Flats are off

[Lozz196]

1 hour ago, Steve Browning said:

That's what I thought. I've got 12 and still hanker after a number of them in the classifieds!

Now that’s the Basschat attitude, well done Steve 👏🏻

[bassbiscuits]

I find different basses suit different strings too. My precision with Labella flats sounds great. My active Yamahas sound better with round wounds. That also gives me the option to cover a lot of sonic ground depending on what sort of music I’m playing. 

[neepheid]

16 minutes ago, bassbiscuits said:

I find different basses suit different strings too. My precision with Labella flats sounds great. My active Yamahas sound better with round wounds. That also gives me the option to cover a lot of sonic ground depending on what sort of music I’m playing. 

 

I use the same strings on everything.  I don't give a toot what the bass in question has to say about it.  What next, give them the vote?  It's a slipperly slope...

 

[pn_day]

If you like the feel and sound of the La Bellas, but they are just a bit too 'rigid' for your pinkie, try the low tension flats (La Bella LTFs).

 

But as others have said, sometimes different strings suit different basses - I love the TI Jazz flats on a few other basses but they didn't sound 'right' on my Precision...

 

 

[Baloney Balderdash]

I have always used rounds, and personally I prefer the light gauged balanced tension set by D'Addario, the gauge .095 - .070 - .055 - .040 set.

 

Has a so much richer tone than flats.

 

Until fairly recently I even hated the tone from flats, but have since learned to appreciate the sound of them, even if they are not for me personally.

 

Flats absolutely do have their place.

 

But anyway congratulations on your discovery.

 

Perhaps worth trying out a lighter set rounds, if your fretting hand fingers are struggling, just as long as you remember to adjust your picking technique to a lighter touch, to accommodate the lower tension, who knows might lead to another revelation. 

 

Edited November 7 by Baloney Balderdash

[Jack]

On 05/11/2024 at 10:24, deepbass5 said:

Funny you say that,  as i have been looking out for a PJ with maple board i can have rounds on as an opposite and more versatile bass to the rosewood P with flats, but cant really justify it if i'm honest. I will run with this CS on rounds until GAS bites again, It really needs to be used more and i can easily EQ out the highs when required but can't bring them up if they were not there in the first place. cheers all -just sharing my new found joy 😁

G&L SB2 Tribute. You'll thank me later. 

[Beedster]

On a Precision I'd record with flats, but gig with rounds. I love the nuanced tone of flats but live that can get lost and sometimes you just need that top-end energy that sounds bring. 

[Quatschmacher]

On 05/11/2024 at 07:04, uk_lefty said:

You need two P basses. One for flats, one for rounds. 

Maybe 4: maple+rounds, maple+flats, rosewood+rounds, rosewood+flats. (And then maybe the same but with ash bodies; I can see why people end up with many basses.)

[Lozz196]

17 minutes ago, Quatschmacher said:

Maybe 4: maple+rounds, maple+flats, rosewood+rounds, rosewood+flats. (And then maybe the same but with ash bodies; I can see why people end up with many basses.)

All seems perfectly reasonable to me

[joel406]

At last count. I have 9 Bass's.

 

All have the same strings.

 

Their a Mix of Precisions, Jazz, a couple of PJs (one was born a Precision). As well as A G&L L2500 (arriving tomorrow). Which will go straight to a wizard I know to be setup. It will receive the same strings as all my other instruments. Been playing these strings since the 80s. Tried others. I even have sets of others on hand. Should that pesky brain tumor have any ideas.

 

Moral of the story...

 

Play wat ya like.

 

Wear a tinfoil hat.

Edited November 15 by joel406