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Post subject: flatwound strings
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 9:41 pm
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yes but only on my frettless jazz bass.


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Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 12:03 pm
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Hi:

I have 8 basses. 2 I got used and have flatwounds on them

1996 Fender MIM Jazz (fretless)
1999 Danelectro Hodad

I have always like roundwounds especially on my P-Basses and My Danelectro Rumor (P-Style) pickup.

On my Jazz I'll never use anything other than Flatwounds. It mellows out the tone. I can get the same sound as Joe Osborn on the old Ricky Nelson and Johnny Rivers records.

I tried a set of flats on my 97 P-bass and didn't like them, I may try them on my 99 Danelectro DC bass


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Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 12:25 pm
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Just some final thoughts on Flatwound strings. A n observation I've have made is that flatwounds have alot to do with the amp that you play through. In the 70's, I remember that Tubes were what you had and that friends I knew did not like the "solid state" amps that were just arriveing on the scene because of tone issues. Flatwounds at that time were in greater use, and the tone that the tubes produced were to the liking of garage bands and rock and rollers. Flatwounds were more condusive to the tube tone and at least to some of us, produced a big bottom and were fuller in tone to get that volume up Grand Funk tone. Enter the eightys, "solid state was gaining ground with better amps and it seemed everyone was dropping flats for roundwounds including yours truly. Solid state was becoming the norm and that clear piano type tone was intigrated into main stream music especailly Jazz Fusion groups like Return to Forever and brought bass playing and the Jazz bass into the spotlight. At the present amp manufacturers have devolped "hybreds" , tube preamps and solid state power amps and that wonderful full tone of the flatwound string can come out again. Flatwounds are coming back and I feel it's the tube that is signaling it's return.

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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:01 pm
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:wink: I have 2 fretless Jazz basses 1 MIM and 1 Squier Vintage modified and I use the Rotosound Jazz Bass 77 Flatwound standard guage and I am very happy with how it sounds- nice and thick! Sustain is really good, check out the video of the Rotosound strings on my bass,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFtRn-4DX5g

FENDER STANDARD SERIES Jazz Bass® Fretless (Upgrade) The fretless is just so fun to play with, the feel, the "mwah" sound, everything! Strings: ROTOSOUND jazz bass77 RS77LD standard guage long scale


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