Justin Meldal-Johnsen On D'Addario Chromes

[futurfry]

Its weird that I ran into this video again. like two months ago, i was looking into these strings. but today, I was trying to find Beck's main bassist, and here I am again!

[kobayashimaruaikiken]

Really nice sound!!!

[herrdruhl]

some people prefer broccoli, others prefer green beans - so go with what you like.

[hansfrank13]

hey everyone ive had many flats, the chromes are very bright for flats they sound realy good on fretless basses, but are too bright for fretted. the DRs are physically smoother strings and are flatter flatwounds, they are warmer, more low end punch and are "thumpier" compared to the Chromes. the Chromes are great to just to bright for flatwounds, they are warm and "thump" but in a higher register,, so get whatever fits with the band,, with a trio the chromes are better, with a full band the DRs

[syndrome666]

@hansfrank13 Well, the thing with chromes is, you need to break em in, they sound bright out of the box, but give em like 3 weeks and they're ready to be classified as mellow. I mean I tried GHS precision flats and thought those were uber dark, but I feel like I haven't given them a chance since I got turned off by their roughness/stickiness, maybe that's how they come new. How are DR flats? they similar to GHS p flats?

[MrMutron]

Best Bass strings ever. All these young kids are into "The-Brighter-The-Better" Tone when it comes to strings. CHROMES ARE WHERE ITS AT!!!

[udroheath]

Man you guys need to watch some Beck videos, you can't miss his groovy ways, he is a lot less of a one trick pony than Adam Sandler (8 crazy nights anyone?)

[NeuMasterful]

Flats rule.

[Redcoat66]

Good bassist.

[hahabass]

This dude is a nice player. Never heard of him, but I like. Plus I sold a jazz recently, but I now want another, just to put these strings on.

[scarred2112]

@hahabass You might not have heard of him, but you've more than likely *heard* his playing: JM-J has been a First-Call session bassist since the latter half of the '90s, and has recorded a metric ton of albums in a huge variety og musical genres. From Beck's bandleader, Tori Amos, Garbage, Dixie Chicks, Gnarls Barkley, The Mars Volta, and from 2007-09 he toured with NIN. Versatile and a fantastic great player.

...and a Jazz w/ Chromes is great for pop and R&B tunes!

[villonstephane]

c'est bien de raconter sa vie.

[IAmSuperPerfect]

YOU LOOK JUST LIKE ADAM SANDLER!! But your hair is FREAKY!!! DWEEB-ISH if you will...

You should learn to do some Adam Sandler imitations for fun!

[drubicle]

put some of these on my jazz bass and they sound incredible. I also am not a fan of GHS strings. The few times I've put them on, they don't even sound like new strings. a bit dead and lifeless. These D'Addario flats on one jazz and blue steels or rotosounds on another jazz cover everything for me.

[makitfunkee]

Very nice "If You Want Me to Stay" Sly Stone bit at the end.

[SourTV]

I play bass in a Funk Metal band or something along the lines of Limp Bizkit and i am trying to create my own distinctive sound, but i know nothing about the technical aspect. I just play.

I have D'Addarios on my ESP 5- string. I cant even remember what style they were. Could anyone give me any recommendations on what kind of strings and possibly pedal i should get. I def want to have a deep punchy tone.

[good4sule]

stop playing in a band that takes cues from limp bizkit, that's some advice for you.

[skyrockin]

dr hi beams....they are just sick!!

[GIGeorge23]

@SourTV If you want good Funk Metal don't listen to Limp Bizkit, you should listen to Faith No More

[rud3m3chanical]

Still plenty of upper harmonic content for 4 year old strings - bodes well for the set I put on my P bass :)

[freshbass]

unless I am mistaken I think Flea uses Thomastic Flats

[BassistNumber2587]

these are the same flea uses on his jazz bass :P

[greyhall1]

I actually prefer GHS flatwounds because they are smoother feeling & I prefer their tone. My fave bass string is the nylon tapewound either labella or GHS. D'addario should have a nylon tapewound set in their arsenal.

[syndrome666]

@greyhall1 See I think the opposite, I tried both, I do not like the GHS, they feel too dry on the touch, they sound ok, but too dull for the stuff I play. D'addario chromes are way more smooth to the feel, sure they're not ground as close to the core as the GHS, but the slides on the chromes are slick w/o any adhesives or string gliding fluids, GHS can use some gliding fluid. Flatwounds sound different on different basses as well. I can make them sound punchy on my Ibanez SR800 as well as flat.