everytime I put on flats I miss my rounds and vice versa

[drewphishes]

I know the obvious choice is to have the same bass with both installed.

But The bass is to expensive to have 2 of

sooo I guess I will just have my p with flats and my alembic with rounds and live happily ever after

disclaimer: this post may be pointless but its snowing here in the northeast and my hand cramped from playing all am!

 

[michael_t]

sooo I guess I will just have my p with flats and my alembic with rounds and live happily ever after

Sounds like you have the right idea!

I used to flip back and forth between flats and rounds when I had only one bass.
Then when I got my second bass, I decided to put flats on one and rounds on the other. Logical, right?

Now I'll be putting GHS Pressurewounds on both of my basses (Fender P & J) so I can live happily ever after.

 

[drewphishes]

the rounds in question on the alembic are pressure wounds!

 

[michael_t]

the rounds in question on the alembic are pressure wounds!

 

[electracoyote]

I am not a consistent flats player, but ever since I first installed a set I have had at least one bass in my arsenal with flats only.

I can not nail that tone any other way. Close, but no cigar.

 

[JRA]

i just use roundwounds on every fretless instrument i own and play (5). if flatwounds didn't suck i'd probably give them a try.

 

[toowrongfoo]

I finally decided that I'm the only one who can't get good tones with flats. So I suffer with rounds now.

 

[TN WOODMAN]

I have 14 basses pretty evenly divided:
5 Rounds
4 Flats
4 Tapewounds
1 Pressurewounds (most recent and becoming my new favorite)

Good to have choices.
On my fretlesses/fretli (?) tapes on 3, Flats on the other.

 

[winegamd]

I would say you are up to try some Pressurewounds. You may also like LaBella black nylon tapes, or copper white tapes.

 

[drewphishes]

pressure wounds are the rounds in question. They are doing the trick now and sounding better as they age

 

[bassdude51]

Flats and rounds.

 

[michael_t]

Flats and rounds.

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This perfectly illustrates why we need "Pressure-wound" to avoid going all flat.