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Topic: Flat Wound Strings |
Carl McLaughlin
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St.Stephen,New Brunswick,Can
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Posted 24 May 2024 6:13 am |
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Where can i find Flat wound single strings for steel guitar. 048 038 034 024
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I have a Tele plus telecaster, Larrivee acoustic. Also have a Fender resonator guitar with new Quarterman cone and spider, and an Allan tailpiece .Playing through a Fender Super Champ XD, using a little delay on the amp and a Harmonix Holy Grail Echo pedal, set on Hall turned to about 1pm.Just Bought a Yamaha FGX5 Recently and love it. Recently got a Sho-NUFF 6 string pedal steel in open G.Still learning. |
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Bruce Derr
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Lee, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 25 May 2024 8:25 am
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| I got a few .022 flatwound singles from JustStrings.com a couple years ago to experiment with. |
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Carl McLaughlin
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St.Stephen,New Brunswick,Can
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Posted 30 May 2024 9:00 am Flat Wound Strings
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I just ordered some Pyramid flats, I will update once they are on and played. Comments on them are good.
Carl
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I have a Tele plus telecaster, Larrivee acoustic. Also have a Fender resonator guitar with new Quarterman cone and spider, and an Allan tailpiece .Playing through a Fender Super Champ XD, using a little delay on the amp and a Harmonix Holy Grail Echo pedal, set on Hall turned to about 1pm.Just Bought a Yamaha FGX5 Recently and love it. Recently got a Sho-NUFF 6 string pedal steel in open G.Still learning. |
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Stephen Rethmeier
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Nashville TN
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Posted 29 Jun 2024 5:23 am Re: Flat Wound Strings
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| Carl McLaughlin wrote: |
I just ordered some Pyramid flats, I will update once they are on and played. Comments on them are good.
Carl |
Hey Carl, I know it's only been a month but have you tried these yet? Curious about your results.
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Williams S12 Ext. E9 keyless, Williams S12 Ext. E9 keyed, Telonics TCA 500C, Quilter Steelaire, Magic Fender clone, 1937 Model 59 Rick 6, 1940 Epiphone 7-string Zephyr, Oahu 6, 8+/- regular guitars, Kawai baby grand, two cats... |
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Carl McLaughlin
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St.Stephen,New Brunswick,Can
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Posted 29 Jun 2024 6:48 am Flatwound
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Cant say i really like them, I find them hard to stay in tune. Too much wrap at ball end interfers with tuning fingers at touching point causing overtones. Just my opinion.
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I have a Tele plus telecaster, Larrivee acoustic. Also have a Fender resonator guitar with new Quarterman cone and spider, and an Allan tailpiece .Playing through a Fender Super Champ XD, using a little delay on the amp and a Harmonix Holy Grail Echo pedal, set on Hall turned to about 1pm.Just Bought a Yamaha FGX5 Recently and love it. Recently got a Sho-NUFF 6 string pedal steel in open G.Still learning. |
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Ian Rae
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Redditch, England
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Posted 29 Jun 2024 8:27 am
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In any case, I don't know what problem a flat-wound string would solve.
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Homebuilt keyless U12 7x5, Excel keyless U12 8x8, Williams keyless U12 7x8, Telonics rack and 15" cabs |
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Bruce Derr
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Lee, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 29 Jun 2024 9:40 am
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| In my case I wanted to just try a flat for the 6th. Over the years I have used .020 and .022 plains and .022 wounds on various guitars. I thought a flat .022, with a bigger core than the .022 wound, might strike a middle ground between the two. But I never got around to trying them, so it's still an open question. |
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Bobby D. Jones
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West Virginia, USA
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Posted 2 Jul 2024 10:50 am
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I have wondered about flat wound on a 12U.
On a 12 string the 9th string up are a little gritty at first with a new set of strings.
When I unpack a new string I pull them through a piece of 0000 steel wool about 5 times, Pulling toward the ball, To smooth the surface of the string to make the bar slide smooth and not drag on my hand and fingers. |
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