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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:00 pm
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Out of 9 basses, I have roundwounds on 7 and flats on 2


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I have d'addario flat chromes on my American Deluxe Jazz and I have round wounds on my MIM Standard Jazz Bass V (Wilkinson pickups).

Both have totally different sounds. Those who say the flats are dull, should think about buying a better amplifier that will reproduce ALL the harmonics that the strings produce.

The flats are smoother on the fingers and don't have the ring of the rounds, but they have a beautiful tone of their own.

The only catch is that bass strings are not as cheap as guitar strings and experimenting can get expensive. But then again, what is your passion??

Have fun learning, after all, why did you get into it in the first place !!!


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Post subject: Re: Do you use flatwound strings?
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:23 am
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Red Paul wrote:
Hello all, do you use flatwound strings?


Yes!

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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 7:54 pm
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I got some of the Fender "Tape wounds" for my fretless and they sound very nice. They are round wound strings with the "tape" coating. Easy on the rosewood and better sustain than flats.


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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:35 am
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I enjoy the sound as well....James Jamerson anyone? One thing to be aware of, they tend to have more tension than round wounds. They have a great mid range punch. Steve Harris and so forth. I feel that is one reason Motown bass recordings were so audible on the crappy am radio.


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Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:39 am
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I've gone back and forth between rounds and flats on my basses. On a bass that has a ton of depth to the tone, such as a P, Flats can be hit or miss as far as definition is concerned. On a bass such as a Jazz where there is already a brilliance to the notes, rounds can be overbearing in the highs.

I find that I always aim for a certain tone in my head. I've found that using a duller round or pressure wounds on my Precision is perfect. As far as my jazz is concerned I am drawn to Flats recently.

That being said if i had the money I would have 2 of each, a P with rounds and one with Flats. Same for Jazz, one with rounds one with flats. And Im sure that they would all get equal playing time.

I agree, your amplification as well as the room your playing in Will play out big time in your definition, but as far as recording, flats cannot be beat.


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Ihave found that flats are too dull and don't really accent the mids and highs on the jazz bass very well. I love the dean markley Blue Steels .45-.105. These are by far the best i have ever played!!!


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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 6:16 am
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I use Ground wound strings on all my basses. They are round wound strings that have been ground flat on the outside. You have the smoothness of a flat wound string, but alittle more high end bite than s true flat wound string. I currenly own a 1994 American Jazz four, a new American Jazz five, and and a relatively new Korean Jazz V Five. They all sound great with ground wounds.


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Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 8:20 am
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I use only Swing bass 66 round. On my 73 jazz bass. It's the best sound I have found.
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I SWEAR BY SH77's. I PLAY THEM ON MY MM JAZZ AND I THINK THAT THE SOUND IS DEEPER, DARKER, NOT AS BELL-LIKE AS THE ROUNDS, BUT NOT DEAD. VINTAGE IS THE MORE APPROPRIATE TERM, IN MY OPINION.


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joelb79 wrote:
I've gone back and forth between rounds and flats on my basses. On a bass that has a ton of depth to the tone, such as a P, Flats can be hit or miss as far as definition is concerned. On a bass such as a Jazz where there is already a brilliance to the notes, rounds can be overbearing in the highs.

I find that I always aim for a certain tone in my head. I've found that using a duller round or pressure wounds on my Precision is perfect. As far as my jazz is concerned I am drawn to Flats recently.

That being said if i had the money I would have 2 of each, a P with rounds and one with Flats. Same for Jazz, one with rounds one with flats. And Im sure that they would all get equal playing time.

I agree, your amplification as well as the room your playing in Will play out big time in your definition, but as far as recording, flats cannot be beat.


Well said. Although I'm tending now to use flatwounds on all my Fender basses since the warm tone is more suited to the blues/rock I'm playing of late. But I'm keeping roundwounds on my Rickenbacker basses for when I want brighter tone.


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I find it to be very helpful to have two basses one with flats and the other with round wounds.


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alex7734 wrote:
I find it to be very helpful to have two basses one with flats and the other with round wounds.

True that. I have my 2 P-basses set up like that.


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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:18 am
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One thing to keep in mind too is not all flatwounds sound the same. Fender flatwounds get a nice "thump" while Rotosound flatwounds are much brighter, almost like roundwounds. D'addario flatwounds are somewhere in between, not as thumping as Fenders but warmer than Rotosounds.

So you could string all your Fender basses with flats and yet have quite a different sound from each without having to use rounds.


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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 3:35 pm
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I have Flatwounds on my fretted PBass and my fretless Jazz. I love them. I have an Ibanez with roundwounds and they are just so noisy. I hate that bass. Its going to the cabin to be used as a campfire bass along with my POS Crate amp! LOL! The Fenders stay home with me!


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