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Who likes both rounds and flats equally ?

#23
I still have rounds on my '92 Fender Jazz and '88 Ric 2030, but I'm getting ready to try the new Fender 9050s on the Jazz. I prefer flats but am into rounds if the right musical situation presents itself, but truthfully Chromes seem to cover the full spectrum, and I have them on my Ric 4001, Danelectro Longhorn and Jay Turser Beatle Bass. GHS Precision Flats are on my Squier Bronco for the really old school, rootsy stuff.
 
#24
All of my basses have flats except my Soundgear has light rounds.
I had chromes on that and found the neck was stressing so I put the rounds on and set it up for them.
The music I play flats sit better in the mix.
When playing by myself rounds sound good.
I really can't say I have a dislike for either however I lean toward flats.
The only set of strings I really did not like was a set of nylon coated rounds.
The sound and feel was just not to my liking.:rollno:
I love my Rotosound tru bass nylon coated flats.:)
 
#25
I'm definitely more into rounds overall (ESPECIALLY on fretless - I could never dig any fretless with flats, just does not work for me at all).

But otoh when I want to play flats on a bass (fretted, of course) then only flats will do. So I couldn't actually swear off playing either.
 
#27
Just installed some TI Jazz Bass Flats on my SX Jazz with Barts. Definite improvement for that bass. Weird part is that I've always been a rounds guy thanks to their tone when slapped, but I just bought a U-Bass 2 with polyurethane rubber strings and my music director *loves* the way it sounds on our R&B set. It also woke up an interest in vintage Fender sounds I didn't know I had, so I'm now rounds on my active 5 and 6, flats on my passive 4 string, rubber on my U-Bass. If you own multiple basses, they might as well sound differently from each other, right? So many colors in my palette, now. :bassist: Thinking of adding gut on one of my uprights...
 
#29
TI flats on 6 string fretted, rounds on the five fretless and tapewounds on the 6 er fretless and loving them all in live gigs.
Of course, this all could change on a moments notice but I still love anything that makes a bass note. This includes 1/2 rounds at times on any of the above.:hyper:
 
#30
Just put some Rotosound flats back on my P after a while using rounds but I might switch the E back to round. With my style of play it seems to cause a lot of clickety clack on the E when unamplified. I'll have to see how it sounds through my amp when I play the jam I have coming up.
 
#32
Count me in on this one. I love the sound and feel of both. It's really apples and oranges. I have a 5 and 4 both with rounds, but if I had the money I'd have a P or J bass with flats. They both have a place. I prefer rounds for most of what I play in the current band I am in, but if I got the call for some reggae or Motown, I may use flats instead.
 
#33
I use Chromes on my Peavey T-40 and GHS pressure wounds on my Spector and fretless Peavey Foundation. Prior to pressure wounds, I've been using DR Nickel Lo-Riders for a few years, and a slew of other round rounds in the past. I like how pressure wounds take the best from flats and rounds...think of a more mellow, less aggressive round wound with some of the tonal qualities of flats. I only use flats on passive basses, and I'm not a huge fan of their sound on a fretless. However, using both strings, I can cover all of my musical bases :D
 
#36
I like the sound of both equally (on records and played by others), rounds maybe a bit more, but I can't stand the feel (especially) and sound of rounds when I play them myself, ironically. They're just not me.

So my main axes have flats... though one has rounds (the BEAD strung one), because I need that sound and tuning on some songs.
 

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