Dunlop flats on my Stingray classic

[seansbrew]

Sorry, but I realized I didnt have GHS brites once I started looking at them.

Behold the thunder.
I just put Dunlop flats(a second hand set I had laying around) on my stingray classic. This is my first time putting flats on a stingray period. I engaged the string mutes and was blown away.
Thick, fat, punchy ooey gooey Bliss.

The p bass I used to have the Dunlop flats on was awesome sounding too.
I am so glad I saved them.
They sound so much better than many other flats I have tried.

 

[seansbrew]

Are they ground wounds?

The Brite Flats are really not flatwound as such, but their basic tonal character is more flatwound than roundwound.

I just put the light set back on my J bass after giving up on them after only three weeks last summer. Smooth and mellow, but with some bite and definition. I like them better this time around than the first time I tried them.

 

[PeaveyPlayer]

The Brite Flats are really not flatwound as such, but their basic tonal character is more flatwound than roundwound.

I just put the light set back on my J bass after giving up on them after only three weeks last summer. Smooth and mellow, but with some bite and definition. I like them better this time around than the first time I tried them.

Are they ground wounds?

I tried brite flats on my stingray classic

Back when I had the 4 string version
It sounded sucked out and bland to me

Now all I use use cobalt rounds for a growly tone but I’m looking to venture back into flat territory. Might go to the cobalt flats

 

[Mikhail1]

Might as well try them. They're what used to come on them back in the 70's. Ground wounds were never my cup of tea but they were good enough for Bernard Edwards!

 

[miles'tone]

Yeah, Bernard didn't sound too shabby with them on his 'Ray did he?
He never changed them either. Just jammed the strings that came on his bass. Legend!

 

[JTE]

The original StingRay strings were flats, GHS Precision Flats. I was trying out 'Rays from mid '76 until I bought one in '78. By mid '78 they were coming into stores with any of three types made for CLF Research by GHS- flats (the Precision Flats), rounds (seemed to be Boomers), and modified rounds (Brite-Flats, a ground round wrap like D'Addario Half-Rounds and Dean Markley's Ground Round Wounds). I believe Edwards got his 'Ray earlier, so it may have been strung with flats

 

[Skillet]

Thumbs up for Dunlop flats. They are great sounding strings.

 

[Alex Bass]

PICTURES PICTURES PICTURES!!!!!! Per TB rules if you do not have pictures than the post don't exist

 

[Jscriv]

I tried brite flats on my stingray classic

Back when I had the 4 string version
It sounded sucked out and bland to me

Now all I use use cobalt rounds for a growly tone but I’m looking to venture back into flat territory. Might go to the cobalt flats

I just put colbalt flats on my stingray. Highly recommend it and I'm an avid hater of the sounds of flats

 

[seansbrew]

 

[Alex Bass]

Sorry, but I realized I didnt have GHS brites once I started looking at them.

Behold the thunder.
I just put Dunlop flats(a second hand set I had laying around) on my stingray classic. This is my first time putting flats on a stingray period. I engaged the string mutes and was blown away.
Thick, fat, punchy ooey gooey Bliss.

The p bass I used to have the Dunlop flats on was awesome sounding too.
I am so glad I saved them.
They sound so much better than many other flats I have tried.

Whats the tension like on them?

 

[mouthmw]

I just put colbalt flats on my stingray. Highly recommend it and I'm an avid hater of the sounds of flats

That's a good recommendation for those who don't like the tone of flatwounds. I tried those on my 2 band Stingray, but they sounded like SS rounds to me and lacked that distinct thump. I wanted a more traditional, old school flats tone, so I swapped them for EB Group III flats. I'm a happy camper with those.

 

[seansbrew]

Whats the tension like on them?

The tension is less than D'Addarrio chromes. The tonality is much more balanced. Hope this helps.

 

[Jaimelarumba]

Whats the tension like on them?

Tension and balance are phenomenal. Flexible with enough resistance to dig in without having to chase the strings around. I'm currently using the 45-125 set on a 1990 Japanese Ken Smith Burner and couldn't be happier with the results. They're more old school in their sound as they age but retain an upper mid presence that makes them super versatile.

 

[Brad Johnson]

I'm using light gauge Dunlop flats on a couple of Brubaker KXBs, a four and a five. The four has two Bartolini musicman pickups. The MM vibe on that bass is jawdropping.

 

[Brad Johnson]

Tension and balance are phenomenal. Flexible with enough resistance to dig in without having to chase the strings around. I'm currently using the 45-125 set on a 1990 Japanese Ken Smith Burner and couldn't be happier with the results. They're more old school in their sound as they age but retain an upper mid presence that makes them super versatile.

The top end is pretty surprising too. For me, the light gauge have a perfect balance of tension, balance, tone, thump and the near frictionless feel is icing on the cake. Happy camper.

 

[Jaimelarumba]

The top end is pretty surprising too. For me, the light gauge have a perfect balance of tension, balance, tone, thump and the near frictionless feel is icing on the cake. Happy camper.

I have always loved 40-120 gauge. I ended up finding the Dunlop Flats in this gauge via a website in France after a long journey. So hard to find the light gauge Flats online. I'm based in Australia. I'm enjoying the 45-125 at the moment because they feel so close to a lighter gauge. But yeah, the 40-120 pack is burning a hole in my drawer and they'll probably go on soon. I am a massive fan of the Super Brights but found myself always cutting the top end and loving them for their strong fundamental and mid to high bump. The flats do that but with an added bonus of a massive and clear tight low end.

 

[Brad Johnson]

I have always loved 40-120 gauge. I ended up finding the Dunlop Flats in this gauge via a website in France after a long journey. So hard to find the light gauge Flats online. I'm based in Australia. I'm enjoying the 45-125 at the moment because they feel so close to a lighter gauge. But yeah, the 40-120 pack is burning a hole in my drawer and they'll probably go on soon. I am a massive fan of the Super Brights but found myself always cutting the top end and loving them for their strong fundamental and mid to high bump. The flats do that but with an added bonus of a massive and clear tight low end.

Never really cared for the Super Brights, don't have any basses that needed that much "help" with the highs. So the flats were a complete surprise for me. I put them on the only Brubaker I have with stainless steel frets and they were perfect.

 

[Mike Vee]

I just wanted to add into this thread, that cobalt flats and Dunlop flats are very similar in my opinion. They look and feel similar. Dunlops sound fatter and less metallic though, and they have a little less tension. They are just perfect for old school ray tone.