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Re: 12 gauge sets: wound or plain G?
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 1:21 am
by Andrew
Ewww
EDIT:
Tracked down some .24w strings, going to try these again:
The G string absolutely sucks on these, but I find all the other strings in the set perfect for Drop Bb/A#.
Re: 12 gauge sets: wound or plain G?
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:54 am
by gunslinger_burrito
I've played the Ernie Ball "Not even slinky" set. It has that plain 24, and it felt like a coat hanger to me.
Re: 12 gauge sets: wound or plain G?
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 10:00 am
by voerking
these are the perfect standard tuning electric strings/gauges for me:

Re: 12 gauge sets: wound or plain G?
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 10:16 am
by skullservant
gunslinger_burrito wrote:I've played the Ernie Ball "Not even slinky" set. It has that plain 24, and it felt like a coat hanger to me.
ahahahha YES. I love that set other than the G
Re: 12 gauge sets: wound or plain G?
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 10:28 am
by gunslinger_burrito
skullservant wrote:gunslinger_burrito wrote:I've played the Ernie Ball "Not even slinky" set. It has that plain 24, and it felt like a coat hanger to me.
ahahahha YES. I love that set other than the G
Yeah EB makes cool sets. I like how even their 11s have a much heavier bottom end than say, D'addarios or whatever. I just wish I could find a set that's something like 14, 18, 28, 38, 49, 72. Then I'd be set. I'm so tired of franken-sets because nothing feels "just right" to me

Re: 12 gauge sets: wound or plain G?
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 10:33 am
by skullservant
Have you looked into the 6 string baritone sets? You might also be able to do something similar with a 7 or 8 string set and just ditch the extra strings
Re: 12 gauge sets: wound or plain G?
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 10:43 am
by friendship
gunslinger_burrito wrote:skullservant wrote:gunslinger_burrito wrote:I've played the Ernie Ball "Not even slinky" set. It has that plain 24, and it felt like a coat hanger to me.
ahahahha YES. I love that set other than the G
Yeah EB makes cool sets. I like how even their 11s have a much heavier bottom end than say, D'addarios or whatever. I just wish I could find a set that's something like 14, 18, 28, 38, 49, 72. Then I'd be set. I'm so tired of franken-sets because nothing feels "just right" to me

It's more of a hassle, but you could definitely buy singles of the gauges you want to make your own custom set. Could buy a few sets at a time for less bother.
Yeah I think I'm going to try those D'Addario Jazz Lights and just try to adapt my bending technique to a wound Gs. Better intonation and tone is worth it I reckon.
Re: 12 gauge sets: wound or plain G?
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 11:12 am
by gunslinger_burrito
skullservant wrote:Have you looked into the 6 string baritone sets? You might also be able to do something similar with a 7 or 8 string set and just ditch the extra strings
Yeah, the only issue is that the 56 they they tend to have in there is a bit too heavy for my playing style. I need to check out some more 7-8 string sets, though.
friendship wrote:
It's more of a hassle, but you could definitely buy singles of the gauges you want to make your own custom set. Could buy a few sets at a time for less bother.
Yeah I think I'm going to try those D'Addario Jazz Lights and just try to adapt my bending technique to a wound Gs. Better intonation and tone is worth it I reckon.
That's what I was doing, but there's no shop in town that sells the singles that I need. Especially no single 70-something sized strings. Time to order everything online......
I like those D'addario jazz light-meds

Re: 12 gauge sets: wound or plain G?
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 10:01 am
by friendship
Yeah I'm enjoying them. a wound G is easier to bend than I remember, which is good. And god damn do Filtertrons ever sound great with fat strings.
Re: 12 gauge sets: wound or plain G?
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 1:34 pm
by coldbrightsunlight
friendship wrote:Yeah I'm enjoying them. a wound G is easier to bend than I remember, which is good. And god damn do Filtertronsguitars ever sound great with fat strings.

Re: 12 gauge sets: wound or plain G?
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 10:48 pm
by indianDYsummer
I just put these on my jag:
I've never put a set of .12s on an offset, nor have I ever used a wound G prior to now (mostly EB Power slinky). These strings are awesome! My guitar plays way better, and the string tension is not too difficult to bend for me. Plus, the wound G just plain sounds better to my ears!
I bought the lights too (.11-.52) to try in my JM (also w wound G).