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Fretless acoustic bass: flats o nylon?


peterkas
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Hi everybody
Recently I acquired a acoustic fretless (thanks Chris). Now the bass has a daddario Chrome's string set. It sounds good, but I don't know if nylon tapewound strings could sound more audible unplugged, without loose the deep.
Please, give me your opinion and your experience.
Thanks

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Unplugged acoustic basses never seem to be loud enough, due to their small size. In my experience, the D'Addario Chromes are some of the brightest-sounding flats available; for a more zingy sound you may have to move to rounds, in particular to phosphor-bronze. Bear in mind that, in that case, you'll also have to put up with more finger noise.

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Thanks a lot for your comments.
In my case, the bass is fretless and the noise there is not important but the bronze strings are not an option. I don't want hurt the fingerboard. I don't know what is the difference in sound, volume and tension comparing with the flats

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[quote name='peterkas' timestamp='1466019479' post='3072886']
Hi everybody
Recently I acquired a acoustic fretless (thanks Chris). Now the bass has a daddario Chrome's string set. It sounds good, but I don't know if nylon tapewound strings could sound more audible unplugged, without loose the deep.
Please, give me your opinion and your experience.
Thanks
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Hey mate, theChromes are good, but I'd probably be using TI Jazz flats on that bass had I kept it. It has a big sound compared to many, so youmay get away with tapes also. Enjoy it :)

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