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Flat wound strings on a fretted bass

All Those YesterdaysAll Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
edited July 2006 in Musicians and Gearheads
I've read about people doing this, but have anyone here tried it? If so what was the out come? What did you think? Was it worth it? How did it effect your tone?
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  • BaetaBaeta Posts: 9
    Jeff Ament uses flat strings on fretted basses. I guess it´s the "yield tone"...
  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    All Those Yesterdays wrote:
    I've read about people doing this, but have anyone here tried it? If so what was the out come? What did you think? Was it worth it? How did it effect your tone?

    a lot less highs, more sproingy. think old beatles bass tracks.
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Whenever I play bass, I like flatwound strings. More 'bassy'.
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  • LikeLukinLikeLukin Posts: 29
    apparently they last a lot longer than normal bass strings. i read somewhere that on riot act jeff recorded with a bass that had the same flatwound strings on it as it did back when he was in mother love bone.
  • All Those YesterdaysAll Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    LikeLukin wrote:
    apparently they last a lot longer than normal bass strings. i read somewhere that on riot act jeff recorded with a bass that had the same flatwound strings on it as it did back when he was in mother love bone.


    Yeah but he admits they are warn out as can be. You can do that with just about any string for a bass. Unless you play hard and have a tendancy to break strings.
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