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06-29-2004, 04:20 PM
Rotosound Jazz Bass 77 Monel Flatwound strings
http://www.deaky.com/bass/strings.jpg
These strings are rotosound's flatwound strings, for those who dont know rotosound invented roundwound strings in 1962, so they know their ****.
these strings are made from monel, a special alloy that gives them some brightness. so if you like roundrounds try these, as they aren't comlpletely dark. Yet they are flatwounds so they have a darker deeper, thumpier tone. I bought them to replace the crappy rounds on my squier jazz bass. the tone is much better. the thump and added low end makes playing funk and rock much better. They have higher tension, but its no issue. less string noise too. You can still slap and pop, but you would need to add more high end from the amp or bass eq. These arent realy for the diehard slapper. They come in many guages from light to medium to heavy, 5 string sets to. i got the standard 45-105 i want to try heavier but i need to file the nut a bit.
they are more expensive then rounds, due to the special aloy and more metal in each string. I paid 29 bucks, but is really worth it, they last for years. James Jamerson used the same set of Flatwounds for yeats at a time, he only replaced a string if it broke. So anyway I wont need new strings for a long time. The only negative things i have notice in the 6 months i have had them is that stuff like slap suffers, but when i get my secound bass it will have round wounds, so every range of tones is covered. I highly recomend these strings.
Rating :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: 5/5 thumbs great for those who want to try flats.
http://www.deaky.com/bass/strings.jpg
These strings are rotosound's flatwound strings, for those who dont know rotosound invented roundwound strings in 1962, so they know their ****.
these strings are made from monel, a special alloy that gives them some brightness. so if you like roundrounds try these, as they aren't comlpletely dark. Yet they are flatwounds so they have a darker deeper, thumpier tone. I bought them to replace the crappy rounds on my squier jazz bass. the tone is much better. the thump and added low end makes playing funk and rock much better. They have higher tension, but its no issue. less string noise too. You can still slap and pop, but you would need to add more high end from the amp or bass eq. These arent realy for the diehard slapper. They come in many guages from light to medium to heavy, 5 string sets to. i got the standard 45-105 i want to try heavier but i need to file the nut a bit.
they are more expensive then rounds, due to the special aloy and more metal in each string. I paid 29 bucks, but is really worth it, they last for years. James Jamerson used the same set of Flatwounds for yeats at a time, he only replaced a string if it broke. So anyway I wont need new strings for a long time. The only negative things i have notice in the 6 months i have had them is that stuff like slap suffers, but when i get my secound bass it will have round wounds, so every range of tones is covered. I highly recomend these strings.
Rating :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: 5/5 thumbs great for those who want to try flats.