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famous bass players on flats

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Jan 29, 2008
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#1
hey guys,

Well, this is my first post. I've looked over the forum and since I haven't found such topic and decided to bring forth my curiosity, being a fan of flatwound.

Who are the famous players who choose flatwound to their sound those days, specially on fretted basses?

Regards!
;)
 
#8
I would bet that the number of players who use flats exclusively, is much much smaller than the number of players who use flats occasionally. And many players who were known at one time for using flats, have long since moved to primarily rounds.
 
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#9
Jamerson, of course.
Joe Osborn
Roger Waters
Steve Harris...

It'll usually be the same names coming up again and again. I prefer flats to rounds, but they just don't quite work everywhere, tonally, IMO. Depends on the music, and not so much what I'd been playing lately.
 

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