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Re: Choosing Bass Guitar Strings - Flatwound/Round Wound & M

Postby Nick » May 27th, 2010, 6:23 pm

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Re: Choosing Bass Guitar Strings - Flatwound/Round Wound & M

Postby Alan Green » May 27th, 2010, 10:32 pm

[quote="rosalindnie" Flat-wound strings pretty much have one use… making an electric Bass sound like an upright Bass. [/quote]


Almost - flatwound strings mean you can slide your hands all over the place without getting that squeaky string sound; the price you pay is a loss of sound quality.


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Re: Choosing Bass Guitar Strings - Flatwound/Round Wound & M

Postby Nick » May 28th, 2010, 2:48 am

If you read the link I posted above, you'll see it's an article that's an exact copy of the original post. What's up with that Rosalindnie?
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Re: Choosing Bass Guitar Strings - Flatwound/Round Wound & M

Postby slejhamer » May 28th, 2010, 3:06 am

Alan Green wrote: the price you pay is a loss of sound quality.


Some people go out of their way for that thumpy, mostly-fundamental, notta-lotta-treble tone.
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Re: Choosing Bass Guitar Strings - Flatwound/Round Wound & M

Postby slejhamer » May 28th, 2010, 3:07 am

Nick wrote:If you read the link I posted above, you'll see it's an article that's an exact copy of the original post. What's up with that Rosalindnie?


Rosalind-nie.

Spamming just like Season-nie up above in this thread.

Or, they are the famous knights who say 'nie.' And spam.

How Pythonesque. :roll:
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