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Thanks for sharing this Joe ;) Sean Hurley already catched my ears with his tasty "flatwound sound" playing, I really like this style.

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I have bought an American Standard Precision which I recieve monday. It is same color as my jazz bass...Midnight Wine. So I will have twin basses that look identical. One a P one a J.

I based my decision to get one after watching Sean and my newfound appreciation of flatwounds.

Im asking my luthier to install a Fender Jaguar mute like Sean has. Its just a flip piece that foam mutes. It involves drilling a one inch deep hole before the bridge so Im letting him do it as Im a coward.

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Also thanks to him Im looking at an amazing unit called a Radial HDI to stand out in the mix. Check out 11:50 in the video
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That's a good decision in my opinion Joe since a P bass with flats fits so well for many mixes. The "mute" on my flatwound P bass is a piece from a kitchen sponge. It doesn't look as neat as a pro dumper but works well ;)

The Radial DI looks very interesting - up to now I have always used the Ampeg B-15 emulation from Garage Band or Logic Pro for my P basses which gives a nice warm tone with slightly compressed mids. I'm looking forward to your rating of the DI!

Which flatwound strings are you planning to use? There are big differences - bright D'Addario Chromes vs. the heavy La Bella James Jamerson etc.

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I currently have Thomastiks ready for the bass and have a pack of Labella in the drawer. I heard this and went with Thomastiks months ago. I love this tone. The new P bass will get Fender 63 pickups added first thing like he’s playing .
I know Sean Hurley plays Labella.
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I only heard positive feedback about Thomastiks and have to try them somewhere in the future. The La Bella Jamersons 52-110 are really beasts and will give you strong hands - I've used them on a '57 "road worn" P bass that I sold before the loops brought me back to making music ;)

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A gutsy cover, for sure, but trance EDM maestro Banco de Gaia pulled it off IMO.

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She played with Jeff Beck on bass but is a really good composer and singer

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Cool jazz fusion track by Soft Machine featuring Allan Holdsworth

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Olé! Buenísimo! :W

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When three talented jazz pros have too much energy they go for a fun jam...

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How does it work?

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