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Pyramids are nice, too...
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DP
--- ipongrac <> wrote:
> Here's my two cents:
>
> I'm completely addicted to these British strings:
> Rotosound Roto
> Purples 12-52. They're pure nickel strings, which I
> think is the key
> to getting a vintage sound. Steel strings, which is what
> most
> strings today are, will not sound naturally as classic.
> You can get
> them to sound vintage, but it takes a lot more work.
>
> I used to use D'Addario 11-49 nickel-wrap/steel-core
> strings, and
> swore by them on my Strat until '98. Since '98, I've
> migrated to the
> heavier gauge on all three of my Strats. I first started
> using Roto
> Purples in order to get a good Shadows tone, but soon
> found that they
> work really well for surf, also. (I don't really like
> the sound and
> feel of flatwounds on the Strat, and I don't think it's
> 'authentic'
> in any way, since it sounds to my ears as though most
> Strat users,
> including DD, used roundwounds from the early days -
> certainly the
> Shadows and the Atlantics did - I love the flatwounds on
> my
> Jazzmaster, though - D'Addario Chromes 12-52 - I know,
> they're not
> pure nickel, but pure nickel flatwounds are few and
> expensive.)
>
> For a while I also used Gibson L-5 Pure Nickel 12-56
> (also known as
> 340 Nickel Plus). These are vintage strings that used to
> be known as
> Sonomatics. Hank Marvin used these exclusively in the
> early days of
> the Shadows, and they have been discountined for a many
> years until
> very recently (interestingly enough, Malcolm Young of
> AC/DC also
> swears by these strings!). They're great sounding
> strings, but I
> found their tension to be too high for me. I just
> couldn't bend
> those suckers at ALL! Anyway, if you want to try
> something great
> sounding, and you feel up to the challenge of the heavier
> tension,
> I'd highly recommend these.
>
> Finally, bend as much as you want! However, original
> surf guitarists
> didn't do a whole lot bending, and half-step bends were
> more common
> than full-step (with some exceptions - Eddie & the
> Showmen' "Scratch"
> comes to mind). Also, I have been moving up gauge sizes
> gradually
> over the entire 20-21 years of my playing. I started
> with 9-42,
> moved to 10-46 after 8 years of playing, moved to 11-49
> after another
> 5 years, and then another 3 or 4 years before the move to
> 12-52. I
> highly recommend this way of doing it - you can gradually
> build up
> your finger strength and make sure that you don't develop
>
> tendonitis.
>
> There you go! (Certainly more than two cents worth in
> terms of the
> number of words, though not necessarily in the value it
> provides for
> the reader! :)
>
> Ivan
>
> PS I get all my strings from juststrings.com - incredible
> selection,
> GREAT prices, and fast shipping. Can't recommend them
> highly
> enough. If they went out of business, I'd be traumatized
> and would
> probably cry....
>
> --- In , Dan Bartley
> <bigtwangguy@y...>
> wrote:
> > I confess to using D'addiairo roundwounds, 11-49ish,
> on a '59
> Gretsch Dual Annie. I'd like to use the bigger gauges but
> my tendons
> won't let me. This leads me to my own surf question...To
> bend a whole
> tone, or to only bend a half?
> > Dan
> >
> > sidewalksurf <sidewalksurf@y...> wrote:
> > I'm sure this has been covered here before,
> but.....what kind of
> > strings is everyone using and on what? For everyday
> use, I'm
> > partial to 013-052 ghs flatwounds on my Jag and 011-048
> ghs
> > flatwounds on my JM. When I feel like getting fancy,
> then it's
> > Pyramids.
> >
> >
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