Why use roundwounds?

[WayneS]

I hate threads like this. Use what you want and don't worry about what others do.

+13

 

[GianGian]

They are softer on the fingers and more trebly.

 

[Ric5]

Why do people use rounds instead of flats ... the vast majority of bass players think they sound better.

 

[Stumbo]

I have always played flats until my Fender Jazz V came with rounds.
The much thinner G (than I'm used to ) is great for popping.
To me, a nice piano type bass sound can cover a lot of ground in the right setting.

 

[BassSurfer]

I hate threads like this. Use what you want and don't worry about what others do.

HUGE +14

 

[Orangeclawhammr]

I like threads like this because I like to hear people's opinions. It beats reading bout the equipment I can't afford and wouldn't know when I'd ever use and a nice break from reading about all of the technique that I haven't mastered.....yet.

For the record, my bass has D'addario nickle rounds. I'm too cheap and lazy to buy different sets of strings just to try them out, but a post in the thread about flats that said that some flats could be sold as used was very educational.

 

[fearceol]

I hate threads like this.

Why bother to reply then.

 

[SteveC]

Cause they sound great.

 

[dvh]

I prefer rounds because of the brighter, trebly edge to them. My main band does a sort of rock/funk/jazz thing and the rounds just work better for the ol' slap and pop.

 

[98mtd]

Use them all and find no limits. Roundwounds and flatwounds are beautiful inventions and offer us bassists a different way to color our Music, like an artist chooses his paint colors and brushes to paint his masterpieces. I love both, especially if they're DR Strings, quality controlled.

 

[E2daGGurl]

I have roundwounds on my Fender Jazz Bass, and after reading this read, I guess it is the brighter, slightly more trebly sound that I like. I had flatwounds on my Ibanez bass for awhile, but couldn't get used to the way the E string sounded, so changed them back to roundwounds.

But, now that I have two basses and am fooling around with more sounds, I'd probably like flatwounds.

In an ideal world, since I'm not thinking I'll put flats on the Fender, what basses sound best with flatrounds? I like opinions about these things, and it's more fun than anything to at least think about buying a new bass.

Okay, it's true, at some point, I won't be able to resist putting flats on the Fender, just to see how it sounds - I read somewhere on some guy's bass page, though, that it would ruin the little holes on my bass for rounds if I did that. True/not true? (He says the holes have to be slightly bigger/more ellipitical for the flats).

 

[98mtd]

DR Strings Flatbeam flatwound strings sound and feel great on my 77' Fender P all-original.

 

[98mtd]

DR Strings Hi-Beam round wounds on my five.

 

[pbass2]

I agree, i just made the thread because there is one about flats and thought it would be interesting to see what people say. i've got flats on ym basses, but i'm planning to buy a bass to solely have round wounds on

IMO if you want to be a sonically versatile bassist, having basses with both flats and rounds is a must.

 

[KrispyJones]

+1 for the post above !!!

 

[DavePlaysBass]

In a large room that seats 700 people, my ears tell me that the zingy harmonics associated with rounds result in more definition and articulation. When running with flats, I would get a lot of boom without note definition. In my basement I hear things differently and would prefer flats there.

 

[JimmyM]

Why bother to reply then.

Same reason you did.

 

[fearceol]

Same reason you did.

Yes. But why post in a thread you "hate".

 

[fretlessguy]

"I hate threads like this. Use what you want and don't worry about what others do."

Thank you, JimmyM, I agree whole-heartedly. I like them both myself.

 

[funkydanbass]

The only reason I use round wounds is too piss off all the flat wound string players.
Really...