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The SBL Podcast

121 - The CONFUSING world of STRINGS - Part 2

The SBL Podcast

Scott's Bass Lessons

Bass, Electric Bass, Sbl, Education, Music Interviews, Online Bass Lessons, Music, Bass Guitar, Scott's Bass Lessons

4.8522 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

With so much attention put on our instruments and amps, and even pedals, many bass players are quick to underestimate the importance of their strings. But your strings are the only thing between you and your bass guitar, so make them count! In today’s episode Ian focuses on the finer points of all things flatwound. In this episode Are there advantages to using flatwound strings?When did they become cool?What are tapewound strings? And what are they for?Some of the more famous players who use...

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0:00.0

What's up and welcome to another episode of the Scott and Ian show on the SBL podcast. Today, as promised,

0:08.7

The Confusing World of Strings Part 2 with yours truly. Last time, Scott and I talked about strings.

0:15.8

We thought, ah, we'll get through all the strings in one episode. Did it happen? It did not.

0:19.9

We talked about rounds.

0:20.9

We touched on flats, but this episode, I dive deep. I'm going to even give you some playing

0:25.7

examples talking about flats, tapes, and then, God, I feel like it's endless. I feel like there

0:32.2

should be even a part three about like ground wounds and coated strings. I don't go that far, but there's a lot of info in here about flats, about nylon tapes.

0:43.3

And look, if you want more, if you want me to dive even deeper, let me know in the comments that you do.

0:49.3

Let me know what I'm missing.

0:51.3

Let me know what you got to know about and I will do my best to provide that

0:55.7

for you. So it's gonna be a really fun and nerdy pod today. And again, there's some playing

1:00.2

examples. So listen on phones if you want. I hate it when people tell me to do that, but I'm

1:05.0

being one of those annoying people telling you to do that. Listen on cans, listen on your earbuds

1:09.7

that you like. And you'll hear the differences.

1:12.6

I'm almost sure of it. Hey, this week at SBL, check it out. Weekly SBL mentor live stream.

1:19.2

Today, Monday, the 13th of November, Jonathan Herrera is in the mentor's seat doing melodic minor and more break out of the modal rut.

1:29.3

Then next week, Monday, the 20th of November, Jonathan Marin is in the mentor's seat talking

1:34.3

about space and time. And if you don't know Marin, get to know him. He's an incredible player

1:40.1

and educator. He's one of my favorite base players on the planet. So I'm going to definitely

1:44.7

check that out. Also, you guys, the FBA, the fretboard accelerator is ongoing. It's your last

1:50.0

chance to lock it in at the current low price. Use scotsfretboardcourse.com. Again, scotsfretboard

1:58.6

course.com to dive into that. Also, on the campus, we've got a challenge

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