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I've really enjoyed the sound and feel and, as someone who tends to play with the tone rolled back a bit, I don't miss the top-end zing of roundwounds too often but occasionally miss having it there. I have no comparison as to whether these are bright/dark or high/low tension.
They feel easy to play (I usually have 40-100 gauge roundwounds) and they're very smooth, almost unnervingly so. That said, the last set I bought were some Stainless Roto Swing Bass 66s and after them a cheesegrater would feel smooth!
http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/MARUSZCZYK_Strings.html
Rotos for guitar and the flats feel fine.
I love the growl of rounds on maple board P - I couldn't give that up for flats.
In the end I settled on GHS Pressurewounds as my preferred string, they're basically halfway between rounds and flats.
s it true as I have read a number of times that James Jamerson didn't change his flatwounds in many years, just wiped them down. Any genuine source for this info?
To quote Ed Friedland the “Bass Whisperer “ and once teacher of John Myung
”Change your strings every 10 years.... whether they need it or not.”
https://soundcertified.com/speaker-ohms-calculator/
Ive just installed a set of Dunlop flats on my Ibby Mezzo 5. They feel nice. If I can get years out of them I will be happy. They are my first try with the Dunlops.
https://soundcertified.com/speaker-ohms-calculator/
"In Dr Licks book, it says that Gene Page had spoke with Nathan East regarding some Intonation issues with Jamerson. East advised that it was the strings that Jamerson was using, which were far beyond use. Jamerson was scratched for tonal reasons from the original date of Ritchie's "Lady". Paul Jackson Jr. gave him a set of new strings ,but Jamerson didn't use them."
https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Hofner_Bass_Strings.html
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hofner-Contemporary-FLATWOUND-or-ROUNDWOUND-40-95-or-NYLON-Bass-Guitar-Strings/273455520933?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&var=572842058060&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
https://soundcertified.com/speaker-ohms-calculator/