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My life will never be the same...

VeganThump

VeganThump

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Jun 29, 2012
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#1
So last night I bought my first set of flats (chromes) and put them on my P5. The instant I plugged in and began playing the heavens opened up and angels smiled down upon me. After 2 hours of euphoric noodling, I ritualistically set ablaze my old rounds and took an oath to Baal to never use rounds again. The tall tales of yore rang true last night, Flats on a P-Bass truly do sound heavenly! I am love... that is all.
 
#5
+1
It happened to me around labor day. Labella 760FS, from Jason, on a new mij custom 70s precision. I liked them so much that I ordered more for my old sterlings. Don't get me wrong, I've played super slinkys forever and they also have a great classic sound, but I'm really into this new/old classic sound.
 
#7
Odin called me.

He wants to know why you became monastically flat metrostringsual.

I told him that Baal, Ernie Baal, didn't make a bad set.

One day you will come back to the Low Dark Side. Round nickel, dry hopped beer. Cookies. Chocolate. Bass Goddesses that wear Thigh High boots and little else. You know, strings with benefits. Not zingydingy but lowdownanddirty.

We'll keep the drummer warmed up for you.
 
#8
MLouis1981 said:
So last night I bought my first set of flats (chromes) and put them on my P5. The instant I plugged in and began playing the heavens opened up and angels smiled down upon me. After 2 hours of euphoric noodling, I ritualistically set ablaze my old rounds and took an oath to Baal to never use rounds again. The tall tales of yore rang true last night, Flats on a P-Bass truly do sound heavenly! I am love... that is all.
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Chromes really do sound great on a Precision. I love how mine seems to fill the perfect spot in a live mix.
 
#11
I'm a long time DR user (and Ibanez guy, too!), but at the beginning of this year I bought my first P, after 31 years of playing the most modern basses I could afford.

I listened to the suggestion of a million TBers, and tried a set of Chromes. I've been a flat user ever since. I've got them on all 3 of my P-basses.

I've briefly swapped them out for a few weeks for a set of D'Addario rounds, but couldn't stand the feel anymore and the flats went back on.

I've got about 8 months or so on this set and they still sound awesome.
 
#12
I find I really can't do without both. Flats and rounds just sound so different from each other, and any given song usually sounds better with one or the other. I'm now bringing two basses to gigs, one strung with flats and the other with rounds.

I just use whichever bass sounds the best with the song being played, and I have a backup in case one axe or the other dies in mid-gig, (which luckily hasn't yet happened).

I try and get the set list structured so I don't have to switch axes for every song. Might not be for everyone but it works well for me.
 
#15
PBnJBassist said:
He's right. You'll come back to rounds someday. If not completely, then you'll have another bass strung with them and your life will slowly revert back to what it was where hell splits the ground apart and demons headbang to your playing rather than those weak angels that play nothing but Mustang Sally :spit:
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hahahahaha funniest thing i read on TB in a while. :D


it's funny cuz it's true :hiding:
 

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