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Brian;
you are my hero!...thanks for the update...so it looks like
at least Fender roundwounds were readilly available "back
in the day"...good info!
-dp
--- Brian Neal <> wrote:
> Just for fun I emailed Dick Dale and Paul Johnson and
> asked them
> about the whole round wound vs flat wound thing back in
> the 60's.
>
> Dick told me that they had both flats and rounds
> available in the
> 60's. He tried the flats because he preferred their
> smooth feel
> because his string gauge was 16p 18p 20p 39w 49w 60w. But
> he did not
> like how they sounded and went right back to the round
> wounds.
>
> Dick said that Fender made their own round wounds back
> then and he
> preferred those over Ernie Ball round wounds (at the
> time).
> Currently he uses Dean Markley blue steels.
>
> Paul told me that he used flats back then, but he doesn't
> remember
> for sure what Eddie used. He did confirm that more people
> used flats
> back then than rounds, but made it seem like rounds were
> available.
> He also said lighter gauge strings did not come until
> later.
>
> It's kind of cool getting email from two surf guitar
> legends within
> 2 minutes of each other...!
>
> BN
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