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I bought my first set of flatwound strings over the weekend for my Precision after playing rounds for 23 years. My choice was limited but I ended up buying a set of Rotosounds RS77LD guage 45 - 105. First thing I noticed was how chunky the strings felt. I now think that this is because of the tension which is a lot tighter than my Elite rounds. So, for those in the know, are there any flats which have a much looser tension, closer to a set of rounds and if so, which ones?

[quote name='Prime_BASS' post='1315328' date='Jul 25 2011, 01:29 AM']I'm just bout to upload our latest track to our Facebook page which is in my sig. I had to do all the mixing myself so forgive me for it's amateurness. Personally I'd rather sound a mixture of Rage, Midget and Mad Capsule Markets, and I'd say my Writing style is similar to the bassists of all three. I just don't seem to be very consistent in how well I would play, and hearing how bad I played over the weekend put another downer ontop of the fact that I wasn't totally happy with how the sound engineer insisted we set up and the recorded sound from my rig was pretty naff. It was one of those days that just didn't go aswell as it could of.[/quote] Sorry to go a little off topic but do you mean the band Midget who were a three piece, around 10 years ago and did a song called camouflage? If so I know then and we did tons of gigs together. Great that they are being remembered if so.

[quote name='gary mac' post='1314835' date='Jul 24 2011, 03:32 PM']Can't get down to Surrey this weekend, but wanted to wish you luck[/quote] Hey Gary, many thanks. Hope to see you at one in the future. Cheers.

I played one of these in Andertons today and oh my, it sounded awsome through the MarkBass rig set flat. The tone control worked really well giving deep thumpy bass up to bright twangy top end. It also felt and played really nice. I was very tempted. I also tried one of the Squire Jaguar specials, the one with the 4 dials and man was that utterly horrible. Sounded awful and felt horrid. Not for me.

Just a little reminder about tomorrow nights gig. Sunday 24th at the Bed Bar,2 Church Path, Woking, GU21 6EJ. We will be on around 9pm and off at around 10pm. Really hope to see some fellow basschat members there. Please come and say hi if you do make it.

I am so struggling with my Stingray at the moment. Its a 2EQ and its either too bassy and boomy or too clanky. I just can't find a happy medium. I would really like to as I would like to use it in my band as something with a good voice and articulate like a Stingray can be would be perfect but I just can't get it right. Its like a Jazz and Precision on steroids, just too damn powerful.

[quote name='GarethFlatlands' post='1313079' date='Jul 22 2011, 06:45 PM']Apparently the Korg is true bypass which makes sense why the battery lasted so much longer when not switched on so if you use batteries it's probably the better buy.[/quote] Cool thanks for that. I think tomorrow I will take the Boss back and get a backup for my Korg.

[quote name='GarethFlatlands' post='1313058' date='Jul 22 2011, 06:27 PM']That's common with most pedals, plugging the jack in completes the circuit and it starts drawing current. Boss pedals aren't true bypass so I assume draw more when not engaged that ones that are.[/quote] Ah ok, not sure I like that and much prefer the Korg.

I have noticed something a little odd on my brand new Boss TU-3 tuner and just want to ask you guys here if this is normal. My Korg Pitchblack I can have plugged in for weeks and weeks and the battery does not die. It is connected with a lead from the tuner out on the back of my amp into the input socket of the Korg. However, I have had the Boss TU-3 for a week now and I have gone through three batteries. It is connected up the same way as the Korg with a cable coming from the tuner out on the amp into the input of the pedal. I noticed that it says in the boss instructions that the input socket doubles as the power switch and power is turned on to the unit when the cable is plugged in. If that is the case, then to me that is really crap as you will eat batteries like mad and you can't have the pedal plugged in all the time. This is unless I am missing something here.

I am thinking about buying a Sunburst Precision because a. It will blend in better with the band rather than my white precision and b. I seem to be comfotable playing a precision and c. the tone seems to work best with this band. My only concern is I hate Sunburst

[quote name='HADGE' post='1310780' date='Jul 20 2011, 08:17 PM']hi folks can anyone help me ,i have bought a warwick streamer lx jazzman whats the difference between a jazzman and the streamer .cheers[/quote] I am purely going from memory and semi guessing but is the Streamer Jazzman a Streamer body and the Jazzman a Corvette body?

I have the Korg Pitchblack and so far it has been excellent. I love the big bright display but I do feel that its a little fragile. I have just bought a Boss TU-3 and it is bullet proof but seems less user friendly and complicated compared to the Korg which is very simplistic. Saying that, once I get used to the TU-3, I am sure its a better tuner over the Korg.

Here is my fretless ESP 400 Series Jazz with a brand new all black, blacker than black scratchplate made by the wonderful Bass Doc.

No problems with feedback on my Washburn AB10 but I have not gigged it yet. I will be next Sunday so I can report back then. However, I have rehearsed with it around 10 times now through my MarkBass combo and no feedback at all. It does have a volume dial which I keep set at about one third which is about the same as my ESP Jazz bass set on full volume so maybe keeping the volume low on the Wasbburn AB10 is cutting out any feedback.

I like my pinky up high especially when a G string is involved

Are bronze brighter than rounds or the other way around?

My band Cow will be playing at the Bed Bar in Woking on the 24th July 2011. We play a mixture of original acoustic pop/motown soul and supported Paul Weller on his 2010 stadium tour. We will be launching our debut single on the night and really hope some of you can make it down. Doors open at 7.30pm and closes at 11pm. We should be on stage around 9pm for about an hour followed by DJ Neil Barker (shake/black cat London) who will be playing floorshaking Northern Soul and scorchin Ska The venue is pretty much opposite the main train station and has llinks to London and most other cities. The address is, Bed Bar, 2 Church Path, Woking, GU21 6EJ Hope to see some of you there.

I may give flats a go as well as some rounds to see what they both sound like. I am not after any sort of DB tone but something thats warm but with definition. The Bronze strings sound perfectly ok although they do clank about a fair bit.

[quote name='Clarky' post='1291742' date='Jul 4 2011, 07:24 AM']OT but which black nylons do you use? I tried some Roto TruBass on my Eko fretless acoustic and they were too plasticky sounding. I'm currently using TI Flats on it[/quote] Thanks for the replies guys, makes me wonder why acoustic basses ship with Bronze strings as standard. Clarky, thanks for asking. That would had been my next question

My Washburn AB10 is currently strung with Bronze string but I was wondering how it would sound with normal roundwounds. Is this worth trying or has anyone tried this and can let me know if its worth doing or are Bronze strings a better choice for acoustic basses?

[quote name='Doddy' post='1289444' date='Jul 1 2011, 07:06 PM']Racist [/quote] Just don't mention Beyonce after seeing her at Glasto. I might go a bit wibbly