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Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 3:16 pm
by More Cowbell
TheDude2112 wrote:you have to adjust your bridge for the g string though
I've never done that on any of my guitars.
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 3:21 pm
by Josh
on a jaguar:
plain g string.
![Image](http://www.fenderjaguar.net/images/bridge.gif)
wound g string.
![Image](http://www.fenderjaguar.net/images/bridge2.gif)
its just the adjustments on a jag ive never had to do it on my sg copy though
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 9:10 pm
by Armchair Bronco
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.
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:02 pm
by Josh
dew it!
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:30 am
by william
i wish i made my alias "the gripmaster" now.
damn.
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:44 am
by Josh
Lol!
Re: Who plays with a wound "G" string?
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:41 pm
by TheAttackman
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.
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Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:21 pm
by Reece
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.
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:22 pm
by BobArsecake
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".
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:23 pm
by TheAttackman
i just mean it has more bass respons
b|ass...
ass= chunky
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:24 pm
by Reece
They rotos? I use rotosound 12s and they're the exact same gauges.
I wanna try flatwounds at some point.
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:29 pm
by BobArsecake
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.
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:35 pm
by Will
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.
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:19 am
by deaner33
Big fan of D'Addario XLEXL110W's. I have them on almost all of my guitars. The wound 3rd just feels better to me.
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:39 am
by Sparky
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.
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:10 am
by Progrockabuse
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.
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 5:27 pm
by Jagermeister
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
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Bending is also too preposterous for me.
The feel is cool though.
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 5:51 pm
by Will
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
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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.
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 5:53 pm
by Jagermeister
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.
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Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:59 am
by Mustang Melx
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.