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Haven't played guitar now in 7 months, been playing bass which from now on is my main instrument. Anyway, i play with flatwound strings on my bass and i wonder, does any famous guitarplayer nowadays play with flats? Anyone here at the forum? I can get D'addario chromes at the local store but there pretty expensive for being guitar strings.

Is everybody playing rounds nowadays, please don't tell me it's so

BTW, i've read that Hendrix played with fender rock 'n roll strings, are those rounds or flats?

I am about to drop my Ric twelve string off to a guy for a setup. He is going to put flatwounds on it; he says that the classic twelve string sound makes flats mandatory. I am really looking forward to hearing what it sounds like after he's done.

I just got a Jazzmaster a few weeks ago and I got it setup with flatwounds on it. I've read that the Jazzmasters came stock with flatwounds back in the day and I thought I'd give it a try. They are pretty cool! A little weird at first, but coming from bass you should love them. I use 10s and they seem thicker then round 10s. Bending feels really weird too.

i put flat wounds on my acoustic...it reduces and really cleans up the quot;slidingquot; sound on the strings!

I couldn't hold myself so i went and bought a pack, the quot;Jazz lightquot; gauge 11-50. Amazing! It made my aggresive SG sound more mellow and soft...semi-hollow-ish if you wanted to, but i still get that aggresive tone if i want, but i don't

I used Thomastik-Infeld Swing Series on an Archtop long time for - guess what - playing Swing in a BigBand. Great sound, great quality, and - they are made in Austria!!!

i am using 12 gauge chromes for everything from blues to black sabbath, IMO they make everything sound alot clearer and define notes better, but they are alot easier to break so get a farily high gauge.


Originally Posted by sooperunknI just got a Jazzmaster a few weeks ago and I got it setup with flatwounds on it. I've read that the Jazzmasters came stock with flatwounds back in the day and I thought I'd give it a try. They are pretty cool! A little weird at first, but coming from bass you should love them. I use 10s and they seem thicker then round 10s. Bending feels really weird too.

1. I have them on my jag

do they sell flatwounds in smaller gauges? Are they all nickel?

Flats are always thicker, and I think there aren't any nickel ones because flats are already warm and would probably sound muddy if they were nickel... but who knows?

they're quite pricey-is there any site that sells them in bulk for a good price, or what brand is the cheapest?


Originally Posted by psyI used Thomastik-Infeld Swing Series on an Archtop long time for - guess what - playing Swing in a BigBand. Great sound, great quality, and - they are made in Austria!!!

I really lioke Thomastik acoustic strings, but they've gone way up in price over here and are only a quid or so cheaper than elixir :/ I don't buy either, they cost too much.

I've played flatwounds on a bass and I've got to say, I still prefer roundwounds but they were kinda cool

Never tried them on electric

Glad you like them on your SG


Originally Posted by ThurisarzHaven't played guitar now in 7 months, been playing bass which from now on is my main instrument. Anyway, i play with flatwound strings on my bass and i wonder, does any famous guitarplayer nowadays play with flats? Anyone here at the forum? I can get D'addario chromes at the local store but there pretty expensive for being guitar strings.

Is everybody playing rounds nowadays, please don't tell me it's so

BTW, i've read that Hendrix played with fender rock 'n roll strings, are those rounds or flats?

everyone plays rounds as far as i know. I used to have flats for quite a long time, they seem to last forever and feel great, but were incredibly difficult to bend. They now have thinner gauges, but i wonder if they feel stiff too.

I have flatwounds on my hollowbody...I don't remember what brand, might have been D'addario's or maybe Thomastik George Benson strings, ( has his face on the pack )

When I was doing some jazz guitar my 1st year of college, I was told those Thomastik flatwounds were THE strings to have.... I haven't changed strings on that guitar in like 4 yrs but they still seem new....I always found when I changed flatwound strings there was almost no difference between old and new....


Originally Posted by drp555I have flatwounds on my hollowbody...I don't remember what brand, might have been D'addario's or maybe Thomastik George Benson strings, ( has his face on the pack )

When I was doing some jazz guitar my 1st year of college, I was told those Thomastik flatwounds were THE strings to have.... I haven't changed strings on that guitar in like 4 yrs but they still seem new....I always found when I changed flatwound strings there was almost no difference between old and new....

haven't changed mine... in a year

slade

I've never tried em on guitar but they're wonderful on bass. I much prefer them to normal bass strings.

EQ wise, how do flatwounds sound? Less harsh on the treble, round and chimey?

I also remember from my buzzy GAX70 Ibanez (first guitar) that when i had strung it up with flatwounds the strings buzzed alot less. I guess flatwounds have a smaller vibration radius or something, but it let me drop my action immensely and the setup was impeccable.

what exactly are flatwound strings?? i've never heard of em.

you know how wound strings (EAD) have a wire wrapped around the hexagonal core of the string?Flatwounds have a ribbon of steel that goes around the core instead of thin wire, so you end up with a smoother feeling, smoother playing string w/ bell like tones.

They always sounded dead to me.