Okay lets have a thread about strings and strings alone
What brand and gauge do you use?
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Joined: Jul 05, 2006 Posts: 969 |
Okay lets have a thread about strings and strings alone What brand and gauge do you use? |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle |
D'Addario Chromes .12 and Rotosound Flats .12s and on my Gretsch I use Rotosound roundwounds that are .11s. |
Joined: Apr 21, 2006 Posts: 265 San Antonio, TX |
Fender steel flats 11's, but thinking about moving up to a 12 or 13's. —<img src="klzzwxh:0000"></img> |
Joined: Jul 05, 2006 Posts: 969 |
just go to the 13's man the first few weeks are a bit overwhelming, but once you get used to it, anything less seems very whimpy. |
Joined: Apr 21, 2006 Posts: 265 San Antonio, TX |
I wan't to believe me, more afraid of my gutar's neck breaking in half! Which ones do you use WaimeaBay, I'm assuming 13's? —<img src="klzzwxh:0000"></img> |
Joined: Jul 05, 2006 Posts: 969 |
Wray, does your guitar have a truss rod?? If so you should be okay. My advice is getting the guitar set up by someone who really knows what they are doing, when stringing 13 gauge (or bigger) flatwounds. I have never set my own guitar up with 13's, but I take it to a guy who is really good about once a year. He does a great setup for about 40 bucks. |
Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 11051 Berkeley, CA |
The biggest issue with going up to .12s and .13s is the nut has to be re-filed to accomodate. Otherwise you have tuning issues with your wiggle stick. I found that my Jag and JM bridges could handle the extra tension of the thick strings, but the cheaper strat style bridge on my Jagmaster needed all 5 springs and became too stiff with .13's, despite the short scale neck. Anyone out there know a solution? —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: Apr 21, 2006 Posts: 265 San Antonio, TX |
Waimea, my junky guitar has a truss rod, but I have it loosened all the way so it doesn't buzz. And like Danny says I think the nut would have to be filed. Danny, I'm not a strat man, but couldn't you adjust those two screws to adjust the spring tension (with or without removing/adding springs). Don't know if that would help... —<img src="klzzwxh:0000"></img> |
Joined: Jul 05, 2006 Posts: 969 |
I guess nobody wants to reveal their strings, you sissys prolly have 9- gauge d'addarios on and are to ashamed to admit it! |
Joined: Jul 29, 2006 Posts: 110 Menomonie, Wisconsin USA |
Ouch! Okay, I'll talk. I've had the same set of Fender flatwounds (0.013 - 0.054) on my Partscaster (60s Strat copy from Subway Music) for 5 years. No particular reason for keeping them so long. I change the roundwound strings on my other guitars regularly. I just like the tone of older flatwound strings. Recently ordered a set of Fender flatwound .012's for my 50s Classic Stratocaster. I imagine I'll change those about as frequently. Wow! As I type these lines, I'm thinking that I haven't changed the strings on my '74 Jazz bass since like 1982! Jeez. My skin crawls just thinking about the crud trapped in the windings of those strings. |
Joined: Jul 05, 2006 Posts: 969 |
Flatwounds seem to last so much longer then rounds. I sure would not keep them on for 5 years! But you can get more bang for your buck with them. I have had a pair on for 6 motnhs and they still seem new. I play at least an hour a day too. Kinda weird, on my gibson with roundwounds, the strings would be rusted by now. Anyone know why they last much longer? |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 5300 the outer banks of north carolina |
d'addario 11's (wimpy mom fingers ) — |
Joined: Jul 05, 2006 Posts: 969 |
11's for a woman is quite admirable! |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25548 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A. |
D'adarrio chromes flatwound .045. to .105 Jeff(bigtikidude) —Jeff(bigtikidude) |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 5300 the outer banks of north carolina |
you should see the calluses on my fingers — |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan |
Rotosound Purples 12-52 (nickel roundwounds) - incredible strings! I even converted Wronski, a dedicated flatwound string player, to these strings! (Well, not completely - he still uses flatwounds primarily, but his purple sparkle Jag has the Rotos on it.) Also, Gibson L5 12-56 (formerly known as Sonomatic, nickel roundwounds) - on one Strat. Very vintage-like strings, supposedly used by the Shadows in the sixties, but for some reason I don't like them as much as the Rotos. D'Addario Chromes 12-52 (steel flatwounds) on my Jazzmaster. Ivan —Ivan |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 3546 mojave desert, california |
Pyramid Gold (flatwounds 13-52) on the RI Jazzmaster. Rotosound Greys (roundwounds 13-54) on the Surfmaster (a Strat-like guitar with 5 springs on the bridge tensioner). Rotosound RS66LDN (45-105 long scale nickel roundwounds) on the RI '51 Precision Bass and on the Fernandez fretless "Tele-style" bass. Danelectro roundwound strings on the Danelectro Bass Six. GHS Boomers (roundwounds 12-52) on the Danelectro Hodad. |
Joined: Jul 05, 2006 Posts: 969 |
dp is a true man. "I even converted Wronski, a dedicated flatwound string player, to these strings!" How dare you bring this blasphamy into this thread. |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 3832 netherlands |
roto's 011 on the strat (012's or 013's seem pretty hard to come by in Europe), chromes 011 on the jag. I'd like to go heavier on the jag but I have a bunch of 011 sets lying around which Ill probably use up first. Dont like flatwounds on a strat too much. switched too thre rots after Ivans plug on the yahoo group at the time - happy camper since. nickel ghs on the basses, because I was to lame to order some decent flats and this is what was available. WR —Rules to live by #314: |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 3546 mojave desert, california |
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