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Jazz with flats as main bass?
- Thread starter sigmafloyd
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I did what Tunaman suggests about 3 years ago - A jazz with flats for my go-to bass, and a MM sterling with rounds for when I need to slice n dice. MM hasn't been out of the case in about 2 years...
Sterling HH with rounds CRUSHES the rest of the pack, ASAT, Bongo, Jazz and is clearly my 1 & only bass if forced to choose. I'd take a Jazz over a Sterling H though.
got a couple of sets of flats coming next week...either those or tapewounds are about to go on my jazz.
Just put flats on my Highway1 P. I tried flats on a MTD Kingston Heir a while back, and I didn't like it. I put some ghs flats on my P and it rocks. Unfortunately, none of my present projects allow the P to shine. If I played in an rnb group though, I would rock the P...constantlee.
I don't play a J but flatwounds allow a bass to speak in an authoritative accent found nowhere else on the bandstand. The more percussive notes, the ability to dial in a crisp edge without loud finger noise and how un-guitar-like flats make a bass sound are the attractions for me.
Jazz bass - Flatwound vs. Roundwound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfnczjJW-WU
Black Nylon Flatwounds GHS Test (on a Jazz Bass)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d6lb0-VZ5Y
There's enough selection in flatwounds for four stringed electric basses to find something suitable to one's tastes and ensemble needs. For five stringers pickin's are more slim with Chomes seeming to lead the way in terms of string gauges that appear to be aimed at producing a balanced five string set of flats instead of just being a four string pack with a B thrown in as an afterthought.
Jazz bass - Flatwound vs. Roundwound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfnczjJW-WU
Black Nylon Flatwounds GHS Test (on a Jazz Bass)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d6lb0-VZ5Y
There's enough selection in flatwounds for four stringed electric basses to find something suitable to one's tastes and ensemble needs. For five stringers pickin's are more slim with Chomes seeming to lead the way in terms of string gauges that appear to be aimed at producing a balanced five string set of flats instead of just being a four string pack with a B thrown in as an afterthought.
