Flatwounds on a Stingray?
Flatwounds on a Stingray?
What's the consensus?
- cassius987
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Re: Flatwounds on a Stingray?
A great bassist working with Davy Knowles came through Denver via the 2009 Mile High Music Festival wielded a SR5 with flats. I asked what they were after their set and he said they were high gauge LaBella DTFs. Sounded pretty great. Unfortunately the bassist's name escapes me.
Re: Flatwounds on a Stingray?
Haven't tried it,but i bet it would sound great. Maple fretboard,i presume? The one i had was an early edition,with the 2-band EQ,and it was a funk monster with rotosound swing bass strings.
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Nice dark rosewood with 3 band EQ.
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My guess is that it'd work fine. Since these basses are chameleon's it probably would only shift the tone window only slightly towards thump.
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I'm sure I have heard an SR with flats but they are known for that growly RW sound.
Now you got me thinking of flats on my SR.
Now you got me thinking of flats on my SR.
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I love the tone with the treble rolled all the way off, and a bit of mid and bass boost. I found a set of Chromes that I had on the 4005WB; I checked the lengths of each string and I am good to go, so having a broken-in set of flats on the SR may be really nice as I already have a few basses with rounds on them; I, currently, only have flats on the BX-1 (Chromes) and Ruby 4004L (Jazz Flats).
- sloop_john_b
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Re: Flatwounds on a Stingray?
I gigged with nothing but a Stingray for about two years, and it always wore flats. Besides a few days when I had some LaBella's on it, the best flatwounds for it were broken-in Chromes.
I would highly recommend it.
I would highly recommend it.
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Here is another vid, with Chromes that someone posted on TB. It's nice to have another flavor to grab when needed.
I don't get where the guy came up with his numbers for the tone control settings, though.
I don't get where the guy came up with his numbers for the tone control settings, though.
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The SR sound much better (to me) with the Chromes on it.
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Well, they sound really good anyway. That video was and was not a revelation.jps wrote:The SR sound much better (to me) with the Chromes on it.
The bass boosted sound of the SR with chromes is pretty close to my cheap Ibanez GSR-200 with old Fender 9050 ML's...planning to replace a balky pot with a push/pull and wire it for push (or pull) parallel V-V-T, and the other way series V-T.
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I mean mine sounds better with the Chromes on it than the round wounds that were on it. I don't use YT videos as a true representation of tone.
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No doubt. But it is cool to live in a world where we can at least get an idea.
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Have you ever tried video dating?edski wrote: No doubt. But it is cool to live in a world where we can at least get an idea.
Re: Flatwounds on a Stingray?
Don't need to Jeff. I can get a date with a Sting Ray anytime!