Right now I have a Fender MIM P Bass with D'addario chromes that I've had for a year, and while I love the deep sound they give me, I'm considering getting strings with a bit more bite to them. I think I should stay with flatwounds so that I can still have that deep sound. Should I change the strings or the eq? If the strings should be changed, what do you recommend? Thanks!
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Flats with More Bite
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Have you tried [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] Monel flatwounds?
I installed a set on a '78 P an acquaintance wished to sell. They're the most roundwound-sounding flats I've ever tried.
Steve Harris and Roger Waters both use these.
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I installed a set on a '78 P an acquaintance wished to sell. They're the most roundwound-sounding flats I've ever tried.
Steve Harris and Roger Waters both use these.
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Seconding RS77's. Using them now, for the first couple of hours playing the sound like rounds imo, but with a bit less zing and a bit more bottom.
I prefer the D'addario Chromes to the Roro RS77s. I find the Rotos to be too elastic. I like better string tension.
Does "bite" to you mean more mids? I have been using Chromes for a long time..and unlike the common advice here about changing flats after your unborn (as yet) child graduates from High School..if you have had the set on for a year and play a lot, you just might want to buy a new set.
My experience with the roto's was the same as the above, however, they are very high tension, something you may or may not like. I also didn't like the tone all that much , a little to "clanky" sounding for me at first, then sort of dullish after the break in.. I tried them on a 62 P bass, and before that a '78 Music Man
In Flatland..thoms are the loosest and for similiar gauges, roto's seem to be the tightest..another reason I switched to Chromes a long time ago, they sit in the middle, feel wise.
Also, you can eq to compensate for a loss of mids (to a certain point)..find the band that means "bite" to you and crank it a db or 2. A little goes a long way.
My experience with the roto's was the same as the above, however, they are very high tension, something you may or may not like. I also didn't like the tone all that much , a little to "clanky" sounding for me at first, then sort of dullish after the break in.. I tried them on a 62 P bass, and before that a '78 Music Man
In Flatland..thoms are the loosest and for similiar gauges, roto's seem to be the tightest..another reason I switched to Chromes a long time ago, they sit in the middle, feel wise.
Also, you can eq to compensate for a loss of mids (to a certain point)..find the band that means "bite" to you and crank it a db or 2. A little goes a long way.
I was considering either these or D'addario Half Rounds. I'm kind of looking for a bit of a distorted sound like Berry Oakley's or Phil Lesh's 70's tone. Will these work or will the Rotosound be better for that?
