrums]

Bruce Thomas' work with Elvis Costello and the Attractions, though late 70's, is with heavy gauge dead rounds.

[One Drop]

Originally Posted by fourstringdrums

Bruce Thomas' work with Elvis Costello and the Attractions, though late 70's, is with heavy gauge dead rounds.

Great tone and a great bassist! I saw the Attractions with EC at least a half dozen times late 70's early '80's.