This is exactly what I was thinking. It actually sounds like you don't like flat wounds at all.Dead rounds = bright flats
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I'm coming around to flats..
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Roto 77's and TI Jazz Flats work great as bright flats too. Although they sit at the opposite end of the loudness spectrum - the Roto 77's are very low output while the TI Jazz Flats are really hot.
P.S. oh - and opposite tension too. The Rotos are very taut while the TI's are low tension.
P.S. oh - and opposite tension too. The Rotos are very taut while the TI's are low tension.
I second everyone on board with Fender 9050 flats. I like the 9050M, but you may like the "lites" better.
I have a set of Rotosounds 88 black tapewounds on an Ibanez Talman. They are surprisingly zingy for tapes, and quite nice overall. I would recommend either those or the Fenders. Here is the new Fender package.
The Fenders are cheap (er) at about $27.50. Pandemic pricing catches up to them- used to get a set for under $25.
. Rotosounds about $38.
Hope this helps!
I have a set of Rotosounds 88 black tapewounds on an Ibanez Talman. They are surprisingly zingy for tapes, and quite nice overall. I would recommend either those or the Fenders. Here is the new Fender package.
The Fenders are cheap (er) at about $27.50. Pandemic pricing catches up to them- used to get a set for under $25.
. Rotosounds about $38. Hope this helps!
More and more, I'm thinking that I oughta just stick to stainless steel. Haha. The fresh La Bellas produced something I really dig, but I'm just not that desperate for a unique tone to keep buying them over and over. By playing them with a pick, I'm also probably doing them some kind of disservice.
As it stands, I have nine basses. Yamaha BB5000 (bass I'm thinking of flatting), Yamaha BB300 and RBX170, '17 Squier Jazz V and '19 VM Jazz, Hondo P-bass from 1980-somtething, LTD B55 and Ashton AB-4. Also a Tanglewood acoustic bass, but it's collecting dust tbh.
Yeah, it's definitely the fresh flatwound sound I'm attracted to, in hindsight. I'm considering that particular habit. Haha. You know, it's actually good, in my estimation, to have a number of different axes of different types and specs. Sure, some barely see use, but there's always something they're perfect for. Makes it easier to freshen your approach with so many different mediums.
So many people are telling me that I need to look into wiring it in series. It's a hot topic among J bass guys.
I second everyone on board with Fender 9050 flats. I like the 9050M, but you may like the "lites" better.
I have a set of Rotosounds 88 black tapewounds on an Ibanez Talman. They are surprisingly zingy for tapes, and quite nice overall. I would recommend either those or the Fenders. Here is the new Fender package.
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The Fenders are cheap (er) at about $27.50. Pandemic pricing catches up to them- used to get a set for under $25.
Hope this helps!
Ibanez Talman. Damn. I've got to pick me up one of them when I can. I've kind of sworn off P/J configs as I have a bunch already, but the Talman is looking to drag me back into the meat market. It's...it's different!
It's easy. I just bought a new soldering iron because the one I was using was a bottom shelf iron. It was like soldering with a baseball bat.
The new soldering iron made all the difference in wiring up my basses.
Piece of cake!
You can do it without changing the pots. Just connect the leads off the pickups to the same pot.
However I just bought a push/pull series parallel switch, which I will install when I've got the time.
It definitely gives it a meaty growl!
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My Labellas have settled in nicely.
I found out if you are going string thru body you should use the thru body DTF's because the regular DTF's can't handle a bend at the saddle. I popped a string setting the witness points.
They sound oh so delicious on two of my P basses!
I recently installed one of those John East J Retro preamps. I'm already getting a snarl and 3/4. Almost Warwick Thumb-ish. I do love the idea of adding some extra beef to that snarl..
The push/pull switch can give you both options for parallel and series.
The sunburst P, my #1, has received Labellas as well as the black P, which is a parts bass I got for $ 200.00.
The Jazz has some old EB slinky rounds. I just put that neck on. Finally found a neck I like for it. Also it's the one wired in series.
The white P bass has GHS rounds on it.
The Jazz has some old EB slinky rounds. I just put that neck on. Finally found a neck I like for it. Also it's the one wired in series.
The white P bass has GHS rounds on it.
Some of the new Yamahas have that angled string through, which looks to be a great design.
buldog5151bass
Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
Maybe you might like GHS Pressurewound strings? I really like 'em - not as dull as flatwounds and nowhere near as zingy as roundwounds (and I used to just have to have the old Rotosound 99's, the ones where just the core goes over the bridge for that bright 'piano' sound). Good luck!
D'Addario Chrome Flats on the Jackson & Ibanez Basses & LaBella Stainless Steel Flats on the Steinberger
The LaBella's have more "SNAP" than the D'Addario's but that could just be the Carbon Fiber Steinberger Neck..
The LaBella's have more "SNAP" than the D'Addario's but that could just be the Carbon Fiber Steinberger Neck..
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You might want to take a second mortgage and invest in TI Jazz Flats. They're of the light-gauge variety and probably the brightest flats I've ever used. In fact they were too bright for me so I replaced them with GHS.
