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![]() Joined: Mar 29, 2007 Posts: 815 Athens, Greece |
Nokie-style string squeak? What is this?! —Every word is like an unecessary stain on silence and nothingness. |
![]() Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19308 Des Moines, Iowa, USA ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Fingernail rubbing on round wounds I think. —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
![]() Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 11058 Berkeley, CA ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
or edge of pick. Yep, don't work on flatwounds. Lucite (plexi) guitars were first developed by Dan Armstrong who worked with Ampeg in the 70's. Here's a website with the rather interesting story of the guitars and man himself: http://www.danarmstrong.org/index.html —Danny Snyder Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF |
![]() Joined: Dec 03, 2007 Posts: 107 southern Illinois |
I know it's a rather generic choice, but I use plain ol' D'Addario 10s on all my guitars, but for all the stuff I like to do they constitute a good middle ground. I play (or am learning to play) everything from blues to instro to surf to hard rock to country. Heavier strings are great, but when playing countrified licks with behind-the-nut bends only lighter strings will work. Plus I use those 10s on my kids' guitars as well, so I buy em in 10 packs. —Swing! Twang! Shake! Twist! |
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RISA Tenor double lipstick uke. 17" scale. D'Addario 11, 14, 22 flat wound, 28 flat wound. Make my own bulk sets. —Hard to get into trouble with a ukulele in your hands |
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I use 11 flats. |
![]() Joined: Mar 27, 2006 Posts: 29 Santa Barbara, CA ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
56 - 15 D'Addario Chrome flatwounds (56-13 but I replace the top E and B) on a MIJ Jag. http://www.daddario.com/DADProdDetail.aspx?CodaID=557&ID=1&Class=AADA |
![]() Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I'm down to .11 rounds from .12 flats. Still have .12 flats on the Jaguar, which never gets played. I actually don't want to know how long that set has been on the guitar. |
![]() Joined: Feb 10, 2008 Posts: 109 West Los Angeles |
I have been using Ernie Ball "not even slinky" strings. They are 12 - 56 roundwound. To me, they strike a balance between a good tone and decent playability. |
![]() Joined: Sep 12, 2008 Posts: 25 Boston MA. |
I use 11s on my Jazzmaster. |
![]() Joined: Feb 25, 2008 Posts: 321 Canada's Wet Coast ![]() |
D'Addario ECG24 Chromes (flats). 11-50 on my Strat and Godin. —Mel |
![]() Joined: Aug 20, 2008 Posts: 654 California |
D'Addario flat 11's on my mosrite mk 1, This is as big as this guitar will allow, but they feel and play really nice. |
Joined: Jul 28, 2008 Posts: 413 ![]() ![]() |
Another vote for flatwound D'Addario Chromes .011-.050. My reissue Jazzmaster didn't sound right until I installed the flatwounds. I use D'Addario .010-.049 on my 2nd guitar, the one I use when I need to bend a lot of strings. The wound G has a tendency to break when I bend it. —If it ain't broke, fix it until it is. |
![]() Joined: Nov 24, 2008 Posts: 10 Latteville, WA USA ![]() |
I've gone back to using 12-54s on my Strat after trying 11-49s for a while. The 11s were just too whimpy for DD style double picking. The D'Addario EXL145s have a plain 20 'g string' which doesn't break like 'wound ones' that come with some other sets that I tried. I've also found that these strings will stay in tune a lot better than the 11s. The same goes for my Gretsch 6120. 11s work for some stuff, but when it comes to surf, 12s work better. I have a Mosrite Mark I that I've settled on leaving with 11-49s. Heavier strings just don't feel right on that guitar. My Tele is currently strung with 10-46s, just because I have a box of them lying around, but I really prefer 11s there too. —Joe Jabon |
![]() Joined: Dec 23, 2008 Posts: 3324 Pittsboro, NC ![]() ![]() |
D'Addario Chrome Flatwound ECG25 (12-52) on my partscaster; they feel "right" on it, and wouldn't use anything else now. — |
![]() Joined: Oct 13, 2008 Posts: 98 |
These are my -by now- favorite string sets: Pyramid Gold flats .012 on Jaguar and Golden Sixties .011 rounds on Strat. |
![]() Joined: May 02, 2009 Posts: 58 Colorado |
I use these (http://www.rotosound.com/tru88.html) on my 1996 string-through-body Precision Bass and man, talk about "woody" tone......monster! —www.myspace.com/sandyandthesurfsonics |
![]() Joined: May 20, 2009 Posts: 525 Leipzig ![]() ![]() |
For MIM Mexico Strat with Surfer Pickups: Roto Greys R13 (013 - 054) For MIJ Jaguar with SJAG-1 and SJAG-2 Pickup: Daddario ECG-26 (013-056) Are there some better Flatwounds than the Chromes? —http://www.reverbnation.com/bangmustang |
![]() Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19308 Des Moines, Iowa, USA ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Check out the string thread. —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
![]() Joined: Jul 27, 2006 Posts: 1284 Berlinesia, Germanifornia ![]() ![]() |
Ha! I also have 12 flats on one older Jaguar since years which is extremely rare played. The strings are on it for maybe 3 years right now? Twang cheers! Ralf Kilauea |