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Disco

#4
Actually, I think the 70s was when a lot of bassists started using round wound. I'll have to dig around to see which brands were released back then.
 
#7
D'Addario was very strong back then and from what friends have told me that were part of the Philly scene back then D'Addario Half Rounds were what was used by the house bass player at Sigma Sound on a lot of the Spinners, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, the OJays, Teddy Pendergrass etc. stuff although Anthony Jackson used Rotosound Rounds on "For the Love of Money" for the O'Jays.
 
#9
darkstorm said:
fender, ernie ball, daddario, ghs, rotosound, as main brands readilly available for disco era.
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Yeah, I think fender rounds were probably big, and GHS Boomers came out in the 70s. I suppose Rotosound made an impact, too.
 
#13
It's wild to think about it, but back in those days, the genre of music wasn't defined by what type of strings the bass player used ;) There were as many roundwound players as flatwound players in disco.
 
#14
JimmyM said:
It's wild to think about it, but back in those days, the genre of music wasn't defined by what type of strings the bass player used ;) There were as many roundwound players as flatwound players in disco.
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Kind of the way it is right now. My original band is usually on the bill with 5 other bands, and I have to say that I see just as many flat wound players as I see round wound. It's pretty even around here.
 
#16
JimmyM said:
It's wild to think about it, but back in those days, the genre of music wasn't defined by what type of strings the bass player used ;) There were as many roundwound players as flatwound players in disco.
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I agree. There's way too much emphasis on types of strings for genres going on here. Use what you like. Most of the covers I've played have been recorded with different kinds of strings than what I use on gigs. I used to think disco bass lines were played on P-basses with rounds. I play the same songs on a jazz bass with flats, and I've never heard a complaint about the way I sound.
 
#19
guroove said:
I agree. There's way too much emphasis on types of strings for genres going on here. Use what you like. Most of the covers I've played have been recorded with different kinds of strings than what I use on gigs. I used to think disco bass lines were played on P-basses with rounds. I play the same songs on a jazz bass with flats, and I've never heard a complaint about the way I sound.
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No there isn't. People are just curious because they like what they hear. Hence posting questions in the "strings" forum.
 

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