Who plays with a wound "G" string?

More Cowbell · Post by **More Cowbell** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 3:16 pm

TheDude2112 wrote:you have to adjust your bridge for the g string though

I've never done that on any of my guitars.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 3:21 pm

on a jaguar:
plain g string.

wound g string.

its just the adjustments on a jag ive never had to do it on my sg copy though

Armchair Bronco · Post by **Armchair Bronco** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 9:10 pm

More Cowbell wrote:If you can't bend a wound G when tuned "G" then you are a pussy and should stop playing guitar.

Nice! I'm thinking of adding this to my signature.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:02 pm

dew it!

william · Post by **william** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:30 am

i wish i made my alias "the gripmaster" now.

damn.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:44 am

TheAttackman · Post by **TheAttackman** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:41 pm

Armchair Bronco wrote:On Monday, I took in my CP Jag Special HH for its inagural setup. I asked my tech to put on some 11's with a wound "G" string. I've always wanted to try this but never got around to it.

The strings I picked (some Dean Markley 11-52's) include both wound and unwound "G" strings, so if I don't like it, I can switch to a conventional "G" string.

But I'm a chunky rhythm player, so I think I'm gonna like it.

it just makes it a little harder to bend (far for those who would call me a pussy i like going up 2 steps easily with my bends . thats how i roll)... but for rhythm it should add alot of chunk!

i use em on my acoustics... but i love slinky strings on my elects.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:21 pm

If i'm honest I've never really thought about the difference. I just use wound G 'cause it comes on the 12s I use.

I think classing one as rhythm and one as lead is odd, you're talking about chunkiness but it's a G string, not exactly a "chunky" sounding string either way really.

BobArsecake · Post by **BobArsecake** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:22 pm

Cowbell bought me some but I've not put them on a guitar yet 'cause I'm a bit scared of them D: They're

.012 .016 .024w .032 .042 .052

compared to my normal

.010 .013 .017 .026 .036 .046

Hmm, thought they were more complicated than that actually, but after typing them out compared to my 10s, they're just 12s D: Think I was thrown off by the "Jazz light gauge".

TheAttackman · Post by **TheAttackman** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:23 pm

i just mean it has more bass respons

b|ass...

ass= chunky

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:24 pm

They rotos? I use rotosound 12s and they're the exact same gauges.

I wanna try flatwounds at some point.

BobArsecake · Post by **BobArsecake** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:29 pm

D'Addarios. Yeah I'd like to give flatwounds a proper go, I'd never played with them 'till I got my mitts on Rob Roe's collection.

Will · Post by **Will** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:35 pm

Flatwounds have more tension, but I think they're actually easier to play on since you don't have as much friction. Plus, the stainless steel ones seem to last FOREVER.

deaner33 · Post by **deaner33** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:19 am

Big fan of D'Addario XLEXL110W's. I have them on almost all of my guitars. The wound 3rd just feels better to me.

Sparky · Post by **Sparky** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:39 am

Raises hand! D'Addario .10s on my Strat /w Jagmaster II neck (BUT, both E strings are from a .11 set)

In fact, all of my guitars have .10s or .11s with a wound G on them. Unwound Gs just sound tinny and tend to go out of tune on me too easily.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:10 am

Flatwounds on a semi hollow like a 335 sound really nice. i used to use a wound g, it was quite nice on my duo-sonic . not really tried it on my strats and les pauls. at the moment i have the hybrid set on my strat 10-52, 11-52 on my melody maker and 13-56 on my les pauls.

Jagermeister · Post by **Jagermeister** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 5:27 pm

DuoSonicBoy wrote:Flatwounds have more tension, but I think they're actually easier to play on since you don't have as much friction. Plus, the stainless steel ones seem to last FOREVER.

Yeah, they last forever because they start up sounding like crap, and never stop

Bending is also too preposterous for me.

The feel is cool though.

Will · Post by **Will** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 5:51 pm

Jagermeister wrote:
DuoSonicBoy wrote:Flatwounds have more tension, but I think they're actually easier to play on since you don't have as much friction. Plus, the stainless steel ones seem to last FOREVER.
Yeah, they last forever because they start up sounding like crap, and never stop Bending is also too preposterous for me.

The feel is cool though.

Exactly. They start out dull and thuddy with a little bit of clang. After a few weeks, the clang goes away and they stay dull and thuddy indefinitely. I LOEV dull and thuddy.

Jagermeister · Post by **Jagermeister** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 5:53 pm

I'll pay less and get the same tone by not changing my strings for a year then, lol. Plus I'll be able to bend.

Mustang Melx · Post by **Mustang Melx** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:59 am

I'm using them and I don't understand the 'hard to bend' thing, they are way more bendy and flexible than a plain string, that's the whole reason I started uing them because an .018 plain string always feels a little stiff to me.

Who plays with a wound "G" string?

Re: Who plays with a wound "G" string?