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> as far as strings go, what gavin said, + choose between nickel and
> steel, nickel being mellower and more vintage-sounding, steel more
> aggresive and modern. nickel doesn't wear out your frets, steel does
> eventually, if that's a consideration. I think roundwoundplayers
> around here generally prefer nickel, with flatwounds its 50/50.
I'm addicted to Rotosound Purples (12-52). They're nickel
roundwounds, and they sound phenomenal for surf music. If you're
gonna use roundwounds, these are the ones to use. I think even Dave
Wronski is using them on his purple Jag - and he's a dedicated
flatwound guy! Marty also was complimentary about them. Maybe a few
other people?
I recently put D'Addario 12-52 on one of my Strats, and didn't like
them at all compared to the Rotos. And I used to only use
D'Addarios! But they just sounded brittle, felt wrong, didn't last as
long. Rotos simply rule.
You can get them through juststrings.com - which is the only place I
ever buy strings anymore. Too expensive everywhere else. Oh, and
Rotosound guitar strings are not that common (unlike their bass
strings).
Ivan
