https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/groundwound-strings/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 04:16:39 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/groundwound-strings/#post-84642 Wed, 12 Jan 2005 20:26:47 +0000 Bass Players Discussion DemoEtc https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/groundwound-strings/#post-84642 https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/groundwound-strings/#post-84641 Wed, 12 Jan 2005 20:22:42 +0000
I'm amused by DemoEtc who finds the nylon-wrapped strings too bright, but I've learned never to argue with flat-landers. 8)

Here is some techical mumbo-jumbo if you're interested.

https://www.guitarnoise.com/article.php?id=161

-Laz]]> Bass Players Discussion Dan Lasley https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/groundwound-strings/#post-84641 https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/groundwound-strings/#post-84605 Wed, 12 Jan 2005 16:53:30 +0000
Flats give a thuddier, mellower tone, where as the rounds create a really bright, crisp tone. Groundwounds or halfrounds (or whatever the manufacturers name them) give you a tone that's halfway in between the two; brighter but with a smoother feel for your fingers and less wear on frets and fretboard. I tried them at one point but couldn't get used to how smooth they were; seems I'd gotten used to the rough feel of the strings over the years to give me a tactile idea of how far I was moving up or down the neck. I went back to roundwounds because it was too different.

Then I got my Beatle bass and put flatwounds on it and really have never gone back to either rounds or half-rounds. I'm totally sold on the flatwound feel and tone now. :)

I even tried a set of nylon tapewounds on a Squier P-bass Special, trying to get a completely different sound to contrast to my Turser Beatle, but they sounded just like roundwounds because, beneath the black nylon outer wrapping, there's round wire all the way through - just like a roundwound.

So, it was back to flats for the P-bass too!]]> Bass Players Discussion DemoEtc https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/groundwound-strings/#post-84605 https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/groundwound-strings/#post-6304 Wed, 12 Jan 2005 08:28:14 +0000 Bass Players Discussion BaronVonRock https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/groundwound-strings/#post-6304