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new strings on the tele

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:14 am
by robert(original)
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.

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 2:00 pm
by More Cowbell
I put 12-52 D'addario's on my friends LP, it has the wound G string, they are awesome.

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 2:02 pm
by Mike
D'addario EXL115s are all I use.

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:14 pm
by robroe
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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."

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:16 pm
by robroe
if you NEED a 56 at the bottom go with .13's

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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:17 pm
by robert(original)
whats the best place to get em?
i wanna try em out first before i buy a whole box ya know?

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:25 pm
by robroe
i have no idea


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

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:20 pm
by Bacchus
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.

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:49 pm
by euan
I'm going to do that template for Robert and then buy a set of these.

Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 3:00 am
by sleeperls
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.

Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:45 pm
by robert(original)
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