It'd be pretty ridiculous to have the amount of guitars I do and have them all have the same gauge. Most of my shortscales have a wound G other then my '76 stang. <3 the bendy bends on that glossy 70's neck. Plain Gs on most of (but not all) my full scales.
I switched to a wound G about a month ago and haven't looked back. The difference is certainly there - much more even sound, and a lot more comfortable.
hmmm, went to guitar center yesterday. they no have wound Gs... single string or the full set. will have to try a smaller shop. it was their labor day sale though and I nearly bought a squier bullet for $80...
WTF GC didnt have a set of strings with a would G. They're like guitar wall mart. The little tiny ass shop I work at has like 3 different brands of strings with a wound G. I suspect there was and idiot/non guitar player behind the counter
No, that's been my experience with GC also, they absolutely do not carry the wound G sets. The guy at the counter looked at me like I was handing him a coat hanger to give me an abortion when I asked about them. I have to hit the smaller shops to get them.
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I guess Dick just stuck with what he knew. He was performing before people like James Burton started putting banjo strings on their guitars and gave rise to light gauge strings. I was watching an interview with Hank Marvin a while back and he was talking about the days where only super heavy strings were available. His vibrato technique with the bar developed pretty much as a result of being unable to bend the godawful heavy strings. Those old guys did have a lovely thick clean tone though.
wow, just watched that video, his guitar is totally flipped around backwards and upside down in all kinds of ways and his high E sounds about the same timbre as my A string.
PenPen wrote:No, that's been my experience with GC also, they absolutely do not carry the wound G sets. The guy at the counter looked at me like I was handing him a coat hanger to give me an abortion when I asked about them. I have to hit the smaller shops to get them.
God bless the internet - saving us from the tyranny of capitalist efficiency.
In the future, you will walk into GC and it will look just like the Apple store. Lots of big, open, sparse spaces. At first, it will seem like they have a lot of guitars. Then you will notice that they are all Strats. All the strings will be 9s. All the picks will be medium 351s. All the amps will be Hot Rod Deluxes or Line 6 combos.
