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Just commited TB heresy...
- Thread starter wraub
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I don't mind tort - particularly on a sunburst body.
But flats? Nope. Never.
I have very bright rounds on my Bob Glaub lakland PJ and it sounds *killer* - even with the P p'up soloed. Great "roar".
But flats? Nope. Never.
I have very bright rounds on my Bob Glaub lakland PJ and it sounds *killer* - even with the P p'up soloed. Great "roar".
That's great. Just send me that anodized PG you fell out of love with. I'll give it a good home!
I have to say after following this thread all day I have had many a laugh, flats vs rounds and the pick guard was a good starting point but a few Monty Python posts and even the Talkbass Pope has joined in. Well I play rounds and replaced the black pick guard to tort on my american deluxe jazz, and no Humbled nothing wrong with a Tort g string.
I wish! If never seems to work that way for me. My import Sterling is like two entirely different instruments with flats and rounds, both of which I really like. Probably means there should another one around here!
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I guess I'd draw the ire of everyone, since out of almost a dozen basses, none have flats, none have a tort PG, and most heretical of all, none of them are Ps.
(tort does look good on traditional 3-color sunburst, though - gives it that vintage 70's look)
(tort does look good on traditional 3-color sunburst, though - gives it that vintage 70's look)
I sold the last of my p basses back in the 90s. I've never really cared for flats on any bass I've had but because of talkbass I'll occasionally get a set just to realize yet again that flats are not for me.
Same here. I look at it like subtractive synthesis. You can remove frequencies if needed but you cant add if its not there. Flats are terrible!
I like flats, but only when combined with a nice overdrive to add what wasn't there.Same here. I look at it like subtractive synthesis. You can remove frequencies if needed but you cant add if its not there. Flats are terrible!
Sorry guys, I already breached the line again recently with my kazoo player vid.
Can't afford another one.
If anyone is interested, this was recorded with a tort pickguarded Precision with flatwound strings.
Progressive Rock with a flatwound PBass | TalkBass.com
Progressive Rock with a flatwound PBass | TalkBass.com
My Squier P Bass is blonde and wears stainless rounds, it plays better than most poorly set up American fenders, and sounds like a Rick. I just blacked up the pickguard, and it wears a pickup cover, but not a bridge cover.
I have a Squier Jag neck on my Stagg P bass which I gutted and turned into a 'Ray copy. It is bright orange.
I usually use a pick, and sometimes I play powerchords up the neck with a cloned OD pedal.
Am I banned yet?
EDIT: The 'Ray copy is covered in stickers, I prefer to play looking as casual as possible (Shorts, occasionally no t-shirt) and I dance around like flea.
Also I can't understand the Fieldy hate because all the things that you complain about are applicable to a muted P bass with flats (Can't really hear what notes are being played, and the tone only fits in one genre)
I have a Squier Jag neck on my Stagg P bass which I gutted and turned into a 'Ray copy. It is bright orange.
I usually use a pick, and sometimes I play powerchords up the neck with a cloned OD pedal.
Am I banned yet?
EDIT: The 'Ray copy is covered in stickers, I prefer to play looking as casual as possible (Shorts, occasionally no t-shirt) and I dance around like flea.
Also I can't understand the Fieldy hate because all the things that you complain about are applicable to a muted P bass with flats (Can't really hear what notes are being played, and the tone only fits in one genre)
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