i just put on flatwounds for the first time

[Chankgeez]

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.

[Gone Fission]

What scale length on that bari? Normal sized ball-end on the low B?

[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.

[goroth]

I need to get some flats soon, getting tired of blisters.

1 Shred more

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.

[actual]

Like this?

[Chankgeez]

... the town all the way down ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fllN8bUJ77c

[repoman]

What scale length on that bari? Normal sized ball-end on the low B?

27.78"
Yeah, normal ball end Dadarrios

[nieh]

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.

[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...

[3waytie4last]

The best...

[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.

[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!

[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

[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.

[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.