One with flats and one with rounds ?

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

Ebmm passive (kept that one stock) and a sbmm which i routed a battery box into and went with a nordstrand pickup and 3 band preamp. Great to have the option of a classic stingray or something with a different character

 

[dave64o]

I'd don't but I suppose I could, sort of. I do have a pair of Stingrays and a pair of Jazzes. However, each of the basses in those pairs have other significant differences than just the strings, so it wouldn't be a true "one with flats, one with rounds" thing.

Besides, what I tend to do anyway is to decide at a random time for a random bass in my collection that I'll change strings just to shake things up. I might put on flats, I might put on rounds. But I don't even do that very often because I tend to keep a set of strings on a bass for at least a few years (rounds as well as flats, I love old rounds!). Shaking things up by getting new strings is usually A LOT less expensive than shaking them up by getting a new bass.

 

[Ed455]

Flats on everything except my Jazz V.

 

[eddododo]

I have a few of each.. I do specifically have a P with flats and a p5 with rounds

 

[retslock]

Flats on everything for me. They suit what I play best.

 

[SpiderBass1965]

Flats on them all

 

[lomo]

Yes. 5 basses: 1 P with flats, 1 P with rounds, 1 MM/J w/ rnds, 1 dual soapbar w/ rnds, 1 dual soap bar w/flts.

 

[DDawg]

I usually try both, and let the bass choose the strings. So far, it's about a 70/30 split in favor of rounds amongst around 30 basses, with a few duplicates here and there.

 

[Zbysek]

All my bass guitars wear rounds. I get the flats sound from my electric upright…

 

[Jeff Scott]

I do.

Rickenbacker 4004L - TI Jazz Flats
Rickenbacker 4004L SPC- TI Jazz Rounds
Martin Keith Elfin 5 - D'Addario XLs (eventually to be replaced by TI Jazz Rounds)
Martin Keith fretless Elfin 5 - TI Jazz Flats

 

[woodyng2]

Ok , who here really does this?

That’s why I usually have at least 2 Rickenbackers.
This group had 2 with different brand flatwounds, 2 with different brand roundwounds, and 1 with tapewounds.

 

[woodyng2]

I’ve got Labella LTF flatwounds set on my GL JB2 and DR Pure Blues on my L-1000.
Back when I had a Tacoma acoustic bass,it was strung with Thomastik Acousticores, which are some kind of really weird “other” string. I like string variety……

 

[Jeff Scott]

I’ve got Labella LTF flatwounds set on my GL JB2 and DR Pure Blues on my L-1000.
Back when I had a Tacoma acoustic bass,it was strung with Thomastik Acousticores, which are some kind of really weird “other” string. I like string variety……

Both of my fretless Rick Turner basses (4- and 5-string) had Acousticores on them. Definitely different but the sound of them was amazing (half the equation is probably due to the basses, themselves).

 

[thefaceofbass]

5 basses with rounds, and a J bass with flats for a few old school guitarists I sometimes get the call from. I personally dislike flats, but the dunlop set of flats strung up now are much nicer than the chromes I've used in the past.