I just put GHS precision flatwounds on my Fodera

jcbrown

jcbrown

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Anyone else ever try flats on a Fodera? I have an Emperor 5, Alder body with Rosewood fretboard. I was having a difficult time dialing in the precise sound I wanted so I thought I'd order up some flats - and replace the Fodera strings. GHS Precisions.

The sound is really awesome! I gave it slightly more bridge pickup, slightly upped high and low on the preamp. Grindy, but traditional.

Others with same (or different) experience?
 
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@steubig runs flats on a couple of his Fodera 6'ers, but I think they are all TI Flats. I have a set of TI flats on my unstandard fretless. They do take awhile to settle in, but once they do they have consistent sound/feel for a long time. I think some of steubigs flats are many years old.
 
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Never tried flats on a Fodera. A bit rich for my blood. But GHS flats are my flat of choice when I want flats.
My Squire P/J 5 has them and I have them on one of my SX 6 string Fender clones. I love what they do.

Also of interest are GHS ground wounds (they call them Brite Flats). A bit brighter than flats. They are my
string of choice for fretless. Brighter, but no fingerboard chews. They do work great on fretted too.
 
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Just today I put Labella 760FL's on my 5-string Valenti - it's not a Fodera, but it shares a NYC heritage. I did replace Fodera nickel rounds, which I think are really nice roundwounds. I'm hoping these work out. I've had great luck with Labella flats over the years, but never tried a flatwound B-string of any kind before. It sounds great out of the box! I'll also be looking forward to hearing how the GHS flats work out. I'm a big fan of GHS Pressure Wounds, and have used Precision Flats as well. ...will stay tuned. Thx.
 
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the harp unstrung said:
Well put!
My new flats from Earnie Ball sounded, and felt, so wonderful on my 2000ish MIM P Bass that I had to buy another set for my ‘70 Univox EB-1!
Everything old is new. :thumbsup:
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I played electric bass for 20 years before I ever saw a set of roundwounds (Rotosound). Now I'm hooked on Round wounds. So I'll probably be the last bass player on earth to switch back to flatwounds. :roflmao:
 
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This could be a case where strings with opposite tonal characteristics of the bass, can really get you a nice balanced tone. For example, a bass thats a bright or "active" sounding, can be balanced out by a more classic sounding flatwound. I have a 77 jazz that has an old set of 1980's Bart's, so it's a bit darker and on the "tame" side, a set of nickel Super Brights woke it right up.
 
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