EB 5 String Flatwounds are nice

[Powman]

Ahhh, but guitar players never like flats IMHO. I got talked into some DR Hi-beams by an excellent guitar player and part time bass player. Way too high pitched for me, but he Loves 'em.

Bass players who pretty much stick to bass have different preferences than guitar players. The guitar payers...they always like screechy things

Same reason that guitar players should NEVER be allowed to eq the entire band when playing live, or mix the final mixdown in recordings.... There is never enough bottom end when they do it. Need an objective person to mix.

(Notice the extensive use of winky winky smilies...I don't want to start a pissing war)

[Slingy]

True! But my treble knob does almost nothing with flats.

[Aussie Mark]

True! But my treble knob does almost nothing with flats.

I'm guessing you play with a pick?

I play finger style, and with flats on all 4 of my EBMMs the treble knob is dialled completely off. Any more, and there's too much zing for my liking.

[shakinbacon]

I'm guessing you play with a pick?

I play finger style, and with flats on all 4 of my EBMMs the treble knob is dialled completely off. Any more, and there's too much zing for my liking.

Since you like to play with no treble I suggest you try turning the treble off at your amp instead. This will kill the hiss from the instrument & the amp. Doing it just at the instrument only takes care of any (*gasp*) instrument hiss.

My $0.02

[Powman]

Since you like to play with no treble I suggest you try turning the treble off at your amp instead. This will kill the hiss from the instrument & the amp. Doing it just at the instrument only takes care of any (*gasp*) instrument hiss.

My $0.02

Hmmm...I find using both controls helpful...Amp hiss is decreased via amp treble control while some of the finger noise is decreased via the trble contorl on the bass...

[Aussie Mark]

Since you like to play with no treble I suggest you try turning the treble off at your amp instead. This will kill the hiss from the instrument & the amp. Doing it just at the instrument only takes care of any (*gasp*) instrument hiss.

My $0.02

I roll the tweeter attenuator off in all my cabs, which is where I find any audible "hiss" emanates from. There's no "hiss" from either my basses or amp. The reason I roll off treble is because I'm an old guy who loves warm thumpy bottom end. Fortunately, the people in the 4 bands I play in like it that way too.

I remember speaking to the manager of one of the bands before they auditioned me, who asked me "can you describe your tone". I told her "warm and beefy old school", and she said "great, that's a relief, most of the guys we've auditioned seem to have a really thin treblely sound, and our drummer and our sound engineer really hate that." I got the gig

[tiffles]

i had that this weekend aswell Mark, I was playing conference at the ExCel centre in london (photos coming soonish) and I couldn't get the bongo to sound good (I was DI and we were using a foldback wedge for my 'amp')...I knew it wasn't the bongo and so I kept asking the engineer to take some treble and high mids off... it sounded awful and twangy, nothing much seemed to change so I went over and we had a chat. He finally asked me what sound I was going for, what bassists I like, I explained same as you.... bottom end, warm, fat...etc. "ahhhhh" lightbulb moment, he said "most bassists I work with want that really edgy tone"
"not me"
"ok lets try this again"

I was happy, band was much happier. beautiful music.

[Old_Guy]

Now - one request to BP -
I love the Group IV flats on the 4 string bongo (the 40-95 set); any possible way we could get those same guages for the 5-string set?
Yes, I realize the obvious answer is to buy the 4 string set and an additional single, but then I'm stuck with either the 110 or 130 for the B string, and what I'm looking for is something about 120 or so.

[Spanky(Andy)]

Ok, dumb question, but does anyone have any clear audio clips of a BONGO strung with flatwounds?

I can't find any even on YouTube. I have flats on my fretless Stingray (& 7ender P), but I am not completely sold on the sound.

I keep reading on this forum that a lot of the Bongo drivers are using flats and would love to hear the tone. I'm GASsing for a Bongo 5 again.

Cheers

ANdy

[eyecandy]

what do you guys think of the group IV flats? Im thinkin of getting a set...

[Old_Guy]

what do you guys think of the group IV flats? Im thinkin of getting a set...

Love 'em. Naturally, since they're a little lighter than the III's, they're better for me (finger funk), and I really don't think I'm giving up any beef. Per my prior post here, I wished I could get a lighter B string for the five-er.

[Hiram Glyphics]

Group I user here. After a frustrating run of trying different pressure wounds and flats I came home to the Group!