I bought a pack of Daddario 7 string flatwound strings, ditched the high E and put them on my Baritone. Cost 16 bucks instead of 65 bucks for a set of flats marketed for Baritones. B string ain't even floppy.
Sometimes I like floppy.
Re: i just put on flatwounds for the first time
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2017 11:08 am
by Gone Fission
What scale length on that bari? Normal sized ball-end on the low B?
Re: i just put on flatwounds for the first time
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2017 11:48 pm
by actual
I need to get some flats soon, getting tired of blisters. I more or less play with the town all the way down as it is.
Re: i just put on flatwounds for the first time
Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2017 4:07 pm
by goroth
actualidiot wrote:I need to get some flats soon, getting tired of blisters.
1 Shred more
actualidiot wrote: I more or less play with the town all the way down as it is.
2 Turn it up and enjoy playing your guitar. 3 GoTo shred more.
Re: i just put on flatwounds for the first time
Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2017 4:11 pm
by actual
Like this?
Re: i just put on flatwounds for the first time
Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2017 4:12 pm
by Chankgeez
actualidiot wrote: ... the town all the way down ...
Gone Fission wrote:What scale length on that bari? Normal sized ball-end on the low B?
27.78" Yeah, normal ball end Dadarrios
Re: i just put on flatwounds for the first time
Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2017 12:24 pm
by nieh
duffmcshark wrote:I have a set of D’addario 11’s on my Jazzmaster and love them right up to the point when I try to bend that 22 wound G string. I kinda want to try some half rounds since I don’t want to go lower than 11’s, and maybe throw these flats on my lap steel.
I use half rounds on all of my guitars, absolutely love them.
Re: i just put on flatwounds for the first time
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2017 7:38 pm
by Dapper Bandit
Put some chromes on my Throbber (oof!) having read through this and they are a revelation! Nice mid range sound without excess twang and they are lovely for chords and fingerpicking. The extra tension isn't as bad as I feared either, I'm not sure I see the point of roundwounds anymore...
Re: i just put on flatwounds for the first time
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2018 11:57 pm
by 3waytie4last
The best...
Re: i just put on flatwounds for the first time
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2018 12:50 am
by dubkitty
i tried flats on an Epiphone Wildkat i used to have, but found them to be much too bassy for my tastes. i'm all about flats on the fretless Jazz Bass, though...that's exactly what i learned bass on in the Jazz Improvisation class at City College of San Francisco. i'd kind of like to try flats on a guitar again, but i don't think any of my current electrics would really be suitable.
Re: i just put on flatwounds for the first time
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2018 2:33 am
by nogodsnobedtimes
I threw some 11-50 flats on my telecaster and I'm amazed I never thought of doing this before. So smooth, less high harmonics. Love it!
Re: i just put on flatwounds for the first time
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2018 2:17 pm
by Mudfuzz
Nothing like flats on a tele.
strings by mail sells chromes individuals in larger than the norm gauges so I order a normal set and a .75 for my tele
Re: i just put on flatwounds for the first time
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2018 3:58 pm
by nogodsnobedtimes
Agreed.
I can already tell I need a heavier gauge string, at least for the bottoms. I've got this guitar set for Drop C and it's feeling a bit floppy. Gotta hit those heavier chords a bit softer than I typically do.
Re: i just put on flatwounds for the first time
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2018 2:17 pm
by quarterpound
anyone got a rec for a set of roundwounds that are not too noisy to pick-slide on? I like the sound of rounds and the opportunity to make a little scrapey scrape, but the set I have now is way too noisy for some things.
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:51 pm
