Members arock0627 Posted May 26, 2013 Members Share Posted May 26, 2013 My attack has been too sharp. It always has been. A few weeks ago I took the plunge and ordered some LaBella Deep Talkin' Tapewound Nylons for my baby. I love em. I hit the neck pickup for some easy playin', rounded out notes for some serious boom. I switch to the bridge pickup, dig in, and pull out some wonderful growling, fretless quality sounds to really cut through the mix. The B sounds a little... uh... "bwowy", but it's gotten better as I've put the strings through their paces and I figure that with enough time the sound will round out a bit. Slap and pop with the top 3 strings is fairly phenomenal in an old school sense, but the E and B are a bit thuddy. Not a big issue as I play slap bass just about never. The strings play like a dream, but the need a bit more fretting power than my old roundwounds. I had heard that these were of a lower tension than your normal flatwounds, and it's not like I'm jamming them down as hard as I can to avoid fret buzz, but I noticed a bit more fatigue on the left hand after an extended session than previously. Clanking, slide noise, and fret noise have all but disappeared, however, so that's a good damn thing. Never going back to roundwounds, people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members arock0627 Posted May 26, 2013 Author Members Share Posted May 26, 2013 Also, as odd as it sounds, it appears that when I got the bass from the store, the bridge was set up for flatwounds. My intonation with the roundwounds was a bit off, but once I put these strings on the 12th and 24th fret harmonics were dead on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted May 26, 2013 Members Share Posted May 26, 2013 Nice looking bass and Happy New Strings Day. Play it in good health. I found a set of Ernie Ball flatwounds on clearance for half price at a local Guitar Center after I bought my own bass. I didn't know I was supposed to hate flats so I bought them and put them on. I love the feel and since I only use my bass for practicing the sound isn't critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Perfessor Posted May 26, 2013 Members Share Posted May 26, 2013 For the heck of it, I might try a set of tapewounds on my Jack bass today. I think I'd like the size of the D'Addario's better, though, because they come .050-.105. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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