new strings on the tele

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:14 am

i used to use dean markely blue steel jazz strings on my j.s. and those were a bit hard to handle but i used them for about5 years.
anywho, im currently using 10's on everything and i just picked up some 12-52' ernieballs.
i hate ernie balls. they sound dead right out of the package, everytime, never fails,
i basically strung it up, set it up ,played a few chords unplugged, plugged it in, got pissed at the crappy sound and snipped them.
plus the damn g was like a 36 and unwound, that shit was intense!
anyone know of any good jazz styled gauge strings?
im looking for 12-56 with a wound g.
and im not too hot on the idea of flat wounds but if robroe can talk me into it i may try them out.

More Cowbell · Post by **More Cowbell** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 2:00 pm

I put 12-52 D'addario's on my friends LP, it has the wound G string, they are awesome.

Post by **Mike** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 2:02 pm

D'addario EXL115s are all I use.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:14 pm

go with this.

its like a combo of a regular string and a flat string. half wound. wound G at .24

"Half Round Electric Guitar Strings are round wound with Stainless Steel and then precision ground leaving the outer surface smooth and "semi flat." The result is a string with the tonal characteristics of round wound strings, with the smooth feel of flat wound strings."

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:16 pm

if you NEED a 56 at the bottom go with .13's

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:17 pm

whats the best place to get em?
i wanna try em out first before i buy a whole box ya know?

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:25 pm

i have no idea

none of my local shops cary them.
ive never used them. but i want to try them

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:20 pm

I wouldn't mind trying them either.

I'd imagine most people on here would be kinda interested.

How many packs in a box, and how much does a box cost.

We could all bunch up, like.

euan · Post by **euan** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:49 pm

I'm going to do that template for Robert and then buy a set of these.

sleeperls · Post by **sleeperls** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 3:00 am

d'aquisto all you need to know. Ive preached these guys for years. Not to hard to find online But i used to buy them for 14-17 a pack now you can get them for 4-7 online.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:45 pm

i used some dean markely 12-56 jazz strings on it last night, not bad strings but they didn't actually feel like a pack of 12's
felt more like wimpy 11's