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light rail coyote wrote:

mage wrote:what does the wound G do exactly?

makes it really hard to bend the g string

1. Stays in tune better
2. Sounds more consistent with the rest of the strings (I always felt like a plain G kinda jumped out in a not-good way)
3. Better intonation
4. harder to break
5. WAAAYYYY less fret wear compared to plain
6. Still bendable provided you have man hands
7. Wavers in pitch less when played hard
8. Makes going back and forth between acoustic and electric easier
9. Sounds thicker and more commanding
10. IDK, it's just better damnit

light rail coyote wrote:

mage wrote:what does the wound G do exactly?

makes it really hard to bend the g string

yea, that would be my issue with it. that is my favorite string to bend, heh.

DuoSonicBoy wrote:2. Sounds more consistent with the rest of the strings (I always felt like a plain G kinda jumped out in a not-good way)

I have staggered poles like this:



I always felt it would make more sense to make the G pole lower because yeah, it tends to jump out. does the wound G reduce this situation?

actually why are the staggered poles designed like that at all? did people used to play with wound Gs more often? were the staggered poles specifically designed for wound Gs???

mage wrote:actually why are the staggered poles designed like that at all? did people used to play with wound Gs more often? where the staggered poles specifically designed for wound Gs???

Yes - Every guitar designed before about 1968 was designed for wound Gs. I don't think a set of modern plain-G strings was available until 1967 or so. If you read the early Guitar Player interviews there were still pros using banjo strings to make their own super-light sets until the early 70s.

DuoSonicBoy wrote:

light rail coyote wrote:

mage wrote:what does the wound G do exactly?

makes it really hard to bend the g string

1. Stays in tune better
2. Sounds more consistent with the rest of the strings (I always felt like a plain G kinda jumped out in a not-good way)
3. Better intonation
4. harder to break
5. WAAAYYYY less fret wear compared to plain
6. Still bendable provided you have man hands
7. Wavers in pitch less when played hard
8. Makes going back and forth between acoustic and electric easier
9. Sounds thicker and more commanding
10. IDK, it's just better damnit

Well judging my actual numbers of strings being sold, I would say the vast majority of the string buying public doesn't really see it your way

Doog wrote:11-49< or death.

even 4 casa bonita?

DuoSonicBoy wrote:

light rail coyote wrote:

mage wrote:what does the wound G do exactly?

makes it really hard to bend the g string

1. Stays in tune better
2. Sounds more consistent with the rest of the strings (I always felt like a plain G kinda jumped out in a not-good way)
3. Better intonation
4. harder to break
5. WAAAYYYY less fret wear compared to plain
6. Still bendable provided you have man hands
7. Wavers in pitch less when played hard
8. Makes going back and forth between acoustic and electric easier
9. Sounds thicker and more commanding
10. IDK, it's just better damnit

Or in my case:

11. Gets taken off the guitar and replaced with a 15 gauge b string tuned to A.

If anybody wants like, 17000 .22 gauge strings I will give them to you for freeeeeeee.

light rail coyote wrote:

DuoSonicBoy wrote:

light rail coyote wrote: makes it really hard to bend the g string

1. Stays in tune better
2. Sounds more consistent with the rest of the strings (I always felt like a plain G kinda jumped out in a not-good way)
3. Better intonation
4. harder to break
5. WAAAYYYY less fret wear compared to plain
6. Still bendable provided you have man hands
7. Wavers in pitch less when played hard
8. Makes going back and forth between acoustic and electric easier
9. Sounds thicker and more commanding
10. IDK, it's just better damnit

Well judging my actual numbers of strings being sold, I would say the vast majority of the string buying public doesn't really see it your way

That's not a fair judge of anything. Think of the amount of strats and les pauls that sell compared to jazzmasters.

People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazi party - you can’t trust people

James wrote:

light rail coyote wrote:

DuoSonicBoy wrote: 1. Stays in tune better
2. Sounds more consistent with the rest of the strings (I always felt like a plain G kinda jumped out in a not-good way)
3. Better intonation
4. harder to break
5. WAAAYYYY less fret wear compared to plain
6. Still bendable provided you have man hands
7. Wavers in pitch less when played hard
8. Makes going back and forth between acoustic and electric easier
9. Sounds thicker and more commanding
10. IDK, it's just better damnit

Well judging my actual numbers of strings being sold, I would say the vast majority of the string buying public doesn't really see it your way

That's not a fair judge of anything. Think of the amount of strats and les pauls that sell compared to jazzmasters.

People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazi party - you can’t trust people

they just don't know any better.

aen wrote:

Doog wrote:11-49< or death.

even 4 casa bonita?

I used 12's for a bit but it was just doing my hands in if I wanted to play in normal tuning- that My Sharona solo I did on youtube is with 12s, and my bends are CRAP.

There's only one CB song where I actually drop all the strings, the rest are mainly just dropping the low E to A or B, plus one other higher string sometimes.

James wrote:

People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazi party - you can’t trust people

lol.

Doog wrote:

aen wrote:

Doog wrote:11-49< or death.

even 4 casa bonita?

I used 12's for a bit but it was just doing my hands in if I wanted to play in normal tuning- that My Sharona solo I did on youtube is with 12s, and my bends are CRAP.

There's only one CB song where I actually drop all the strings, the rest are mainly just dropping the low E to A or B, plus one other higher string sometimes.

fucks sake doog. I just checked that out. dude the whole thing is totally off the hook/



saying that, 12s are one size too big for me. they mash my fingers.

It's ridiculous when Doog bitches out his flawless playing. It makes me want to slap him with a Morley Wah

Mike wrote:...slap him with a Morley Wah

BAHAHAHA

Mike wrote:It's ridiculous when Doog bitches out his flawless playing. It makes me want to slap him with a Morley Wah

Pffa, like you coudl even hoist it ye fleshy english dog.

mage wrote:

Mike wrote:...slap him with a Morley Wah

BAWAWAWA

Fixed

I've been playing 9's for over 20 years now. I see no reason to change.

I've just ordered a load of strings, hopefully they'll get here today, my RIC's in need of a restringing D: I use .10s on that and everything except my Telecaster on which I use .9s.

I don't think I've posted in this thread yet.

stewart wrote:

James wrote:

light rail coyote wrote: Well judging my actual numbers of strings being sold, I would say the vast majority of the string buying public doesn't really see it your way

That's not a fair judge of anything. Think of the amount of strats and les pauls that sell compared to jazzmasters.

People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazi party - you can’t trust people

they just don't know any better.

Strings used to all have a wound G until Chuck Berry started using a plain G to get more "bite" for his blues riffs, and everyone, EVERYONE copied it. Most don't even know the difference anymore, nearly every set of strings uses plain G now. Pickups were originally designed for a wound G. Personally I swear by them, the wound G has a more even attack and is easier to tune properly to my ear.

To each their own, though. I loves wound G and hates plain G.