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flatwounds & slapping
- Thread starter lowfrq
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Except that in several people have reported that Jamerson refused roundwounds. When he moved to LA and producers didn't like his sound, several people who loved him tried to help him out. One person (maybe the guitarist Jay Gradon?) went out and bought Jamerson a box of Rotosound rounds, but he wouldn't put them on. So he'd had exposure to rounds and decided against them.
Joe Osborn was working through the time when rounds became popular and he still uses flats (and apparently his 1960 Jazz still has the same set of LaBella flats he put on it shortly after he got it). Carol Kaye has always used flats (Fender 850s, then I think she used Rotosound flats when recording her video instructional material, and she's used TI flats for at least ten years).
John
I got a new set from a TBer cheap so I tried em, usually use nickels, sunbeam, XL170's but Chromes when I have used flats. I did not care for the Sadowsky flats right off, I put em on my 07 Skyline Jobo5 w/rosewood board, Lakey pups. I don't believe they've mellowed cause after I put em on, I only used the bass a couple times. I think my fingers n ears just got used to them by playing more.
I was in the studio recording a original blues tune, we had some spare time so we did a rough/scratch recording of funk tune the guitarist had just introduced, we sorta threw it together on the fly. I did some sloppy slap stuff but it sounds pretty good on the recording. But we're developing the tune so we only did the one take to have as a reference to build on.
I don't know how to post a tune on TB. I'll research that and see if I can post that demo but the Sad flats worked pretty well that day. Next time I'll take my 55-02D w/DR BB's to record that tune, just easier for me to slap/pop with.
I was in the studio recording a original blues tune, we had some spare time so we did a rough/scratch recording of funk tune the guitarist had just introduced, we sorta threw it together on the fly. I did some sloppy slap stuff but it sounds pretty good on the recording. But we're developing the tune so we only did the one take to have as a reference to build on.
I don't know how to post a tune on TB. I'll research that and see if I can post that demo but the Sad flats worked pretty well that day. Next time I'll take my 55-02D w/DR BB's to record that tune, just easier for me to slap/pop with.
