Flatwounds

[Yahboy]

Even Cobalt flat 2814 not make for 30 scale bass guitar, but the E string has better tone clarity on Squier CV Mustang compare to others traditional flat.

Unlike the tone character on 34 scale bass, dial back tone knob she present warmth , smooth and round sound on Squier Mustang.

Cobalt materia also increase some amount of gain to the Mustang pickup in good way.

Hope helps

 

[TheDuff]

I’m new to Fender. Just got a Mustang II. I’d like to put flatwounds on it but I don’t want to diminish the sound quality. What do you. Think? Thanks!

I just last week put a new set of short scale Daddario Chromes on my new Fender Mustang Player 2 coral red dark fretboard, and it sounds great.

The Chromes sound great on it. I also like monel Rotosound 77 short scale flats. Monel is an alloy something like stainless that has been used with string making for years.

I am partial to Chromes. Maybe because a like a faster brighter sounding flat wound string that still sounds smooth.

Chromes are only made as flats and can be found everywhere. ‘Except’ you have a very hard time finding ‘short scale’ chromes or any short scale bass strings even at the best local music stores.

I advise buying short scale bass strings online.

Your Mustang is going to ‘need’ short scale strings. Can’t find locally ever…. But you need to use these ‘short scale’ strings because the strings will sit with the silk wrapping part of the string above, not in, the nut slot. The silk should start after the nut and be wound around the tuning post. This is the correct way. The metal part of the string should sit in the nut slot.

Get short scale strings for the Mustang bass. If your Mustang is a model with strings that extend thru the back you will see six brass holes for the strings on the back of the guitar. If you have a string thru body then you will need ‘medium scale’ bass strings for correct fit.

I like the flats on my Mustang and do not experience any degradation of the sound. The tone is much better, cleaner, clearer, noiseless. The tone is very pure sounding without a lot of finger noise as is amplified by roundwounds.

 

[TheDuff]

Even Cobalt flat 2814 not make for 30 scale bass guitar, but the E string has better tone clarity on Squier CV Mustang compare to others traditional flat.

Unlike the tone character on 34 scale bass, dial back tone knob she present warmth , smooth and round sound on Squier Mustang.

Cobalt materia also increase some amount of gain to the Mustang pickup in good way.

Hope helps

Totally agree on this. Have used them successfully myself.

 

[TheDuff]

Flatwounds are a great sound, until you need a roundwound sound. And vice-versa. Neither can cop what the other does completely, but some strings can get close. Technique is also a factor. Fingerstyle--easier to blur the distinction between them sonically. Pickstyle--the difference is way more obvious--flats can give that super cool clicky attack and quicker decay with no zing. Rounds can't do that, even old ones. If you EQ for the clicky attack, there's always that extra harmonic complexity, that grunt or "zing" in the envelope of the note following the attack. But then flats lack that stuff, the sustain and "grind" if you need that sound. Sometimes with flats you can make up for that down the line with a little overdrive or something that puts a little hair on the tone. FWIW, half my basses have flats and half have rounds. If I only had one bass and I needed it to be as versatile as possible (for my purposes--fingerstyle and pick--I don't slap hardly ever) I'd go with well broken-in nickel roundwounds. I prefer that (DR Nickel Lo-Riders specifically) to Chromes which to me are simply harsh sounding flats that get worse with age.

I agree and myself I like to have at least one bass with a good set of rounds and some others with flats of one sort or another. Experimenting.

I am about to put a brand new set of Rotosound stainless steel Rs66s short scale roundwounds on my Gretsch Streamliner Jet Club bass havana burst. I’m looking forward to the contrast of the fast bright sound compared to the flats on the others. It has good sounding plain roundwounds on it now. Seen in avatar.

 

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[Ricky Rioli]

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