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Re: On which bass shall I put flats?
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 8:30 pm
by theavondon
I need to try thomastiks, but I hate even the idea of flats on my Grabber.
Flats+P bass=Motown as fuck, so, yeah.
Re: On which bass shall I put flats?
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 8:33 pm
by Mudfuzz
theavondon wrote:I need to try thomastiks, but I hate even the idea of flats on my Grabber.
Flats+P bass=Motown as fuck, so, yeah.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=354MU3l-25M[/youtube]
Re: On which bass shall I put flats?
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 8:34 pm
by theavondon
Oh, well, Rotosound flats are baaaaaaaarely flats.
They're the only ones I really dig, too.
Re: On which bass shall I put flats?
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 8:38 pm
by Mudfuzz
theavondon wrote:Oh, well, Rotosound flats are baaaaaaaarely flats.
They're the only ones I really dig, too.
can't say I like them myself. Not sure if you will like TI's though if you don't like most flats, they go way deader then chromes do, they play bouncier though
Re: On which bass shall I put flats?
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 8:41 pm
by theavondon
Mudfuzz wrote:theavondon wrote:Oh, well, Rotosound flats are baaaaaaaarely flats.
They're the only ones I really dig, too.
can't say I like them myself. Not sure if you will like TI's though if you don't like most flats, they go way deader then chromes do, they play bouncier though
I don't like the tension, really. But, I also like the clank of real strings.
YEAH, REAL STRINGS
Re: On which bass shall I put flats?
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 9:05 pm
by Achtane
theavondon wrote:Mudfuzz wrote:theavondon wrote:Oh, well, Rotosound flats are baaaaaaaarely flats.
They're the only ones I really dig, too.
can't say I like them myself. Not sure if you will like TI's though if you don't like most flats, they go way deader then chromes do, they play bouncier though
I don't like the tension, really. But, I also like the clank of real strings.
YEAH, REAL STRINGS
HEY NOW
YER IN THE WRONG SIDE O' TOWN FOR THAT KINDA TALK, BOY...
WHY DON'T YOU JUST GIT, JUST SKEDADDLE ON DOWN THE ROAD THERE 'FORE YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A JACKPOT YOU AINT NEVER SHOULDA SET DOWN FER
Re: On which bass shall I put flats?
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 9:42 pm
by Mudfuzz
theavondon wrote:Mudfuzz wrote:theavondon wrote:Oh, well, Rotosound flats are baaaaaaaarely flats.
They're the only ones I really dig, too.
can't say I like them myself. Not sure if you will like TI's though if you don't like most flats, they go way deader then chromes do, they play bouncier though
I don't like the tension, really. But, I also like the clank of real strings.
YEAH, REAL STRINGS
Yes I know guitar strings are real... so what....
Re: On which bass shall I put flats?
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 9:58 pm
by The Mad Owl
i'd keep the rounds on the p and put the flats on the other.
in many situations, flats are lovely. i do agree that in genres or styles that require raw and bright attacks, rounds are king...
but flats on the right bass/tune/song whatever are wonderful
Re: On which bass shall I put flats?
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 10:00 pm
by aen
nad wrote:ALL OF THEM. No seriously.
The Mad Owl wrote: genres or styles that require raw and bright attacks,
make my ears AND baby jesus cry.
Re: On which bass shall I put flats?
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 10:03 pm
by magiclawnchair
i use chromes on my guitars, ON MY GUITARS!!!
Re: On which bass shall I put flats?
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 1:07 am
by dorfmeister
alexa. wrote:^also depends on the music and the band you play in.
if the role of the bass is allaround like in Tool for example, rounds are the way to go.
but in a "sonically normal" band, flats are the cat's paws.
My archetypal bass tone is Jah Wobble on PIL Second Edition.
Ive got Pyramid flats on my Warwick Corvette.
Hell. I've got TI flats on both of my six strings, too. My favorite guitar strings of all time.
Re: On which bass shall I put flats?
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 8:38 am
by DarkAxel
Dunno... the fretless i guess
that'S a nobrainer...
i played a fretless Fender Jazzbass with flats a few days ago... SO MUCH INSPIRATION. and i'm not even a bass player... never tried a normal bass with flats
Re: On which bass shall I put flats?
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 2:23 am
by dubkitty
at my house we're all about the flats on bass. i have Rotosound flats on my fretless Jazz Bass, and Dan has nylon tape wound strings on his Ibanez semi-hollow short-scale bass.
Re: On which bass shall I put flats?
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:10 pm
by Jwar
I've tried flats on my Musicman and it sounded dull and lifeless. Strung that bitch up with rounds and it sounds fucking killer! Not sure if it was the flats I tried or what. They were Rotosound and too expensive and shit sounding. HATE.
Re: On which bass shall I put flats?
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:10 pm
by SmallEQ
I have Thomastik Flats on my Musicman Big Al and rounds on my Lakland P bass. I really like how the flats interact with most effects. Currently I'm playing the Pbass with the band (I like to dedicate a month on and off to my two basses) and the rounds sound great with my overdrive of choice. The home recording stuff I dick around with I do almost exclusively on my Big Al though...the versatility comes in handy. The clip below was done with the Thomastiks.
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