kode4food Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 9 hours ago, Kev said: 14 years late! How did you find this thread? 😂 I was googling to see if anybody else had run into the problem of the G string on TI flats sounding dead. Somehow this thread came up 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Welcome kode 👍,I found TI flats quite bright as flats go, that doesn’t sound right to me, maybe a dud string, foam under the strings at the bridge will do the trick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 (edited) On 20/07/2007 at 13:09, markdavid said: Sorry if this seems like a dumb question but , I have heard about some bass players rubbing vaseline on there new strings to remove some of that trebly new string sound , I want to try this when I change my strings next , but I was wondering , will this do any harm to my bass especially the wood on the neck and fingerboard , also how much will this kill off the new string sound, I mainly use flatwounds Just stick with flatwounds …is my advice and use foam at the bridge - I use a dishwashing sponge Edited November 14, 2021 by Geek99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundfreedom Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 9 minutes ago, Geek99 said: Just stick with flatwounds …is my advice and use foam at the bridge - I use a dishwashing sponge I think the OP has probably figured it out out by now or doesn't care any more. It's a 14 year old post and the poster hasn't been on the forum in over a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 I insist on an answer damnit ungrateful b’stard 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 (edited) - Edited March 15, 2022 by Jus Lukin 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 3 hours ago, Newfoundfreedom said: I think the OP has probably figured it out out by now or doesn't care any more. It's a 14 year old post and the poster hasn't been on the forum in over a year. Who gives a stinky poo! There are thousands of bass players on this site and 14 year question or not, if this information is useful to someone today then it's a worthwhile answer. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundfreedom Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 15 minutes ago, chris_b said: Who gives a stinky poo! There are thousands of bass players on this site and 14 year question or not, if this information is useful to someone today then it's a worthwhile answer. Calm down dear. It's just the internet. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teebs Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 On 31/07/2007 at 11:20, Alpha-Dave said: I think the Chicken grease was James Jamerson - Thought I could be wrong... I thought it was Bootsy! I bet in 10 years time it'll be flea http://john.basschat.co.uk/public/style_emoticons/%3C#EMO_DIR%23%3E/smile.png It was Flea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 On 14/11/2021 at 02:35, chris_b said: Put some foam under the strings to deaden them a little. IMO Vaseline wouldn't deaden the strings but it would mess up anything else you touched! In the 60's Binky McKenzie, a bassist with Alexis Korner's Free At Last, put Vaseline on his fretting fingers, but that was only to speed up his playing. I never saw him but friends who did were very impressed. Unfortunately his career as a bassist was cut short when he killed his parents and brother in law!! Presumably because they swapped his vaseline (which my phone auto-corrects to "bassline"!) for Vicks..? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloke_zero Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 There is a P-bass in the studio with 14 year old strings on it that regularly beats all comers head to head blind audio tests. I'm pretty sure at least 10% of the sound is the strings - they are so dead but they sound so right! If vaseline could get you there, or chicken grease I'd be willing to give it a go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 33 minutes ago, bloke_zero said: chicken grease Jerk chicken grease will spice up your basslines 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 On 14/11/2021 at 09:34, Newfoundfreedom said: I think the OP has probably figured it out out by now or doesn't care any more. It's a 14 year old post and the poster hasn't been on the forum in over a year. If he hasn't changed his strings since he started the thread they should be pretty dead by now. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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