(Poll) Flatwounders, how often do you play flats?

[basslicks]

This is just curiosity on my end. Do you play flats exclusively, or maybe do you play rounds more than flats for whatever reason (a requirement for a band for example), but you are a flatwounder at heart?

 

[rllefebv]

Pretty much everything is now Flats or Tapes, though I do have a set of Elixirs on my P bass... Since I am almost exclusively a short-scale player for the past several months, the P stays in its case...

-robert

 

[Linnin]

Need both sounds, so I play what is required for the tune.

 

[fjadams]

Well, I said flats only. But It's actually flats and tapes.

 

[AaronVonRock]

I own two basses. Both have Chromes.

 

[JMacBass65]

My Two Fenders have TI Jazz flats, my Rick has Roto RS77 flats.

That's all I got.

 

[Will_White]

I play, flats and tapes most of the time but my bass at hand recently is strung with rounds

 

[michael_t]

I've been trying to split my playing time 50/50 between my P with flats and my J with Pressurewounds for the last few months since I acquired my P.

The only problem is I've been enjoying my new P with Sadowsky Flats so much lately it's more like 75/25 split now.

 

[4stringfarley]

Round wounds annoy me as much as frets.

 

[shawshank72]

All the damn time.

 

[Bassnomer]

I have La Bella flats on my main bass, a short scale Gretsch, and rounds on my VM Jazz bass tuned DGCF. I also have a cheap p bass with rounds that I play once in a while. Basically if it needs to sound old school I go for my main, but for rock projects and such I go with the Jazz.

 

[Seiki]

I'm pretty balanced:

Fender P - Rounds (fretted)
Warwick - Rounds (fretless)
Upright bass - Flats (lol)
Handmade bass - Flats

 

[woodyng2]

I like variety,so i said 50/50. I have basses set up with rw's,flats,and tapewounds.

 

[ONYX]

I keep a Jazz bass set up with TI flats. I use it as the mood strikes me. That being said, I haven't played it in about a year.

 

[JakobT]

P with flats, EBMM sabre with rounds. Use them as required, or according to mood.

 

[hotbass57*123]

Thanks to the classified ads here, I now have traded in my Chromes for TI flats on both my main basses. They just feel and sound so good. Still have med. scale Chromes on my Hofner copy. I love flats.

 

[DreadyDiggs]

Chromes on the Pbass, but plan to swap them. Not really feelin' the hype.

Rotosound Black Nylons on my Ibanez.

Status Graphite Hotwire Flats on my headless.

All my basses will probably get Hotwires. Loving the feel and tone.

 

[michael_t]

I've been trying to split my playing time 50/50 between my P with flats and my J with Pressurewounds for the last few months since I acquired my P.

The only problem is I've been enjoying my new P with Sadowsky Flats so much lately it's more like 75/25 split now.

I'm here to revise my earlier post...

As of today, I'm back to 100% flats again. Just replaced the Pressurewounds on my J with a 3-mth-old set of La Bella 760FL.

 

[BassAt33]

I only play flats, because I only have one Bass...and it has Flats on it

 

[Pantone 333]

Fender Jazz: Pyramid chrome/nickel
Fender Precision: D'Addario chromes
Rickenbacker 4001V63: Ernie Ball Cobalts

I'm really enjoying the D'Addario chromes, but am so tempted to replace them with the TI flats. I probably will eventually but I'll stick with these for the next few months. The Pyramid flats will never come off. As for the Cobalts ... best roundwound string I've played.