Hi! For those of you who check out his instagram jams, what type of flatwounds does he use on his jazz bass? The silk looks red or light red and pretty worn and from what I remember Ernie Ball flats does not have that colour. It’s a great sound!
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Fernando Rosa Jazz flatwounds
- Thread starter Vanheusen77
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Would you be able to post any pics or video of the Jazz bass you're talking about?
I don't do social media. Is there a YouTube video?
EDIT: I just saw the pic. Red silk can mean either La Bella 760FL (43-104) or TI Jazz Flats (43-100). The main difference is La Bella have no silk at the ball end, while TIJFs have red silk at the ball end as well.
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Is there any way of connecting with the guy thru Instagram to find out directly from him?
The only thing about the red silk on the Roto 77 Flats is the start of the silk would line up across all four strings. TI and La Bella are different in the sense the winding length (ball end to silk) on the E string is shorter than the other three, as seen in the OP's pic.
I clicked on the link but just saw a login page, no picture, and gave up. I stand by my statement that Rotosound 77s have red silk, but I make no claim that those are the strings in the picture.
I clicked on the link but just saw a login page, no picture, and gave up. I stand by my statement that Rotosound 77s have red silk, but I make no claim that those are the strings in the picture.
The last few times I clicked on the link, it showed me the pic. But this last time only the login page. So weird...
I clicked on the link but just saw a login page, no picture, and gave up. I stand by my statement that Rotosound 77s have red silk, but I make no claim that those are the strings in the picture.
I'm delighted to have this flimsy excuse to post this very tasty video of someone demoing a 45-105 set of 77s
I like how he has a moving digital sign telling us about the bass and its color, but... why not put the strings up on the sign too?
Pretty much whenever I hear a bass demo video, I wonder, what are the strings? They don't usually come right out and say.
And the LaBella FL one is not red but orangeI clicked on the link but just saw a login page, no picture, and gave up. I stand by my statement that Rotosound 77s have red silk, but I make no claim that those are the strings in the picture.
He has tagged ernie ball in the post... not sure if it is cause of the strings.
Anyways, I have Rotos on my P and the silk is orange...
Anyways, I have Rotos on my P and the silk is orange...
Ernie Ball only puts silk on their flats - purple silk on the Cobalt Flats and blue silk on the Stainless Steel Flats. Nothing with red silk.
No silks on the ball end...La Bella's then ?
Regardless of the strings used, this fellow brazilian is one of the most amazing bass players I ever heard, tone and technique wise.
Regardless of the strings used, this fellow brazilian is one of the most amazing bass players I ever heard, tone and technique wise.
