Chiliwailer

Brings back memories of sound engineers always telling me to cut the bass EQ on my Stingray when I was a young lad starting out. Happy days!

For my taste flats would suit both as well each other, depending on what music you're playing on them. That's the bottom line for me, so what music will you play on them both? If it's one for modern tones (some slap, rock, funk etc.) and one for mellow stuff, put the flats on the passive one. But if you want to mellow out the active one, put flats on that. Etc... Anyway, flats on a Ray - nice

Are you able to chuck a wad of cash at this? You could buy 3 different sets ( e.g. Chromes, Cobalts, tapewound), try them all out on a rainy day, and then sell the losing two sets on the BC marketplace and recoup some cash back. If you can, then it's time to push the button I reckon

Loving this. I’ve been clean since September 7th, and have a bet with my wife that if I buy a bass in 2019 I have to buy her a £600 handbag - funny thing is, she’s not even remotely interested in a £600 handbag

Ooh, that’d be harsh if that went against you! I thought you were hell bent on putting food in the mouths of guitar shop owners?

The Special came out in the Ststes in July, but didn’t get here til beginning of September. MM don’t mass produce, they build to order (from shops/suppliers, rather then customer custom order).

Had my acoustic bass for 25 years now, strung with flatwounds and used with a soundhole pick up when I used to gig it. Phospher bronze strings and under saddle pickups are things of evil

The D’Addario website has links to tension charts (under the red ‘buy’ button) when you check out a set. http://www.daddario.com/DADProductDetail.Page?ActiveID=3769&productid=159&productname=ECB80_Chromes_Bass__Light__40_95__Long_Scale Generally, flats have more tension. The difference between the 40-100 rounds and 40-95 flats doesn’t seem to be too much though.

All three. Smoother feel, softer tone, last for ages or forever depending on taste. I use Chromes on my P Bass, had a set on for 18 months and I can’t see that changing. Chromes have a nice bright edge to them, and are a peach once they’ve aged. But in your position, I’d also consider the EB Cobalt Flatwounds, which I used on an old PJ of mine and now have on my Stingray Special. They are technically flats, but lean more towards the brightness of rounds. As said in an earlier post, flats can start bright, but these have other properties of rounds that’s a nice touch too.

Love that Jazz Bass, it’s in good company there Gus. Looking good 👍

Best - Music Man StingRay Special. In fact, not just for 2018, but period. Worst - Music Man StingRay Special.... because I’ve now lost all interest in buying more/other basses 😂

It does indeed. And to make things a touch more complicated perhaps - you'd need to consider the new 2018 Stingray Special v's the pre 2018 Stingray which is now discontinued. There are threads on that bass here on BC. I'm a proud owner of a Special HH, having owned many varieties of Stingray, so I'll stop typing now because the bias would be embarrassing!

Good question, and I genuinely haven’t a clue. Maybe it’s the wood selection, maybe the time they put into it. Or, (in a purely fun way) the cynic in me says maybe it’s...

So, if you REALLY want that new P Bass

Converts - yee beware of the rath which shall be put upon you should you chose to defy the cause and pledge allegiance to the ways of the GAS. Winter is coming.

Check out this vid, at 7 minutes...

Oops, I meant masochistic!