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byoung
Senior Member
Username: byoung

Post Number: 1314
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Thursday, November 24, 2011 - 1:24 pm:   Edit Post

Hi!

I know that for the guitar folks, adding a mixed set of Gibson + Fender strings can add tens of thousands of dollars to the value of your guitar. But I have a bass!

So, I love the sound of flats (Thomastik Jazz Flats, to be precise), but in 6-string sets, the upper registers lack a certain je ne sais quoi, no? So I just strung things up as BEA in flats, and DGC in roundwounds. So far, the experiment seems like a success.

Is anyone else doing anything similar?
smokinbear
Intermediate Member
Username: smokinbear

Post Number: 123
Registered: 11-2008
Posted on Thursday, November 24, 2011 - 8:00 pm:   Edit Post

Hmmmm Verrry interesting........ How does the feel between the A and the D "Feel"???? tension wise i guess i'm trying to ask.. To much turkey....
byoung
Senior Member
Username: byoung

Post Number: 1315
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Friday, November 25, 2011 - 12:06 pm:   Edit Post

It does feel a bit wonky-- the roundwounds feel more gritty/abrasive. The transition doesn't seem so bad, though.
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 4984
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Friday, November 25, 2011 - 3:20 pm:   Edit Post

Flats and rounds?
Together?
On the same bass?

OMMIGAWD!

What's next?
Cats sleeping with dogs?
Obama and Palin getting married?
The discovery of a three minute Grateful Dead song?

Is the universe as we know it literally disintegrating before our very eyes!!!!

And it all started with you mixing strings, Bradley! Heaven help us!

hehehehe

Hope you had a great Turkey day.

Bill, tgo
811952
Senior Member
Username: 811952

Post Number: 2073
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Saturday, November 26, 2011 - 9:09 am:   Edit Post

There's a local guy who uses a round G and flat EAD strings. Seems to work for him. He's a fairly simple player who has adapted what he does to make this work.

John
byoung
Senior Member
Username: byoung

Post Number: 1316
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Saturday, November 26, 2011 - 9:50 pm:   Edit Post

Bill,

I'm at a loss to respond. :-)

Cats and Dogs

For those folks not afraid of a little bit of bi-(string-)curiousness, I'll try and put some recordings together.

Bradley

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