Flat wound vs round wound strings

howard · June 13, 2021, 4:37am

I actually liked Mr. Pibb. True fact: in the '80s, before the super-caffiene craze in the '90s and 2000s, Diet Mr. Pibb had the most caffiene out of all normal sodas, even Mountain Dew, which everyone assumed had the most.

Al1885 · June 13, 2021, 4:37am

It’s like MusicMan for fender in every sense. It’s heavy, running 18v, and humbucker. I wish I kept it but it was a really good flip and so it went.

Al1885 · June 13, 2021, 4:39am

Nowadays you get mr pipps where you can’t get Dr Pepper only available in fountain in my neck of the wood.

howard · June 13, 2021, 4:39am

Yeah I haven’t seen it in decades.

Al1885 · June 13, 2021, 4:43am

Mr pipps belongs to Coke, Dr Pepper is no longer Licence to Coke. Restaurants that sell Coke can sell Coke version of Dr Pepper without having another vender. Sorry I’m a restaurant guy, thought I shared, lol.

Guto · June 13, 2021, 4:43am

We have it in Brazil as well

howard · June 13, 2021, 4:44am

That reminds me, I had a really good brazilian guarana soda but I forget its name. Liked it though.

Guto · June 13, 2021, 4:48am

Guaraná Antarctica?

John_E · June 13, 2021, 5:04am

Pepsi pays the bills people and thereby buys the basses and thereby is #1.
I used to work for Dr Pepper /Snapple Group now Keurig Dr Pepper.
There is no period after Dr in Dr Pepper.
Mr. Pibb is just silly.
FYI I drink water, don’t touch soda. Used to.
Grape Fanta rocks, but the truly best are IBC root beer, Sunkist orange (highly cafinated ) and Vernor’s ginger ale and #1 is Stewart’s Black Cherry….yum!
Been in the biz over 30 years.
Never dug cola

T_dub · June 13, 2021, 5:07am

Really, I always thought it was caffeine free?
Too bad its Orange (I know, I know, my favorite color), as Suboxone has pretty much ruined anything orange flavor for me.

howard · June 13, 2021, 5:11am

Reminds me of this abomination.

New Order’s big sellout. Apparently they got $200k for it which was serious cheddar at the time.

I do love that they dressed up as a hair metal band for it and Hooky does briefly shoot the camera the bird

howard · June 13, 2021, 5:12am

Yeah that’s it!

John_E · June 13, 2021, 5:14am

Crush is caffeine free

T_dub · June 13, 2021, 5:19am

Do they still have Sunkist Orange?
IDK, I don’t pay attention to many soda’s.

PrideOfTheWicked · June 13, 2021, 5:47am

Fretless - I use flats
Everything else - I use rounds

T_dub · June 13, 2021, 6:38am

I have heard of people putting rounds on Fretless.
I saw one YT video that said the NEED for flats on Fretless is a myth, suggested because rounds would eat up the fretboard, but in reality, they don’t do any different on a fretless than on a fretted.

Disclaimer. I do not speak from personal experience.

PrideOfTheWicked · June 13, 2021, 6:41am

It’s not a need as you can experiment with anything. It’s just a preference

T_dub · June 13, 2021, 7:07am

Yeah, for sure.
I just know some people are under the assumption that you MUST put flats on a fretless, as Rounds can damage the neck.

And no, I am not talking about you @PamPurrs, FWIU, there is a general belief that you must put flats on a fretless, and I have seen at least two people debunk it.
One was the guy with my name but rearranged. Oliver Tobin.

Wombat-metal · June 13, 2021, 7:53am

Jaco used rounds

joergkutter · June 13, 2021, 8:24am

FWIW, my GWB205 (fretless) came with rounds (and I think Gary Willis plays rounds on his fretless basses). I tried other rounds on that bass and a week or so ago put flats on it, and I think they sound great for the sound I am going for

Just FYI, I am not a flats expert and don’t know what they usually look like, but here is what T-I flats look like:

I can certainly feel a texture for the B, E and A strings… For me, they feel like strings; D and G feel a bit like wires, but nothing that really bothers me.

And, again, they sound awesome for what I am trying to achieve!

Horses for courses!!