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Round wound vs. Flat wound

laalaaloo	Date: October 17, 2005 @ 5:27 AM what kind of strings do you prefer??? I have one bass set up with round an one with flat and I still cant decide which I prefer...
GeneHilbert	Date: October 17, 2005 @ 11:24 AM I have used both..... and prefer round..... it's easier to make round darker than it is to make flat bright and fretty
shouhei	Date: October 24, 2005 @ 8:28 AM I use Flat Rotosounds on my Fretless and it sounds perfect. Roundwounds for a fretted, they're better for a bright tone.
Intergalacti...	Date: October 24, 2005 @ 7:40 PM whatever ones fit on my guitar
Snoogans775	Date: October 27, 2005 @ 1:16 AM I like round, for bass I know little, but for guitar strings, they sound better. unless you want it to sound not better.
RFC-Cola	Date: December 10, 2005 @ 3:00 PM Flat-wound is the greatest bitches
phccn	Date: December 15, 2005 @ 8:00 PM hi everybody, i'm new to this bass section. I use D'addario chromes on my guitar and i just got a new 6 string bass, i want to get some flatwound strings for it but there aren't very many choices(4 and 5 strings, but not 6), anybody use flatwounds for a 6 string? also D'addario has Half Round strings(semi flat) has anybody tried those?
spooj	Date: December 17, 2005 @ 9:51 PM id stick with flats for fretless,thats what they were made for predominatly,to make it smoother and effortless when sliding around and they give a hollow tonal quality that suits fretless bass i find.Round wounds hold there zing for longer and stay punchier for the abuse they encounter with all the various picking,slap,pop techiniques.
100thmonk	Date: January 3, 2006 @ 10:50 PM i discoverd long ago that for me round wounds get that nice horn like quality high in the d and g strings, but i did not like the wear and tear on my fretless fingerboard. that's when i moved to the ground-wound string which combines the best qualities of both worlds. if you like the darker tone though, flat wound is still the best choice.
olethros	Date: January 26, 2006 @ 10:49 AM I predominantly use sliding when moving around on the fretboard. Round wound makes it very hard. And every string feels different. Flat is heaven.
kmbuchamushroom	Date: August 13, 2006 @ 10:46 PM Flats are a must have on a fretless
imemine	Date: August 13, 2006 @ 11:00 PM If you want a round wound sound without chewing up the neck of your fretless----try a “ground wound”string----They are round wound strings that are ground down to give it a smother finish on the top without having a flatwound sound! Damn---lots of Ooooooouuuuuuuunnnnnnd sounds in that!
imemine	Date: August 13, 2006 @ 11:30 PM monk already said that!
shouhei	Date: August 16, 2006 @ 10:51 AM i use anything now. doesn't really matter that much for my fretless cause it has an ebony neck
jewsus	Date: August 16, 2006 @ 7:22 PM i've tried to play a fretless with round wound. it was pretty difficult for me. but i don't own one personally, so it doesn't really matter. do the flat wounds play nicely on fretted basses, or are they too flimsy?
JeraldHenry	Date: August 22, 2006 @ 12:08 PM Round for me please.
GeneHilbert	Date: August 22, 2006 @ 12:29 PM I use to use Labella tape wound which are round strings coated with black nylon tape. They are very nice - great sound on either fretless or fretted instruments..... The only reason I don’t use them now. They are not designed for my basses… which are vintage 5 and 6 strings, but for a 4 string I recommend them…..
ollie09	Date: September 6, 2006 @ 6:36 PM can somone suggest me some good 5 string bass strings. sry if this is off subject somewhat
shouhei	Date: September 6, 2006 @ 7:03 PM I used to always use D'Addarios for my bass, but I never really tried any others.
Britmick	Date: September 14, 2006 @ 7:29 AM I think this has been said, but..... Flats on fretless and round on fretted. BUT,,,,.... then again, it can depend on what sound your looking for as well. I do like the flats on a fretted as it happens, but then I like a deep mellow bass sound, flats will do that for you. And the Black flats will go even further. I've spoken to bass players all over the world, ones I've bumped into on my travels, and the general feeling is that we bass players are a breed apart, we even have our own music And we all get on extreamly well, unlike a lot of LEAD GUITARISTS who are like gunslingers in a way, all trying to be better, faster etc. Bass players are easy going. String makers? just don't buy cheap, trust me, they'll screw your frets up as well as drive you nuts trying to keep em in tune. Spend a few more pennies, and get a good set. Which Make?. To be honest,... I've pretty much tried em all, and only I knew which set I had on, the audiance didn't have a bloody clue.
Snoogans775	Date: September 19, 2006 @ 6:14 PM coated strings are defintely a positive option, I'm glad Gene mentioned them, since it's kinda rare to come across the black rounds sometimes.
AdNauseam	Date: May 21, 2007 @ 3:30 PM I like whatever wound makes the most blood.
hate9wicket	Date: May 21, 2007 @ 6:56 PM I switched to flats on a freted because the last time I used round, and this was a long time ago, on a gig, on the first song, my right index finger started bleeding profusely....I used to hit the strings really hard...not so much a pop technique, I kinda would do the Tony Levin drum finger thing...without the drum fingers anyway...besides having a darker tone, they are easier on the fingers, left and right. I think I'm currently using Ernie Ball...not really sure anymore, It's been about 5 or more years since I last changed 'em.
ironmike55	Date: November 7, 2007 @ 10:50 PM I always swore by rounds until I got a Precision bass.(Always a Jazz bass fan)!! Mine is a Mike Dirnt model that I picked up for an embarrassingly good price. Made 2 modifs. on it though. Always thought the old retro P-bass pickguard was lame, so I got a '62 tortoise shell pg and carefully reshaped it to fit this one. Came out great. Proud of myself for that little mini-project. Other was to replace the Badass II bridge for a standard Fender "Bent-tin", because while the B.A. sounded good, it didn't sound like a vintage Fender, which is what I wanted. Anyway, it had flats on it but I'm so used to the feel of rounds that the flats actually felt creepy at first. Took 'em off and slapped on a set of rounds and it sounded like shit. Dead notes, dead spots, thin twangy tinny tone. Then I got to thinking, this bass supposedly has a "'59 Vintage spec" pickup, or so they claim. So then I think, Geez maybe since there was no such thing as a round back in '59, maybe this p-u was wired for the tone of a flat. Slapped the flats back on and have love this axe ever since. So for now, it's flats for the P-bass and rounds for the Jazz. One thing I got from this is that maybe, just maybe the claims that Fender painstakingly re-creates their vintage spec products accurately might actually be true! I love this bass. Playing finger-style right at the bass of the neck I can nail the vintage Geezer tones on the first two Sabbath albums. Check this one out if your looking for a Precision. Later.

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