Just switched to flats!!! question

[jamersonburton]

i see what ur saying Duffy, my bass is KIND OF (not too much but still) like a musicman. with a reverse P pickup, they are both about the same weight. I played a squier affinity jazz bass and that sounded really nice with the rounds (i know its the lowest of the low, but i loved it). i might consider getting a jazz bass and slapping some flats onto it later on. anyways thanks.

 

[Duffy49]

I know what you mean. I picked up my Squier affinity J bass, or rather it picked me out at GC one evening at a big sale. It is metallic red and totally drew me to it. I picked up a Rumble 100 at a real good price too.

Then, a little while later, I decided to get new J pickups and was turned on to the Fender Noiseless J bass pickups by a private guitar tech that works for the GC. I contacted him privately and he ordered the pickups from Fender for me and had them installed in no time. He is a pro and said since he discovered the Fender Noiseless J bass pickups he has put them on all his J basses.

I must admit that the affinity, inexpensive bass is great sounding with the pickups and the flats. My new Ibanez
SR500 sounds super great with rounds and I picked up a set of flats for it but I think I will play the rounds for a while because they sound real good.

 

[Russell L]

I played a friend's really cheap bass through a Peavey TKO amp the other day, dead rounds and all, and it sounded really good. Nice and thumpy. I dug it, to tell the truth.

I'm also having flats euphoria. Just put some Fender 9050Ls on my Jazz Bass Special and flipped the switch to the Precision pickup. Wow, 1965 all over again!

 

[Jay2U]

I have been playing a relatively cheap (under $300) Ibanez GSR200EX for about 18 months now. I completely set it up to my likings. I tried quite a lot of strings on it: Rounds, half rounds, groundwounds and flats, from several brands. The flatwounds offer an unparalleled playability and feel, to my opinion. I have tried quite a number of expensive basses, like Sandbergs, Fenders, Laklands and Ibanez SoundGears. They all were fitted with standard roundwounds and none of them feels as good as my own bass with the d'Addario flats. I guess it's a combination of string choise and set up.