Peter Maxwell Wright Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Hopefully this is the right forum for this question... Can anyone offer an opinion on whether it sounds like Sting is using flatwounds or roundwounds on his fretless P bass in this video? They were touring Zenyatta Mondatta at this time, and to me on the album it sounds like they may have been flats (but I'm far from confident), although he may or may not have played this bass on the album. I haven't ever really played flats with a pick before (and haven't played flats at all for many years), so not confident about judging from the sound. Thanks for your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 It's not what you're asking but in 77/78 he was using roundwound RS66 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Maxwell Wright Posted July 17, 2019 Author Share Posted July 17, 2019 9 minutes ago, Christine said: It's not what you're asking but in 77/78 he was using roundwound RS66 Thanks - do you know if that's on fretless, as well as fretted basses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus27 Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Sounds like flats to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 IMO rounds. Every now and then he hits the low E (the very last note he plays, for example) and you can hear the round bark. The rest of the time it doesn't sound a million miles from flats. I think the muting has a lot to do with that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooky_lowdown Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Stings recorded sound won't match his live sound. This is because he often over dubbed using fretted and fretless jazz to get his sound in the studio and played live with his P with Rotosound rounds. There is lots of info online if you do a search! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 3 hours ago, Peter Maxwell Wright said: Thanks - do you know if that's on fretless, as well as fretted basses? It was a fretted Jazz bass, identical to mine, that was the only bass he had with him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronJ Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Sounds like rounds to me. No doubt. The muting is what’s causing the confusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 IMO, even with the pick there is the distinctive thud of flats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliveT Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 On this recording it sounds like flats to me too. When you get a close up of the bass the strings seem to shine like flats too. I know he preferred the fretted Jazz for many recording but live I don't think it appeared again until early Synchronicity, until the white Spector took over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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