I know I’m resurecting a thread.
I have a question about something I know very little about : flatwound strings. I have only one bass in flats, it is my Ibanez AGBV200A :
I really like this instrument. This is a short scale (30") semi-hollow body bass, currently stringed in D’Addario Chromes ECB81 flatwounds in 45/100. I like the string tension (pretty light), the sound and the feeling, but there is a big problem with this combination of instrument and strings : the bridge won’t intonate properly because the saddles would need to moove a bit further closer to the pickup.
So, my only solution at this point is to change the strings, in the hope that the new strings will fit the bridge range better …
What I’d like with this bass is make it sound like a double bass. It’s quite close already, but I want to take advantage of the string change to get as close as possible to the upright sound.
So :
- short scale
- flat wound
- double bass sound
- not D’Addario Chromes
What would you recommend ? I’m wondering about tapewounds.