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Yeah, John Entwistle told some story about roundwound strings first being only
available on a certain brand of bass guitar. When he broke a string during the
recording of My Generation (circa '65 or '66) , he had to get a new bass cause
nobody carried the strings.
-Marty
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Neal
To:
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 5:07 PM
Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: flatwounds
--- In , Dan Bartley <bigtwangguy@y...>
wrote:
> What are some of the original surf songs that were played with
flatwound strings?
> Dan
This is an interesting question because I've always assumed that it
would be most surf songs from the 60's were recorded with flatwounds.
I've always been told that round wounds were not widely available in
the 60's. The most common strings were heavy flats. Again, this is
what I have gathered from being a surf-guitar nut for the last 8 or 9
years. I've asked this question on a variety of lists and forums. But
I'd love to be recalibrated. Maybe some of you older guys remember
what strings you used? ;-)
Players used to have to mix and match sets and even use banjo strings
if they wanted a lighter set or an unwound (plain) G string.
I do vaguely remember Paul Johnson confirming this, but I could be
wrong. It doesn't sound to me like Dick Dale was using flats, nor Hank
Marvin. But what do I know? I'd love to know what The Astronauts used.
BN
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