Help with getting rid of thud tone

[jacko]

3 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

I'l be trying out flats at a gig tomorrow night for the first time in 35 yrs. Depending on how it goes will decide whether i remain with them.

To be fair they sound good in rehearsals so i'm expecting same at gig.

Dave

So long as you've been playing them for a while in rehearsals you should be fine.  I made the mistake of changing my fretless to flats a week before a gig and they hadn't settled in, nor had I got used to a totally different feel, so the numbers I used it on were rubbish. I persevered though and haven't taken them off in over ten years.  

[dmccombe7]

3 hours ago, jacko said:

So long as you've been playing them for a while in rehearsals you should be fine.  I made the mistake of changing my fretless to flats a week before a gig and they hadn't settled in, nor had I got used to a totally different feel, so the numbers I used it on were rubbish. I persevered though and haven't taken them off in over ten years.  

Cheers @jacko got them on my fretted Sandberg VM4. Been thru x2 6hr rehearsals plus practising 1-2 hrs most days at home approx last month. It did take me a little getting used to them at first as your fingers move so freely on them. Did miss the zing from the rounds i was using but not enough to put me off them. Most songs we play the zing gets lost in the mix anyway.

Dave

[mcnach]

8 hours ago, Cuzzie said:

Not all flats are the same, not all rounds are the same, some flats give you zing, some rounds give you no zing after 15seconds of airing.

 

Indeed, huge variety of sounds in the flatwound world.