anybody using flat wounds on a regular basis?

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thredlok

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I picked up some d'addario chrome 10's and slapped them on one of my guitars.
They give you a much more mellow percussive response than round wounds.

anybody else using these?
 
I have actually never even tried them out before.

No squeaking during chord changes, huh? biggrin
 
helpimarock said:
i use them on my Rickenbacker.
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what gauge do you use? (and it's safe to turn your avatars back on)

and no there is no squeaking AOK tongue0
 
10-48

i started out with regular XL110s on it, but they sounded ratty and nasty. so i switched to Thomastik-Infeld flat 10s and that fixed the ratty problem. but they're $18 a pack and i thought that was excessive, especially for standard strings that aren't coated and will need to be changed about once a month. so i went with the Chromes, and i like them. and they're $8 to $10 a pack instead of $18.
 
I was thinking of going up a gauge to see how much if any would fatten up the tone.
I have them on a 24-3/4 scale guitar, I usually string them heavier anyhow.
 
thredlok said:
I was thinking of going up a gauge to see how much if any would fatten up the tone.
I have them on a 24-3/4 scale guitar, I usually string them heavier anyhow.
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"fatten up the tone" is an interesting concept. especially when related to guitars.

a heavier string gauge will give you more tension and should give you more volume if you keep your pickups at the same height. but i don't think it makes a guitar sound "fatter", which implies more bass. i've got a 13-56 set on my Dano Convertible so i can play in alternate tunings. but i don't find that the harmonic spectrum is any different than it was when the guitar had 10s on it.
 
maybe it's just me idn_smilie

I usually put 12's on my lp type guitars because 10's sound very thin and tinny on them. I don't think I would go to 12's on the flatwounds, they already sound different than the round 10's
 
thredlok said:
maybe it's just me idn_smilie

I usually put 12's on my lp type guitars because 10's sound very thin and tinny on them. I don't think I would go to 12's on the flatwounds, they already sound different than the round 10's
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maybe its the amp eq? i dunno, do whatever works.
 
Which guitars?


I normally string my electric's with 10-50, instead of the normal 10-46 or 48.
Most of my guitars are year 2000 on.
 
thredlok said:
Which guitars?


I normally string my electric's with 10-50, instead of the normal 10-46 or 48.
Most of my guitars are year 2000 on.
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correction. most of these guitars were CONCEIVED and DESIGNED at a time when 13s were considered light.
 
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