Members Sideroad Posted September 1, 2005 Members Share Posted September 1, 2005 I wanted to try FLatwounds on my bass.THey only had fender stainless flats at my local music store and the guy there said he likes them and puts them on a lot of basses.SO i risked it and bought some. They are definately different sounding than my last set of rounds (TI super alloys) but i don't know if i like them yet.Does anyone have experience with these or can compare them to other flats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cortfan Posted September 1, 2005 Members Share Posted September 1, 2005 I have a set on my Fender shortscale Musicmaster, and they are very satisfactory. I would imagine TI's are as good, or better, but these work fine. Even though its my backup bass, I might grab it around the middle of the 3rd set, and play the 4th set with it if I get tired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sixgun77 Posted September 1, 2005 Members Share Posted September 1, 2005 I've played D'Addario, Rotosound, GHS, Fender, La Bella, and Ernie Ball strings. Standard(or heavy if I feel like ordering them) Fender Steel flats are my favorite strings in the world. La Bella's are awesome too, but very expensive. I don't like anything with less than a .104 E though. I use these strings on a fretless Squire. Here's a link to a song with standard guage Fender flats being used on my Brice T Bird(it's my backup bass, haven't pulled the frets out yet). This is just a 1 mic practice recording it's, low qual, but I love what the room mic did to my highs and mids. Bad Trip is the clip you need to hear these strings: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=16816834&Mytoken=20050901152530 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MistahMojoRyan Posted September 1, 2005 Members Share Posted September 1, 2005 Flatwounds are quite different from brand to brand and the Fender's (like all the others) have their own thing going on. High tension, smooth, lots of thud, old school flats. I haven't played anything very similar to them...maybe Rotosounds in tone but the Rotosounds have a monel wrap w/ gaps b/t them so a very different feel. TI's and Dean Markley's (my favorites) have a much more woody/upright sound, more flexibility and are polished smooth. I've tried a couple sets of Fender flats and never cared for them but I played one note on Dean Markley flats and knew I'd be playing them for a long time! and I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sixgun77 Posted September 1, 2005 Members Share Posted September 1, 2005 Originally posted by MistahMojoRyan Flatwounds are quite different from brand to brand and the Fender's (like all the others) have their own thing going on. High tension, smooth, lots of thud, old school flats. I haven't played anything very similar to them...maybe Rotosounds in tone but the Rotosounds have a monel wrap w/ gaps b/t them so a very different feel. TI's and Dean Markley's (my favorites) have a much more woody/upright sound, more flexibility and are polished smooth. I've tried a couple sets of Fender flats and never cared for them but I played one note on Dean Markley flats and knew I'd be playing them for a long time! and I have. Very true. I love the "thud" and hate brightness in a bass guitar tone. I like the Fenders so much because they have lots of mids and lows with a SEVERELY dampened high end. I got a set of .100 Chromes as a gift and they were way to bright for me. Happy hunting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Detox Posted September 1, 2005 Members Share Posted September 1, 2005 Originally posted by Sideroad I wanted to try FLatwounds on my bass.THey only had fender stainless flats at my local music store and the guy there said he likes them and puts them on a lot of basses.SO i risked it and bought some. They are definately different sounding than my last set of rounds (TI super alloys) but i don't know if i like them yet.Does anyone have experience with these or can compare them to other flats? I have them on my Jay Turser Beatle bass knockoff. I think they play and feel great. I like the sound, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sideroad Posted September 2, 2005 Author Members Share Posted September 2, 2005 cool thanks for the thoughts guess I'll have to give them a good work out to make sure they sound good. they deffinatly sound pretty dead right from the start which i useually like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DerekDRP Posted September 2, 2005 Members Share Posted September 2, 2005 what is this "flatwounds" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pillowtalk Posted September 2, 2005 Members Share Posted September 2, 2005 I play these nylon strings for total thumping low end rotosound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wilki29` Posted September 2, 2005 Members Share Posted September 2, 2005 I use ghs flatwounds on my fretless jazz bass. They are really nice for jazz/classic rock. Id recommend them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Acephalous Posted September 2, 2005 Members Share Posted September 2, 2005 This Fender are made of steel, they don't sound too bright (compared to nickel flatwounds)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Detox Posted September 2, 2005 Members Share Posted September 2, 2005 Originally posted by Acephalous This Fender are made of steel, they don't sound too bright (compared to nickel flatwounds)? I don't think they're overly bright. I'd change mine to nickelwounds in a minute if I thought they were too bright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ender_rpm Posted September 2, 2005 Members Share Posted September 2, 2005 Used to use em on my old jazz bass (active, MIM). Very smooth, full, thumpy sound. Found I didn't need to mess with the EQ as much with them on. BUT I do prefer round wound for rock. Too much Gn'R as a kid i suppose:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sixgun77 Posted September 2, 2005 Members Share Posted September 2, 2005 Duff is an awesome bassist but damn what an awful tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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