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Topic: Recommendations for flatwound bass strings? |
David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 7 Oct 2007 4:59 am |
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I may end up eventually going to roundwounds for tonal reasons, but I'm not really courting "bite" for now. I am most interested in the longevity of the strings as I have EQ that can make elephants tweet & chickadees rumble. Any experience with these?
Ernie Ball 2804 Group II
Fender 905M
GHS Brite Flats ML3075
D'Addario Half-Rounds ENR71SL
The bass has a 35" scale and active electronics. I would say "money is no object" but - alas - that would be untrue. If a $50 set lasts three times as long as a $25 set, fine, but I'm not easily flattered by boutiqueiness. |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 7 Oct 2007 7:38 am
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| We've been using the GHS Brite Flats, light gauge, on my wife's Ibanez Blazer bass for at least 10 years. They are a smoother string but can still have some punch. GHS used to market these strings as "ground wounds" but changed the name about 10 years ago. |
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Stephen Silver
From:
Asheville, NC
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Posted 7 Oct 2007 7:40 am
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I have found Thomastik to be a really good sounding and durable flatwound for Bass. Carol Kaye introduced me to them (well, yea, she is an endorser). Did you know that she only plays flatwounds, and with a pick....all those tunes and tracks she recorded throughout the 60's and 80's were done that way. Myself, I am a finger style player.
I use them on my Fender Jazz fretless.
SS
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Steve Alcott
From:
New York, New York, USA
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Posted 7 Oct 2007 9:07 am
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| I like the half rounds; you can roll off highs to get the flatwound tone and still have the option of a near roundwound sound. |
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