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Flats!!!!
- Thread starter Picktastic
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Hmmm. Mr. Picktastic seems to be expressing some sort of approval for flats.
That's my interpretation.
That's my interpretation.
What make and model exactly?
Currently have La Bella 760FL's on my Jaguar and loving them. And someone said I wouldn't get enough mids from them. Where they wrong!
Chromes on a p bass. Yummy. I had actually never tried flats before. I like them alot. I knew they would make a difference in sound but I didnt expect them to basically kill all finger noise as well. Plus, they feel so much better to play. I was just stoked they made such a noticable difference.
I know there are about a million threads about flats, so why say the same stuff again, but...
I played for about 7 years, thinking "flats suck!". Then one day I put a pair of Chromes on my Fender Precision. I didn't like the tone, thought they sounded flat and dead. But I kept them on because I liked the feel of them, the lack of extraneous finger noise, and how I could repeat a single note more quickly and fluidly, morse-code style.
Then I took my bass to weekly jam night, and I got it. Wow! Instead of a big wall of undefined bassy sound, I could hear my notes staying in their own little area of the mix. It sounded way better to me.
So now I practice at home on my Jazz with the rounds, and jam with the flats on my Precision.
I played for about 7 years, thinking "flats suck!". Then one day I put a pair of Chromes on my Fender Precision. I didn't like the tone, thought they sounded flat and dead. But I kept them on because I liked the feel of them, the lack of extraneous finger noise, and how I could repeat a single note more quickly and fluidly, morse-code style.
Then I took my bass to weekly jam night, and I got it. Wow! Instead of a big wall of undefined bassy sound, I could hear my notes staying in their own little area of the mix. It sounded way better to me.
So now I practice at home on my Jazz with the rounds, and jam with the flats on my Precision.
NicJimBass
Flossin'? I thought your name was Munson!
I am finally warming up to flats (Chromes) after trying them several times in the past. Never liked them in a rock setting, as they always seemed to be buried by everything else, but in the hip-hop/r&b band I'm in now, they work really well. I tried them again to save money in the long run, but they ended up sounding better than expected as well!
I can't get over flats. Right now I'm using rounds because my main project "requires" them, but my old Chromes will be going back on come May. Can't wait!
Yes, for me flats are the bomb.
I've tried every major brand of flats.
And spent way to much money on strings.
It's the old apples or oranges, on brand.
But if you find a set you like simply enjoy.
My top sets of flats.
1-TIJF344
2-GHS-Percision flats.
3-LaBella 1954's
4-Chromes.
Yes, for me flats are the bomb.
I've tried every major brand of flats.
And spent way to much money on strings.
It's the old apples or oranges, on brand.
But if you find a set you like simply enjoy.
My top sets of flats.
1-TIJF344
2-GHS-Percision flats.
3-LaBella 1954's
4-Chromes.
Nice list. What type of guitar are you primarily basing that list on?
My top sets of flats.
1-TIJF344
2-GHS-Percision flats.
3-LaBella 1954's
4-Chromes.
1) GHS Precision Flatwounds
2) Labella 1954 Originals "Jamerson."
3) Pyramids
4) Thomastik-Infeld
5) D'Addario Chromes
Flats ARE awesome. I put some Fender medium-lights on my Squier P-Bass and MAN, were they sweet!! I need to stop being lazy and order some chromes!!
I got my Chromes in the mail today. Sooooooooooo smooth…
It's good to have Flats back on my bass!!
It's good to have Flats back on my bass!!
I use flats on my jazz bass when jamming with a smooth jazz group. You can actually get lower actions than rounds without fretting out.
As it should be, LOL. That combination just seems to bring out the best of those two basses..
60's basses came stock with flats so I never even knew there was another kind of string until I bought a Gibson with rounds on it. Hated the bass but loved the strings and put them on my Fender basses.
Loved them on the Jazz but hated them on the PBass. It just plain old lost that thump I loved but the rounds made that mid range heavy Jazz into a tonal machine I could take anywhere, play anything with and it sounded right.
I still play rounds or now Pressurewounds on my Jazz and flats on a PBass. It's been that way for about 30 years now and I don't feel a change comin' on.
