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Lakland Owners Group #69

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Flatwound strings are all-metal construction and have no ridges to them. Tapewound strings have a smooth nylon tape wrapped around the metal core of the strings. Both are very smooth feeling, and produce a muted tone (as opposed to round-wound). Tapewounds are said to be closer to an upright sound (when paired with the right bass, of course).

Gold Flats are just flatwound strings that use a gold colored metal (80/20 Brass). Gold White Tapes use the same alloy as what is in the Gold Flats, but they have a white nylon tape outer casement.
 
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gkbass13 said:
Has anybody here had a J pickup installed in a 44-64? Lovin’ mine with its geezer p, but wondering if some 60’s j growl would take it to the next level.
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I did on a slightly modded 55-64. Same idea and worked as planned.

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soundsupport1 said:
on the subject of flatwounds...
What flatwounds do you guy recommend that are a bit more modern-sounding? I know rotosound jazz 77s are pretty bright, what others are out there?
Peace
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EBMM cobalt flats and Sadowsky Blue Label flats are on the brighter side of flats.
Chromes and DR Legends slightly less so IMO.
 
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OnederTone said:
For modern sounding flats? Man, I thought those were one step above catgut! Maybe i’m Miss-remembering them but they totally had a vibe that would make Jamerson say “you need some new strangs, boy”
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I’m making a huge assumption that Mr. Jamerson would pronounce “strings” “strangs” due to the brown licquor and cheap cigars; and not that much of a leap that he’d call us all “boy”
 
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OnederTone said:
I’m making a huge assumption that Mr. Jamerson would pronounce “strings” “strangs” due to the brown licquor and cheap cigars; and not that much of a leap that he’d call us all “boy”
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I think he would call us all boy

Sidenote, it's been a while for me too but I thought I remembered them being bright
Anyone else have more experience with DR legends?
 
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soundsupport1 said:
on the subject of flatwounds...
What flatwounds do you guy recommend that are a bit more modern-sounding? I know rotosound jazz 77s are pretty bright, what others are out there?
Peace
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Thomastik! And those things just don't die and are reasonably low tension. I also find them brighter than most flat-wounds and they don't seem to lose their top end for a LONG time. They cost a bit more than others but last so long that really does not matter - I am putting a set back on a Lakland 55-64 PJ that is 13 years old.

Dan
 
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Dan Knowlton said:
Thomastik! And those things just don't die and are reasonably low tension. I also find them brighter than most flat-wounds and they don't seem to lose their top end for a LONG time. They cost a bit more than others but last so long that really does not matter - I am putting a set back on a Lakland 55-64 PJ that is 13 years old.

Dan
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I personally don't use anything but Thomastik on all my basses. I have 4 basses in total. 3 have TI jazz flats and 1 has TI Jazz Rounds.
 
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Dan Knowlton said:
Thomastik! And those things just don't die and are reasonably low tension. I also find them brighter than most flat-wounds and they don't seem to lose their top end for a LONG time. They cost a bit more than others but last so long that really does not matter - I am putting a set back on a Lakland 55-64 PJ that is 13 years old.

Dan
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I would not call Thomastik's modern, at all. They're low tension nickle strings and, while they last forever, they're mellow sounding. I've got D'Addario Chromes on my hollowbody. They're probably a good compromise between old skool thump and something like a steel string.
 
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overbybr said:
I would not call Thomastik's modern, at all. They're low tension nickle strings and, while they last forever, they're mellow sounding. I've got D'Addario Chromes on my hollowbody. They're probably a good compromise between old skool thump and something like a steel string.
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Nice thing is...we all hear differently! Thomastik's don't have the high end of the roundwounds I have used (DR's on one bass, Lakland's on another, NYXL's on another, Fodera's on another) but they have a LOT more high end than the flatwounds I have used - at least after the first two weeks.

Dan
 
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Dan Knowlton said:
Nice thing is...we all hear differently! Thomastik's don't have the high end of the roundwounds I have used (DR's on one bass, Lakland's on another, NYXL's on another, Fodera's on another) but they have a LOT more high end than the flatwounds I have used - at least after the first two weeks.

Dan
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No question that TI's maintain their tone for a long time.
 
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This is a fun argument I've started...different strokes for different folks, I guess.

I'm sure some out there are thinking "But flats are for traditional Motown-type stuff, why would you want them bright?"

I just want a fairly modern sound out of a fretless 55-02. I know the 55-02 can cop a P-bass/J-bass sound, but at the end of the day it's an active instrument, so I don't think it'll be so close to the Jamerson thing no matter what you do. Might as well go the other direction and make it modern-jazz sounding.
Interested by the Sadowskys though.

hmmmm...

many important decisions...
 

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