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What was your other guitar? Heavier strings sound louder and fatter,
but if the guitar is dead sounding; ie not resonant the heavier gauge
won't do much. Keep in mind that Danelectro's are cheap guitars and
aren't made of the best materials, they were never really reknown for
thier
tone.
--- In SurfGuitar101@y..., "JayBarnes" <jaybarnes@y...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I had my guitar slightly modified for .054 - .011 roundwound strings
> about a year ago it sounded pretty great to me. Since the tremelo on
> the thing seems to have just died (I think i stripped the allen-key
> screws by raising and lowering the bridge too often, or just doing
> crazy things with my guitar...) I recently acquired a Danelectro
> Innuendo. I've been playing on flatwound .009 strings, and it just
> sounds really bland. The high strings just don't have the same twang
> and sustain during chords that the ones on my old guitar did.
>
> What kind/width/type of strings is everybody using out there? I'm
> thinking the problem is with the strings and not the new guitar,
but I
> could be wrong. I noticed that the roundwound in general were more
> muffled or 'thick?' on the E A and D, and bright on the higher G, B
> and E. Am I crazy?
>
> I don't talk about guitars with anyone, especially surfy guitars, so
> excuse my ineptness.
